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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOMBÉ TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND END-CUT MARQUETRY COMMODE

BY JEAN-ULRICH ERSTET

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOMBÉ TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND END-CUT MARQUETRY COMMODE
By Jean-Ulrich Erstet
The shaped moulded liver marble top above two long drawers decorated with floral and trellis marquetry cartouches à traverse, the shaped apron above tapering facetted legs and sabot feet, stamped twice 'J. U. ERSTET' and stamped three times 'JME', remounted
51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep

Provenance

Lady Fermoy, Eaton Square, London.
Thence by descent.

Lot Essay

Jean-Ulric Erstet (d.1780), also known as Herstel, was elected maître in 1740 and flourished in the rue de Prouvaires and rue des Vieux-Augustins. A related Louis XV bombé commode by Erstet was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 13 December 1968, lot 118, while a further example was sold anonymously at Sotheby's, New York, 28 December 1995, lot 107.

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