A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GILT LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN COMMODES
BY MAURICE BERNARD EVALD, CIRCA 1770, PARTIALLY REMOUNTED
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GILT LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN COMMODES
BY MAURICE BERNARD EVALD, CIRCA 1770, PARTIALLY REMOUNTED
Each with ormolu-bound shaped rectangular Gris St. Anne marble top, above two frieze drawers and a pair of doors decorated with Chinese wooded landscapes, buildings and figures, enclosing four oak drawers, on five later toupie feet, one numbered in white chalk '49075', one stamped 'M.B. EVALD' once, the other stamped twice, the plain border mounts and feet later, the interior probably re-fitted in the early 19th century
37 ¹/₄ in. (95 cm.) high; 46 in. (117.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (55.5 cm.) deep
BY MAURICE BERNARD EVALD, CIRCA 1770, PARTIALLY REMOUNTED
Each with ormolu-bound shaped rectangular Gris St. Anne marble top, above two frieze drawers and a pair of doors decorated with Chinese wooded landscapes, buildings and figures, enclosing four oak drawers, on five later toupie feet, one numbered in white chalk '49075', one stamped 'M.B. EVALD' once, the other stamped twice, the plain border mounts and feet later, the interior probably re-fitted in the early 19th century
37 ¹/₄ in. (95 cm.) high; 46 in. (117.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (55.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly Duchesse Maria-Carolina Ferdinanda Luisa de Berry (1798-1870), Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi, Venice.
Thence by descent to her great-grandson Roberto Lucchese Palli, Duca della Grazia; sold Christie's, London, 23 March 1972, lot 96.
Private Collection, UK.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a European Foundation]; Christie's, New York, 18 October 2002, lot 323.
With Partridge, London.
The Partridge sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 190.
Michael S. Smith sale; Christie's, London, 12 September, 2018, lot 51.
Thence by descent to her great-grandson Roberto Lucchese Palli, Duca della Grazia; sold Christie's, London, 23 March 1972, lot 96.
Private Collection, UK.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a European Foundation]; Christie's, New York, 18 October 2002, lot 323.
With Partridge, London.
The Partridge sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 190.
Michael S. Smith sale; Christie's, London, 12 September, 2018, lot 51.
Literature
Partridge, Furniture, Silver & Works of Art, London, 2004, pp. 120-121.
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 137-8.
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 137-8.
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Head of Sale, Associate Specialist