Lot 52
52
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
The moulded Marseilles Pink marble top above three drawers, the central panel depicting vases, foliage and fruits and musical trophies, flanked by acanthus-cast and beaded foliate mounts, on cabriole legs headed by female masks
37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 61 in. (155 cm.) wide; 20 ¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep
Special notice
All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.

Lot Essay

The present lot is based on the original of its type supplied by Jean-Henri Riesener to King Louis XVI on 31 August, 1776. Two years later, a further commode was commissioned and delivered to the King at Fontainebleau, and very shortly thereafter was moved to Versailles. It remained in the possession of the Royal family until 1794 when sold by revolutionary auctioneers, thus beginning a complex journey that took in the collections of the 10th Duke of Hamilton and the Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild.

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