A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER COMMODE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED J RHENON

With serpentine mottled red marble top above two drawers on splayed legs with foliate scroll chutes and sabots, the front and sides decorated with flowers and butterflies-34in. (86cm.) high, 44½in. (113cm.) wide, 23in. (58cm.) deep

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Jean Rhenon, maître in 1746

A nearly identical commode is illustrated in G. Janneau, Les Commodes, 1977, pl. VIII. A commode stamped F.G. from the Keck Collection with similar floral gilt japanning and distinctive use of red highlights, was sold, Sotheby's New York, 5-6 December 1991, lot 254.