A LOUIS XVI BLUE AND WHITE PAINTED COMMODE
A LOUIS XVI BLUE AND WHITE PAINTED COMMODE

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A LOUIS XVI BLUE AND WHITE PAINTED COMMODE
The canted rectangular simulated marble top with stiff-leaf and egg-and-dart moulded edge above three drawers decorated with scrolling foliage above three drawers decorated with scrolling foliage and centred by palm-wrapped cartouches flanked by guilloche carved angles, the side panels with a carved flowerhead, above a guilloche and flowerhead carved lower edge, on paw feet, the handles replaced, possibly Provence
35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A number of constructional features as well as the use of walnut together with poplar indicate that this commode was not executed in Paris, but probably in Provence. A related commode, from the collection of Henry Ford II, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 25 February 1978, lot 81.

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