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Lot Essay
Nicolas Sageot (1666-1731) maître in 1706.
This exquisite commode was probably executed by the ébéniste Nicolas Sageot circa 1710 and shows important similarities with other commodes by or attributed to him. This includes the magnificent commode, previously in the collections of the Dukes of Newcastle, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, sold, Christie's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 50 (£287,500). It is the only one stamped by Sageot and has been the basis for subsequent attributions. The elaborately engraved top relates to two commodes in the Wallace Collection, London (F39 and F408) which all depict figures standing beneath a baldacchino. Such designs are said to be inspired by the arabesque engravings of Jean Bérain (d. 1711) as published in the Oeuvre de Jean Bérain recueillies par les soins de sieur thuret of 1711.
Although the discovery of the Sageot stamp on the Clumber commode has enabled the attribution to this little known maker, two other closely related commodes both stamped with the initials 'AG' (one sold Etude Tajan, Paris, 25 June 1996, lot 183, the other sold from the property of a European Collector, Christie's, New York, 21 October 1997, lot 31 ($255,500)), may indicate Sageot, an active marchand, may have been the retailer of these commodes rather than the actual maker. The stamp 'AG' is almost certainly that of the ébéniste Auburtin Gaudron who supplied the Garde Meuble between 1686 and 1713.
This exquisite commode was probably executed by the ébéniste Nicolas Sageot circa 1710 and shows important similarities with other commodes by or attributed to him. This includes the magnificent commode, previously in the collections of the Dukes of Newcastle, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, sold, Christie's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 50 (£287,500). It is the only one stamped by Sageot and has been the basis for subsequent attributions. The elaborately engraved top relates to two commodes in the Wallace Collection, London (F39 and F408) which all depict figures standing beneath a baldacchino. Such designs are said to be inspired by the arabesque engravings of Jean Bérain (d. 1711) as published in the Oeuvre de Jean Bérain recueillies par les soins de sieur thuret of 1711.
Although the discovery of the Sageot stamp on the Clumber commode has enabled the attribution to this little known maker, two other closely related commodes both stamped with the initials 'AG' (one sold Etude Tajan, Paris, 25 June 1996, lot 183, the other sold from the property of a European Collector, Christie's, New York, 21 October 1997, lot 31 ($255,500)), may indicate Sageot, an active marchand, may have been the retailer of these commodes rather than the actual maker. The stamp 'AG' is almost certainly that of the ébéniste Auburtin Gaudron who supplied the Garde Meuble between 1686 and 1713.