A French ormolu-mounted 'Boulle' and ebonised side-cabinet

IN THE LOUIS XIV STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, CIRCA 1890

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A French ormolu-mounted 'Boulle' and ebonised side-cabinet
In the Louis XIV Style, After the model by Andre-Charles Boulle, Circa 1890
Of breakfront outline, the verde antico green marble top above an acanthus-cast frieze, the front with a laurel-mounted roundel of Louis XIV flanked to each side by a cherub monopodiae, above a chamfered panel inlaid with a flower-filled vase, above a central mask and acanthus-cast claw feet, the sides each with four small drawers, on plinth base and tapering spiral fluted legs
33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) wide; 46 in. (117 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This commode/cabinet derives from a Louis XVI 'boulle' commode pattern created around 1770 to display medal-cabinets originally designed for Louis XIV by Andre Charles Boulle (d. 1732) and now in the Louvre. With its flower-vase tablet surmounted by a medallion of Louis XIV, it relates in particular to the Louis XVI versions of this pattern, acquired by the 4th Marquess of Hertford and lent to the Musée Retrospectif Exhibition, 1865 (see P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, 1996, vol. 11, no. 127).

The pattern was adopted by various ébénistes in the 19th century such as Joseph Cremer and Emmanuel Zwiener.

A virtually identical version of this Meuble à hauteur d'appui was sold by Vincent Wapler, Paris, 3 July 1996, lot 584.

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