Lot Essay
Louis-Noel Malle, maître in 1765
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FORMED BY R. W. SYMONDS FOR MR. & MRS. JACK STEINBERG (LOTS 1 - 64)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY LOUIS-NOEL MALLE, CIRCA 1765-70
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY LOUIS-NOEL MALLE, CIRCA 1765-70
The serpentine shaped pink Breccia marble top, above two drawers, the central inlay depicting a basket of flowers and flanked by cube parquetry, the angles with berried foliage mounts, on slender tapering legs and sabots, stamped 'L. N. MALLE' and 'JME', partly re-mounted
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 20 ¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep
BY LOUIS-NOEL MALLE, CIRCA 1765-70
The serpentine shaped pink Breccia marble top, above two drawers, the central inlay depicting a basket of flowers and flanked by cube parquetry, the angles with berried foliage mounts, on slender tapering legs and sabots, stamped 'L. N. MALLE' and 'JME', partly re-mounted
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 20 ¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Frank Partridge & Sons, 144 - 146 New Bond Street, London, 1 February 1960 (`A Louis XV marquetry Commode by L.N.Malle, M.E, with bombe front and sides, containing two drawers, the centre front with shaped panel of tulips, anemones and roses in basket on tulipwood ground. The remainder veneered with panels of pearwood and tulipwood cubed parquetry. Ormolu handles in form of laurel wreaths with portrait medallion plates. Foliated rococco corner mounts, splayed legs. Surmounted by Brescia marble top.... £1,080')
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