A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND LACQUER COMMODE A VANTAUX, the later moulded rounded rectangular rosso levanto marble top above a pair of doors, each inset with Chinese lacquer panel depicting courtly figures in a watery landscape with temples, pagodas, oxes and other animals within a stiff-leaf border, the panelled pilaster-strips with entrelac and stylized scrolling foliate-arabesque mounts, enclosing a fitted interior with one shelf and fruitwood and amaranth-lined doors, the quarter-veneered panelled sides upon an arcaded plinth with rosette mounts, stamped 'F', 'G' and 'FG', the marble broken and repaired with inscription to the underside ...Giacomo Den 186?5, restorations, the interior with plugged holes and previously fitted

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND LACQUER COMMODE A VANTAUX, the later moulded rounded rectangular rosso levanto marble top above a pair of doors, each inset with Chinese lacquer panel depicting courtly figures in a watery landscape with temples, pagodas, oxes and other animals within a stiff-leaf border, the panelled pilaster-strips with entrelac and stylized scrolling foliate-arabesque mounts, enclosing a fitted interior with one shelf and fruitwood and amaranth-lined doors, the quarter-veneered panelled sides upon an arcaded plinth with rosette mounts, stamped 'F', 'G' and 'FG', the marble broken and repaired with inscription to the underside ...Giacomo Den 186?5, restorations, the interior with plugged holes and previously fitted
51¼in. (130.5cm.) wide; 35½in. (90cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) deep

Lot Essay

P. Salverte, in his Les ebénistes du XVIII siècle, Paris 1953, p.320, records two ebénists with the initials F G - although the Louis XV ebéniste is recorded as having stamped 'F.G.', while the menuisier with closely related brand dates from the Louis XVI period.

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