AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BOULLE BRASS-INLAID AMARANTH AND EBONY COMMODE

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BOULLE BRASS-INLAID AMARANTH AND EBONY COMMODE

The bow-fronted rectangular top with interlaced ebony and brass geometric inlays and stylised foliate border, above four walnut-lined long drawers conformingly inlaid, the cornucopia and foliate handles centred by lambrequin-headed masks and fruiting escutcheons separated by upswept acanthus and ropetwist mount, the canted angles headed by foliate scrolled trellis mounts, the sides with a seated nymph amongst foliate-scrolls within a canted rectangular bead-and-reel border, the apron centred by scrolled foliate mounts on splayed feet mounted with espagnolette-masks headed by lambrequin and acanthus sprays, restorations overall, the top relaid, re-veneered, partially re-mounted, the carcase basically 18th Century
48¾in. (124cm.) wide; 32in. (81cm.) high; 25in. (63.5cm.) deep

Provenance

By repute the ducs de Choiseul-Praslin

Lot Essay

A related commode with similar mounts is at Waddesdon Manor and is illustrated in G. de Bellaigue The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Fribourg 1994, p. 198, N. 43. A further related commode with a marble top was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 16 June 1995, lot 11.

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