Lot 234
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
19TH CENTURY
THE EARED MOULDED SERPENTINE-FRONTED SHAPED MEDICIS BRECCHIA MARBLE TOP ABOVE A PAIR OF DRAWERS INLAID SANS TRAVERSE WITH A CENTRAL CARTOUCHE WITH FLORAL SPLAYS FRAMED BY INTERLACED SCROLLS, FLANKED BY CONFORMINGLY-DECORATED SHAPED RESERVES, ABOVE A WAVED APRON MOUNTED WITH FOLIAGE AND ROCKWORK, THE CURVED SIDES INLAID WITH FLORAL SPRAYS, ON CABRIOLE LEGS HEADED BY PIERCED ROCKWORK AND FOLIATE CLASPS, ABOVE PIERCED ANGLES AND TERMINATING IN ROCKWORK SABOTS, STENCILLED 'ST.C.12555' AND INSCRIBED '1281' AND WITH PAPER TRANSPORT LABEL INSCRIBED 'AS LADY INCHYRA' WITH PAPER LABEL TO UNDERSIDE
34 IN. (86 CM.) HIGH; 58 IN. (148 CM.) WIDE; 26 IN. (66 CM.) DEEP
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Lot Essay

THE CHARACTERISTIC PIERCED ANGLE MOUNTS OF THIS EXUBERANT COMMODE ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THOSE SIGNED BY JACQUES CAFFIERI, WHICH FEATURE ON THE CELEBRATED COMMODE IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION, WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY THE SLODTZ BROTHERS AND SUPPLIED BY ANTOINE-ROBERT GAUDREAUS (MAîTRE IN 1708) IN 1738 FOR THE CABINET INTéRIEUR OF LOUIS XV AT VERSAILLES (A. PRADéRE, FRENCH FURNITURE MAKERS, PARIS, 1989, P. 146, FIG. 117).

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