Lot Essay
Jean-Charles Ellaume, maitre in 1754
Details
A Transitional kingwood and mahogany commode
Of breakfront outline, applied with later gilt-metal mounts, the later breche d'alep marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with floral sprays and a riverside scene, between canted angles, the sides inlaid with flower-filled baskets, on cabriole legs terminating in gilt sabots, stamped twice JME. I. C. Ellaume, one gilt sabot missing, some loss of veneer
30in. (76cm.) wide, 32in. (81.5cm.) high, 16½in. (42cm.) deep
Of breakfront outline, applied with later gilt-metal mounts, the later breche d'alep marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with floral sprays and a riverside scene, between canted angles, the sides inlaid with flower-filled baskets, on cabriole legs terminating in gilt sabots, stamped twice JME. I. C. Ellaume, one gilt sabot missing, some loss of veneer
30in. (76cm.) wide, 32in. (81.5cm.) high, 16½in. (42cm.) deep