Lot Essay
An almost identical commode stamped by the celebrated 19th-century Paris firm Escalier de Cristal is shown in Denise Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.191.
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BY ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, ROSEWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE A VANTAUX
BY ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With Breche d'Alep marble top above doors enclosing two amaranth-faced oak shelves, the backboards stamped ESCALIER DE CRISTAL/ PARIS
39 ½ in. (100 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
BY ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With Breche d'Alep marble top above doors enclosing two amaranth-faced oak shelves, the backboards stamped ESCALIER DE CRISTAL/ PARIS
39 ½ in. (100 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired by the vendor's father in 1972 from the antique department of Maple and Co. in Tottenham Court Road for £1045.
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