Lot 186
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED COMMODE
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED COMMODE

CIRCA 1750

Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED COMMODE
Circa 1750
The serpentine-shaped molded veined red marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with courtly figures in a pagoda with trees, in an ormolu frame with central foliate cartouche, the apron with shell and foliate swag, the sides depicting country houses amidst foliage, birds and animals on cabriole legs headed by asymmetrical chutes and scroll foliate sabots, minor replacements to mounts
33¾in. (86cm.) high, 51¼in. (130cm.) wide, 23¾in. (60.5cm.) deep
Provenance
The Misses Milligan, Caldwell Hall, Burton-on-Trent, England, sold Christie's London, 24 November 1960, lot 109

Lot Essay

A commode formerly in the collection of the princes L.M. and E.L. Kotchovbey with matching ormolu frame is illustrated D. Roche, Le Mobilier Français en Russie, Paris, vol. I, pl. XXXII. The quality and richness of the ormolu decoration and the use of the central cartouche are strongly reminiscent of the work of the ébéniste Jacques Dubois, such as a commode illustrated A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p. 170, fig. 147. Another, illustrated P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 271, has the same angle mounts and sabots.