Lot Essay
Louis Delaitre, maître in 1738.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY LOUIS DELAITRE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
By Louis Delaitre
The moulded and waved liver marble top above two short and one long drawer inlaid with concentric bands centred by a quarter-veneer, above a shaped apron with a C-scroll and foliate mount, the angles headed by a foliate and rocaille mount above a hatched band terminating in pierced C-scroll and foliate sabots, the mounts stamped ten times with the C-couronné poinçon and the top stamped twice indistinctly 'L. DE LAITRE', two handles lacking, the marble top with break and loss to back right hand edge, the marble possibly later
45¼ in. (115 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86 cm.) high; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep
By Louis Delaitre
The moulded and waved liver marble top above two short and one long drawer inlaid with concentric bands centred by a quarter-veneer, above a shaped apron with a C-scroll and foliate mount, the angles headed by a foliate and rocaille mount above a hatched band terminating in pierced C-scroll and foliate sabots, the mounts stamped ten times with the C-couronné poinçon and the top stamped twice indistinctly 'L. DE LAITRE', two handles lacking, the marble top with break and loss to back right hand edge, the marble possibly later
45¼ in. (115 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86 cm.) high; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep