A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINOISERIE-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER COMMODE

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINOISERIE-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER COMMODE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER

WITH RECTANGULAR MOLDED BREAKFRONT BLACK SLATE TOP ABOVE A CONFORMING CASE FITTED WITH THREE FRIEZE DRAWERS APPLIED WITH INTERLACING FLOWERING VINES CENTERING THE MONOGRAM 'M.A.' ABOVE TWO DOORS CENTERING A PANEL DEPICTING AN ORIENTAL LANDSCAPE FLANKED BY SIMILAR PANELS AND FRAMED WITH FLOWERING VINES, ON SQUARE TAPERING LEGS WITH FOLIATE-CAST CAP FEET--38½IN. (97.7CM.) HIGH, 52¾IN. (133.9CM.) WIDE, 25IN. (63.5CM.) DEEP

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THE OFFERED LOT IS A PASTICHE OF A SIMILAR COMMODE WHICH NOW RESIDES IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, ORIGINALLY SUPPLIED TO VERSAILLES FOR MARIE ANTOINETTE IN 1783 BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER. IT WAS PART OF A COMPLETE SUITE WHICH WAS MOVED TO CHATEAU ST. CLOUD IN 1788, AND AT ONE TIME INCLUDED A COMMODE, A SECRéTAIRE AND AN ENCOIGNURE.