Lot Essay
The design of the present commode relates closely to that of a pair adapted by Guillaume Benneman from a model by Joseph Stöckel supplied to Marie-Antoinette in 1786 for the salon des jeux at Fontainebleau.
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PROPERTY OF THE VON OPPENHEIM TRUST
A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE A VANTAUX
AFTER THE MODEL BY JOSEPH STÖCKEL, CIRCA 1900
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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE A VANTAUX
After the model by Joseph Stöckel, Circa 1900
The marble top above three frieze drawers centred by a lion mask, above a pair of panelled doors centred by a ribbon-tied roundel cast in high relief with a satyr and putto, with scrolling acanthus flanking to each side, the interior with six drawers, the sides also with central roundel depicting Bacchic revelry, the angles with fluted columnar uprights with acanthus capitals, on tapering frond-cast legs and fir-cone feet
38¼in. (97.1cm.) high; 70in. (177.8cm.) wide; 26in. (66cm.) deep
After the model by Joseph Stöckel, Circa 1900
The marble top above three frieze drawers centred by a lion mask, above a pair of panelled doors centred by a ribbon-tied roundel cast in high relief with a satyr and putto, with scrolling acanthus flanking to each side, the interior with six drawers, the sides also with central roundel depicting Bacchic revelry, the angles with fluted columnar uprights with acanthus capitals, on tapering frond-cast legs and fir-cone feet
38¼in. (97.1cm.) high; 70in. (177.8cm.) wide; 26in. (66cm.) deep