Lot Essay
This commode is a copy of the celebrated model made by Beneman for Marie-Antoinette's salon des Jeux de la Reine at Fontainebleau.
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A MODEL BY BENEMAN AND STOCKEL, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A MODEL BY BENEMAN AND STOCKEL, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
Surmounted by a yellow marble top with eared corners, above three frieze drawers centred by a lion's mask, the two cupboard doors each with scrolling foliage, centred by a medallion depicting a bacchic scene, the interior fitted with six drawers, the sides each with scrolling foliage, centred by a mythological medallion, on four toupie feet
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 70½ in. (179 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A MODEL BY BENEMAN AND STOCKEL, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
Surmounted by a yellow marble top with eared corners, above three frieze drawers centred by a lion's mask, the two cupboard doors each with scrolling foliage, centred by a medallion depicting a bacchic scene, the interior fitted with six drawers, the sides each with scrolling foliage, centred by a mythological medallion, on four toupie feet
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 70½ in. (179 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep
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