CIRCA 1775, ONE STAMPED N PETIT FOUR TIMES, THE OTHER N PETIT JME THREE TIMES

Details

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINÉ AND TULIPWOOD COMMODES
circa 1775, one stamped n petit four times, the other n petit jme three times
Each with D-shaped cipollino verde marble top above a frieze drawer applied with foliage and entrelac above two drawers mounted sans traverse flanked by similarly mounted cupboard doors, the drawers and cabinet doors centered by foliate and garland-cast chutes on turned tapering legs and cap feet
37¾in. (98.5cm.) high, 64¼in. (163cm.) wide, 29in. (74cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 June 1928, lot 285 (one commode)
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 December 1980, lot 62

Literature

J. Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maîtres Ébénistes Français du XVIIIème siècle, 1956, p. 361, fig. F

Lot Essay

Nicolas Petit, maître in 1761

Nicolas Petit had a prosperous shop at the sign of 'Le Nom de Jésus' in the faubourg Saint Antoine. Amongst his best clients were the duc d'Orléans and the duc de Bouillon.