A French ormolu-mounted kingwood commode a vantaux

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL BY ANTOINE GAUDREAUX, CIRCA 1890

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A French ormolu-mounted kingwood commode a vantaux
In the Louis XV Style, After the model by Antoine Gaudreaux, Circa 1890
The serpentine-shaped brèche violette marble top with a moulded edge, above a pair of doors, each centred with an oval medallion, the interior with six drawers, the sides also each centred with an oval panel, on scrolled legs, each headed by a ram's mask, inscribed to the right-hand front leg henry Dasson 1870
69½ in. (176.5 cm.) wide; 36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep

拍品專文

The serpentined commode hung with medals and flower-festooned medaillons of a bacchante and youth on a Bacchic panther and goat, derives from the celebrated commode designed for Louis XV's apartment at Versailles by Antoine-Sebastian Slodtz and manufactured by Antoine Gaudreaux in 1739.

Others were sold in these rooms 26 February 1998, lot 497 and 19 October 1995, lot 257.