Lot Essay
Pierre Harry Mewesen, maître in 1766.
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BY PIERRE HARRY MEWESEN
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, ROSEWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
By Pierre Harry Mewesen
Of slightly breakfront form, the canted rectangular brèche d'Alep marble top above three elm-panelled frieze drawers and two drawers inlaid sans traverse with panels of cube parquetry, centred by an eared panel of floral trelliswork, flanked by canted fluted angles headed by lion-masks, the sides with conforming cube parquetry with fluted back edge, on cabriole legs and foliate sabots, stamped 'P.H.MEWESEN' and 'JME' once, repair to marble top, restorations to veneer, partially remounted
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep
By Pierre Harry Mewesen
Of slightly breakfront form, the canted rectangular brèche d'Alep marble top above three elm-panelled frieze drawers and two drawers inlaid sans traverse with panels of cube parquetry, centred by an eared panel of floral trelliswork, flanked by canted fluted angles headed by lion-masks, the sides with conforming cube parquetry with fluted back edge, on cabriole legs and foliate sabots, stamped 'P.H.MEWESEN' and 'JME' once, repair to marble top, restorations to veneer, partially remounted
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep