A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BOMBE COMMODES

STAMPED DELORME AND JME, CIRCA 1750

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BOMBE COMMODES
Stamped DELORME and JME, circa 1750
Each with shaped marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with a garden scene on a veranda with people and monkies wearing clothes, the waved apron mounted with opposed acanthus scrolls surmounted by a shell, the angles with pierced and scrolled acanthus-sheathed mounts, on cabriole legs with sabots, one with the red ink inscription 28 to the underside of the marble top, probably polychrome-decorated on a Chinese black and gilt lacquered ground and with later refreshments to surface decoration
29in. (75cm.) high, 27in. (70.5cm.) wide, 15in. (39.3cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

Adrien-Faizelot Delorme, matre in 1748.

With their use of exotic Oriental lacquer panels, probably re-used from a screen and then further embellished by a specialist vernisseur, these commodes typify Delorme's role as a marchand-bniste. Established in the rue du Temple, Delorme's reputation was initially founded on his sophisticated floral marquetry, contemporary Almanachs describing him as 'l'un des plus habiles et des plus renomms pour les ouvrages de marqueterie'.

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