BY CHARLES JOSEPH DUFOUR (1740-1780), CIRCA 1760

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD COMMODE
BY CHARLES JOSEPH DUFOUR (1740-1780), CIRCA 1760
The later serpentine eared moulded rectangular Rouge Languedoc marble top above two drawers each inlaid cut-corner panels, the sides inlaid conformingly, above a waved apron with pierced C-scroll and rockwork foliate mount, on cabriole legs, stamped twice J.DUFOUR and JME, locked
81 cm. high x 99 cm. wide x 50 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Charles Joseph Dufour maître in 1759.
A comparable commode by Dufour with the same type of veneer is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 285.

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