A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE

CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE
CIRCA 1775
The breakfronted Cipollino marble top above three frieze drawers, and two large drawers, the corners headed by masks mounts on fluted circular tapering legs, the marble top probably an old replacement and with label '13754/ Fp & sons Ltd.', largely later remounted, the handles and escutcheons original, backplates stamped 'HPR73'
34 ½ in. (87.6 cm.) high, 50 in. (127 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 1982, lot 59.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 2002, lot 112.
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