Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Vassou, maître in 1767.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(Lots 116-118)
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE VASSOU
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
By Jean-Baptiste Vassou
The moulded eared breakfront rectangular liver marble top above two breakfront drawers inlaid sans traverse with three quarter-veneered panels, the rounded angles headed by laurel-swagged foliate and egg-and-dart quiver mounts, above a shaped apron and on cabriole legs with foliate C-scroll sabots, restorations, stamped three times 'J. B. VASSOU' and 'JME'
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) deep
By Jean-Baptiste Vassou
The moulded eared breakfront rectangular liver marble top above two breakfront drawers inlaid sans traverse with three quarter-veneered panels, the rounded angles headed by laurel-swagged foliate and egg-and-dart quiver mounts, above a shaped apron and on cabriole legs with foliate C-scroll sabots, restorations, stamped three times 'J. B. VASSOU' and 'JME'
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) deep