Lot Essay
Laurent Rochette, born in 1723, active until circa 1770.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EARLY LOUIS XV BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD COMMODE
BY LAURENT ROCHETTE
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AN EARLY LOUIS XV BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD COMMODE
By Laurent Rochette
The later waved and moulded rectangular liver marble top above two short and two long drawers and a waved apron with pierced C-scroll and foliate mounts, the angles headed by a C-scroll and husk-trailed mounted above a cabochon with two flanking dragons and a stiff-leaf band, on outswept bracket feet with a scrolling foliate and cabochon mount, the brackets later, stamped twice to the top of the carcase 'ROCHETTE'
51½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 26¼ in. (66 cm.) deep
By Laurent Rochette
The later waved and moulded rectangular liver marble top above two short and two long drawers and a waved apron with pierced C-scroll and foliate mounts, the angles headed by a C-scroll and husk-trailed mounted above a cabochon with two flanking dragons and a stiff-leaf band, on outswept bracket feet with a scrolling foliate and cabochon mount, the brackets later, stamped twice to the top of the carcase 'ROCHETTE'
51½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 26¼ in. (66 cm.) deep