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

CIRCA 1775, STAMPED JF LELEU

Details

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
Circa 1775, stamped jf leleu
The incurving galleried white marble top above a guilloche and flowerhead-inlaid frieze drawer over a pair of quarter-veneered drawers, the sides similarly inlaid, on tapering fluted legs with circular sabots, with stencilled number 50373, with later drawer pulls
35in. (89cm.) high, 49in. (124.5cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep

Provenance

Mrs. George F. Baker, New York
French and Company, New York, purchased from the above in 1951
Purchased by the present owner in 1956

Lot Essay

Jean-Franois Leleu, matre in 1764

The distinctive profile of this commode, with outset rear corners, is shared by two other examples by Leleu, one in the Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris, and one at Versailles, illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1989, p. 510. The distinctive flower-filled entrelac frieze is identical to the frieze on a bureau plat in this sale, lot 176.