Blog Posts about Yannick Chastang

YannickChastang | Design

YannickChastang | Design: "Egret Cabinet" By Yannick Chastang A collector’s cabinet decorated with marquetry of pink ivory, ebony, and holly (1.2 metres wide by 45 cm deep and 1.3 metres high) Designed and made by Yannick Chastang This collector’s cabinet, fitted with 14 drawers behind a pair of marquetry doors, is an uncompromising, luxurious piece of furniture. Its shape is strongly influenced by the furniture made during the 1920s by Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879-1933) while the marquetry decoration finds its source in the great lacquer works produced in Japan during the 17th century,...