A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

CIRCA 1755, STAMPED I.B. FROMAGEAU AND JME TWICE

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
Circa 1755, stamped I.B. FROMAGEAU and JME twice
The moulded serpentine-fronted brche d'Alp marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a musical trophy within a stylized C-scroll cartouche flanked by floral panels, the sides inlaid with floral sprays, on cabriole legs headed by rocaille and foliate-cast angle-mounts, the pearled chutes trailing to scroll-cast sabots, largely remounted, inscribed in black ink marbre no. 5 and in chalk 197/55537
34in. (87.5cm.) high, 46in. (118cm.) wide, 25in. (63.5cm.) deep
Fromageau, Jean-Baptiste

Provenance

Monsieur Golstadt, sold at Drouot, Paris, 8-9 February 1939, lot 186.

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Fromageau, matre in 1755

A related commode from the Kahn collection was sold at Drouot, Paris, 7 March 1994, lot 139.

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