A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

BY JEAN-GEORGES SCHLICHTIG

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
By Jean-Georges Schlichtig
The eared and canted rectangular grey marble top above three long drawers with green-stained banding and a shaped apron centred by a mount with a vase and scrolling foliage, the canted angles with simulated fluting headed by a pilaster mount and terminating in bracket feet, remounted, restorations, the back feet resupported, stamped to the top of the carcase 'J. G. SCHLICHTIG' and 'JME', the reverse with old storage label inscribed 'Ameublement A. Landeau La Ferte - St. Aubin' and 'Madame Dislauf 8 square du Champ de Mars Paris'
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

Provenance

Mme. Dislauf, Paris.

Lot Essay

Jean-Georges Schlichtig, maître in 1765.

A closely related secretaire a abattant is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 790, fig. A.

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