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Lot Essay
Jean Girardau or Girardot maître in 1738.
A similar commode by Girardau is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris 1989, p. 362.
The distinctive pattern of the angle-mounts on the current commode, appears on several very distinguished French and English commodes of this period. In France, this model was much used by Joseph Baumhauer (maître circa 1749), for example on a bureau plat illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 1987, p.454. In England its use has included the pair of commodes from Blaise Castle, Bristol, which were sold from the Messer collection, Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 117. The most glamourous use of the model is on a pair of commodes that were supplied under the direction of James Cullen for the State Appartment at Hopetoun House, Edinburgh (A.Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1969, fig.416).
A similar commode by Girardau is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris 1989, p. 362.
The distinctive pattern of the angle-mounts on the current commode, appears on several very distinguished French and English commodes of this period. In France, this model was much used by Joseph Baumhauer (maître circa 1749), for example on a bureau plat illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 1987, p.454. In England its use has included the pair of commodes from Blaise Castle, Bristol, which were sold from the Messer collection, Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 117. The most glamourous use of the model is on a pair of commodes that were supplied under the direction of James Cullen for the State Appartment at Hopetoun House, Edinburgh (A.Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1969, fig.416).