Lot Essay
The stamp possibly refers to Pierre Wattellin, maître in 1757
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
Mid-18th Century
The shaped, stepped white-veined grey marble top above two drawers inlaid sans-traverse with a shaped reserve with geometric trellis parquetry, the keeled angles mounted with asymmetrical scrolled and rocaille mounts centred by a cabochon, the apron centred by a C-scrolled foliate mount, the sides conformingly inlaid and on shaped legs with sabots, the top of the carcase inscribed in ink O n.12 and with indistinct stamp ...ELLIN and JME, some constructional cracks, re-mounted, minor losses to veneer
51½in. (131cm.) wide; 33½in. (85cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep
Mid-18th Century
The shaped, stepped white-veined grey marble top above two drawers inlaid sans-traverse with a shaped reserve with geometric trellis parquetry, the keeled angles mounted with asymmetrical scrolled and rocaille mounts centred by a cabochon, the apron centred by a C-scrolled foliate mount, the sides conformingly inlaid and on shaped legs with sabots, the top of the carcase inscribed in ink O n.12 and with indistinct stamp ...ELLIN and JME, some constructional cracks, re-mounted, minor losses to veneer
51½in. (131cm.) wide; 33½in. (85cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep