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AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE EN TOMBEAU
CIRCA 1725
With serpentine-moulded Brocatelle marble top above two short and two long drawers veneered à quatre faces, each mounted with gadrooned pulls and centering foliate-cast cartouche-shaped lockplates surmounted by a lion and griffon rampant, the scalloped apron fiteed with pierced scrolling foliage, the sides similarly veneered, the angles mounted with acanthus-cast bearded satyr's mask chutes headed by scallop shells and plumes, the splayed legs with foliate-cast grotesque mask sabots-34in. (86cm.) high, 62in. (158cm.) wide, 31in. (79cm.) deep
CIRCA 1725
With serpentine-moulded Brocatelle marble top above two short and two long drawers veneered à quatre faces, each mounted with gadrooned pulls and centering foliate-cast cartouche-shaped lockplates surmounted by a lion and griffon rampant, the scalloped apron fiteed with pierced scrolling foliage, the sides similarly veneered, the angles mounted with acanthus-cast bearded satyr's mask chutes headed by scallop shells and plumes, the splayed legs with foliate-cast grotesque mask sabots-34in. (86cm.) high, 62in. (158cm.) wide, 31in. (79cm.) deep