18TH CENTURY AND LATER
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, WALNUT, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The serpentine-fronted campan mélangé marble top with moulded edge, above two short and two long walnut-lined panelled drawers, flanked by female espagnolettes and rockwork, above a shaped apron, on bracket feet with pierced foliage, some elements stamped 'FG' three times, incorporating earlier elements, the mounts later
34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high; 51½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The serpentine-fronted campan mélangé marble top with moulded edge, above two short and two long walnut-lined panelled drawers, flanked by female espagnolettes and rockwork, above a shaped apron, on bracket feet with pierced foliage, some elements stamped 'FG' three times, incorporating earlier elements, the mounts later
34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high; 51½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
A very closely related commode en tombeau was formerly in the collection of Baron Guy de Rothschild at the Château de Ferrières, until sold Sotheby's, 19 April 2007, lot 10 ($39,000) while a further related 18th Century example, formerly in the collection of baronne Zuylen van Nyevelt, second wife of baron Guy de Rothschild, was sold Christie's, Paris, 7 December 2005, lot 78 (EUR98,400).
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