A French ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry commode

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A French ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry commode
In the Louis XVI style, after the model by Jean-Henri Riesener, late 19th early 20th Century
With a brèche d'alep breakfront marble top, above three frieze drawers, the cupboard door below inset with a marquetry panel of a vase, flowers and a basket, flanked by trellis foliate panels, the inswept sides also with trellis foliate panels, on scrolled foliate sabots
63¾in. (162cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 22¾in. (58cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Designed in the Louis XVI manner associated with the court ébéiste Jean-Henri Riesener (maître 1768), its pastoral trophy vignette, within trellis panels, derives from a commode supplied for Versailles in 1775 and now in the Musée de Condé, Chantilly.

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