Live Auction 8048The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY DEMI COMMODE
Lot 108

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY DEMI COMMODE

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-FRANCOIS LELEU, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed15 March 2012

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GBP 10,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY DEMI COMMODE
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-FRANCOIS LELEU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular brèche violette marble top above a scrolling acanthus frieze, the front with a drawer, above two further drawers inlaid with a lozenge-shaped panel and applied with finely-cast scrolling acanthus handles, with panelled sides decorated with fleur-de-lys-filled trellis-parquetry, on acanthus-headed tapering fluted legs and capped feet
37¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 36¾ in. (93.3 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.3 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Inspiration for this fine demi commode comes from the pair delivered by Jean-François Leleu (maître 1764; d. 1807) in 1773 for the duchesse de Bourbon's bedchamber at the Palais-Bourbon. Originally inlaid with fleur-de-lys marquetry, the lozenge-shaped front panel was re-veneered with mahogany at the time of the Revolution. The pair now reside at the Petit Trianon, Versailles.
Dasson, Krieger and Linke are recorded as having copied the model in the 19th century.