BY CLAUDE-MATHIEU MAGNIEN AND CHARLES TOPINO

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED DEMI-LUNE MAHOGANY COMMODE
By Claude-Mathieu Magnien and Charles Topino
The moulded gris Saint-Anne Belge marble top above three graduating panelled drawers flanked to each side with a panelled door with a simulated drawer, each enclosing two later fitted shelves, on round turned tapering legs on toupie feet, stamped 'C. TORPINO', 'JME' and faintly stamped '...MAGNIE...', the marble with paper lable inscribed '58426' and numbered in red pencil 'No. 225', remounted
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Claude-Mathieu Magnien, maître in 1771. Charles Topino, maître in 1773.
A closely related demi-lune commode by Nicolas Petit (maître in 1761) is illustrated in P. Kjelllburg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIII^e Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 649.

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