CIRCA 1730

Details

AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE
CIRCA 1730
The Rouge Royale marble top over three drawers decorated with courtly figures within palatial landscapes with exotic birds, with a paper label to the reverse inscribed in pencil 'This cabinet is my property given me by my mother Mrs. Anna Phipps September 27 1895 Henrietta S. Smith', the dustboards, top, back panels and handles replaced
33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 April 1980, lot 176.

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the reverse probably relates to Henrietta Smith, the daughter of Colonel Pownall Phipps of Oaklands House, Tipperary and his wife Anna, daughter of Major Robert Smith of 3 Neuve de Berre, Paris. Henrietta Phipps was brought up in France and married Lt. Col. William Smith in 1885.
A commode of similar shape and style stamped M.C., was in the Sydney Lamon Collection, sold Christie's, London, 29 November 1973, lot 100. Several similar commodes by Etienne Doirat are in the Residenz, Munich.

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