Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE
With serpentine moulded brêche d'Alèp marble top above two long drawers inlaid sans traverse with bois-de-bout floral sprays within a sinuous pierced foliate-cast encadrement, the sides similarly inlaid and mounted, the angles with pierced foliate-cast chutes continuing down cabriole legs to similarly cast sabots, bearing the stamp BVRB twice, extensive alterations
34¼in. (87cm.) high, 44¼in. (112.5cm.) wide, 21¼in. (54cm.) deep
With serpentine moulded brêche d'Alèp marble top above two long drawers inlaid sans traverse with bois-de-bout floral sprays within a sinuous pierced foliate-cast encadrement, the sides similarly inlaid and mounted, the angles with pierced foliate-cast chutes continuing down cabriole legs to similarly cast sabots, bearing the stamp BVRB twice, extensive alterations
34¼in. (87cm.) high, 44¼in. (112.5cm.) wide, 21¼in. (54cm.) deep
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 6 November 1982, lot 186
Literature
A. Pradère, French Furniture Makers, 1989, p. 190, fig. 176