THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR (Lots 4-23)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE

BY GASPARD FEILT

Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
By Gaspard Feilt
Decorated overall with a C-scroll trellis-pattern, the moulded and waved variegated grey marble top above two walnut-lined long drawers decorated sans taverse with a central C-scroll cartouche with a spray of flowers within a rocaille frame, above a shaped apron with a pierced foliate scrolling mount, the hipped angles headed by pierced C-scroll mounts, above splayed legs terminating in foliate sabots, indistinctly inscribed '2', stamped 'G. FEILT' and 'JME' to a back upright, restorations to the veneer, particularly to the amaranth ground
59 in. (150 cm.) wide; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep
Provenance
Purchased from Kraemer & Cie, Paris, in 1955 for Ffr 1,200,000.

Lot Essay

Gaspard Feilt, flourished until 1763.

Of German origin, Gaspard Feilt established his atelier in the rue de Charenton. Although little documented, he clearly enjoyed considerable success, as can be seen by the calibre of debtors recorded following his death, including the comte de Béthune, the Maréchal de Broglie and Bishop d'Autun.

The distinctive template of the C-scroll parquetry ground can also seen on a table à écrire by Christophe Wolff (maître in 1755), offered anonymously in these Rooms, 3 July 1980, lot 98.

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