Lot Essay
Jean-Pierre Latz (b. 1691), active from 1719 to 1754.
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Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND FLORAL-MARQUETRY COMMODE
The later moulded brêche d'Alèp marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a floral tulipwood-bordered cartouche flanked on either side by further flower sprays, the sides with shaped foliate panels, with foliage mounts trailing into scrolled foliate sabots, on cabriole legs, bearing the spurious stamp 'I.P. LATZ', inscribed in black chalk '3', restorations to veneers and the central cartouche possibly originally with central framing mount
33¾ in. (85.5 cm.) high; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
The later moulded brêche d'Alèp marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a floral tulipwood-bordered cartouche flanked on either side by further flower sprays, the sides with shaped foliate panels, with foliage mounts trailing into scrolled foliate sabots, on cabriole legs, bearing the spurious stamp 'I.P. LATZ', inscribed in black chalk '3', restorations to veneers and the central cartouche possibly originally with central framing mount
33¾ in. (85.5 cm.) high; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Guy le Houelleur, Deauville, 15 August 1996, lot 350 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-154).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-154).
Special notice
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