A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SCARLET LACQUER COMMODE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SCARLET LACQUER COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED P H MEWESEN TWICE, JME ONCE

With serpentine moulded top above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with chinoiserie scenes and fitted with rocaille pulls within pierced scrolling encadrement, the sides similarly decorated, with splayed legs headed by rocaille chutes continuing to pierced scroll sabots (restoration to decoration)--54in. (135cm.) high, 50½in. (126.2cm.) wide, 23in. (57.5cm.) deep

Pierre-Harry Mewesen, maître in 1766

PROVENANCE
Lord Hillingdon