A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH COMMODE
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOT 129)
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH COMMODE

CIRCA 1720

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH COMMODE
CIRCA 1720
The shaped red ribboned Campan marble top above a bombé case fitted with two long drawers flanked by ribbon-tied Espagnolette chutes, the sides with rear C-scroll and cartouche mounts, on slight cabriole legs with paw sabots, drawers relined
34½ in. (88 cm.) high, 54¼ in. (157.5 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep

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Interestingly this elegant commode employs several distinctive models of mounts by Charles Cressent, (1685-1768 marchand-ébéniste and sculpteur), who in contravention of guild rules cast and gilt his own furniture mounts, sometimes even supplying the casters with models which he had created himself. The apron mount, rear angle mounts, central escutcheons and sabots are all mounts that are found on commodes by Cressent (see A. Pradère, Charles Cressent, Dijon, 2003, pp. 273-289.) As he did not produce furniture veneered exclusively in amaranth but employed combinations of bois satiné, amaranth and tulipwood parquetry, this piece would seem to be by one of Cressent's close contemporaries rather than by Cressent himself.

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