Lot Essay
This is a copy of the celebrated model made by Jean-François Leleu and delivered on 1 May 1773 for the bed-chamber of the Duchesse de Bourbon at the Palais Bourbon, Paris.
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AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LELEU, BY ROSEL, BRUXELLES, 20TH CENTURY
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A Belgian ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry commode
After the model by Jean-François Leleu, By Rosel, Bruxelles, 20th Century
Surmounted by a brocatelle marble top, above a scrolling foliate frieze fitted to the front with a drawer, the inside with a plaque inscribed ROSEL FABRICANT BRUXELLES, above a pair of cupboard doors centred by a losange, with a scrolling foliate handle to each corner, the sides each with fleur de lys marquetry within a rectangular frame, on four cylindrical tapering fluted legs headed by acanthus leaves, on cast sabots
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep
After the model by Jean-François Leleu, By Rosel, Bruxelles, 20th Century
Surmounted by a brocatelle marble top, above a scrolling foliate frieze fitted to the front with a drawer, the inside with a plaque inscribed ROSEL FABRICANT BRUXELLES, above a pair of cupboard doors centred by a losange, with a scrolling foliate handle to each corner, the sides each with fleur de lys marquetry within a rectangular frame, on four cylindrical tapering fluted legs headed by acanthus leaves, on cast sabots
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep