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Lot Essay
Jean-Franois Garre's matrise is not recorded, but he flourished in the mid-18th Century.
An almost identical commode is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1989, p.347, whilst a commode of closely related shape and displaying the same restrained use of mahogany is illustrated on the cover of G. Janneau, Historique de Meuble, Paris, 1976.
An almost identical commode is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1989, p.347, whilst a commode of closely related shape and displaying the same restrained use of mahogany is illustrated on the cover of G. Janneau, Historique de Meuble, Paris, 1976.