A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT COMMODE
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT COMMODE

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT COMMODE
The canted moulded grey and pink variegated marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse, the frieze inlaid with scrolling foliage against a green-stained ground, above three simulated panels framed by ribbon-twist borders, the central panel with a shepherd within a ribbon-tied oval flanked by flowers, flanked to either side by wicker baskets issuing various fruits, the angles headed by laurel garlands and inlaid with simulated fluting, the sides inliad with ribbon-tied musical trophies, on cabriole legs inlaid with husk-trails, and mounted with foliage and terminating in paw feet the marble inscribed 'No 3' to the underside, minor restorations to the veneers, remounted
34½ in. (87 cm) high; 52 in. (132 cm) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm) deep
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Lot Essay

A virtually identical commode, save for differing mounts, is in the James A. de Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor (illustrated in G. Bellaigue, Furniture , Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, Fribourg, 1974, vol. I, pp. 233-5, cat. 51). Bellaigue attributes this commode, together with another of the same design, formerly with Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd, and a secretaire formerly in the collection of the Dowager Lady Swaythling (sold Sotheby's, 25 June 1965, lot 165), to the same unidentified maker.

The same distinctive entwined-ribbon framing the drawers also features on a pair of demilune commodes by Martin Ohneberg, formerly in the collection of Edouard Larcade, sold Sotheby's London, 17 May 1968, lot 48.

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