BY CHARLES CHEVALLIER, CIRCA 1765

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE
BY CHARLES CHEVALLIER, CIRCA 1765
The serpentine moulded rouge royal marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with a basket of flowers within a stylised geometric border with pierced foliate handles and rocaille chutes, the sides conformingly inlaid, the apron centred by a scrolling flowering foliate clasp, on cabriole legs with foliate-cast sabots; thrice stamped 'CHEVALLIER' and 'JME', the chute mounts with traces of the C couronné poinçon
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 59 ½ in. (151 cm.) wide; 26 ¼ in. (67 cm.) deep

Provenance

Mrs John Dewar, Hyde Park Gardens, London.
Thence by descent,
On loan at Hatchlands Park, Surrey.

Exhibited

On loan at Hatchlands Park, Surrey from the late 1990s until 2020.

Special notice

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Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

Charles Chevallier, received maître before 1738.

With its floral basket marquetry within a Grecian ribbon-fret frame, this superb commode closely relates to a secrétaire à abattant attributed to Charles Chevallier, sold at Christie’s, London, 18 November 2010, lot 37, and possibly en suite with the present.
The 'C' Couronné Poinçon visible on the two chûtes mounts was a tax mark in use between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper, indicating these mounts were probably re-used from Chevallier's workshop to embelish this transitional commode concieved circa 1765. A related commode, of similar slightly bombé shape and neo-classical marquetry with encadrements à la grecque, stamped 'Uslar', was sold at Christie's, Monaco, 5 December 1993, lot 103.
Charles Chevallier (c.1700-1771) was the brother of the ébéniste Jean-Mathieu Chevallier (maître in 1743), and is known to have supplied furniture to François Ogier d’Ivry (1714-1779), Conseiller du Roi Louis XV, Grand audiencier de France, for his château d’Hénonville.

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