CIRCA 1770, STAMPED F. RUBESTUCK AND JME

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A LOUIS XV/XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
Circa 1770, stamped F. RUBESTUCK and JME
The breakfronted rouge royale marble top above a conforming case fitted with a pair of drawers decorated with guilloche and sans traverse with central reserve of a pagoda next to a pillar within a landscape and flanked by musical trophies within reserves, with floral sprays to sides, on cabriole legs ending in foliate-cast sabots
33¼in. (84.5cm.) high, 38¼in. (97cm.) side, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep

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François Rübestück, maître in 1766.

Established first in rue de la Roquette, François Rübestück subsequently moved to rue de Charenton. Producing mainly japanned commodes and secretaires abattant, for which he was famous though he excelled as well with floral marquetry. The use of musical trophies and the interlaced rosette decoration to the frieze is typical of his oevre and is evident on an encoignure by Rübestück illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 748, ill. F.

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