A Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted tulipwood commode

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, CIRCA 1890

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A Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted tulipwood commode
After the model by Charles Cressent, Circa 1890
The serpentine-shaped brèche violette marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse and heavily mounted with trailing oak-branches, birds and a vase flanked by a pair of reclining putti, the sides mounted with crossed oak-branches, the angles each with a putto holding a bird, on square tapering legs cast with oak-trunk fronts
36¼in. (92cm.) high; 57½in. (146cm.) wide; 24¼in. (61.6cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Although not stamped, the original model for the present commode is almost certainly the work of the maître ébéniste Charles Cressent (d. 1768), and dates from the 1730s. Formerly in the collection of the Dukes of Hamilton, the commode was sold at the Christie's Hamilton Palace sale (lot 1806) in 1882 for 6,427 pounds 10s and is now at Waddesdon Manor.

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