A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
THE CASE MID-18TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU LATE 19TH CENTURY

With serpentine moulded brêche d'Alèp marble top above three bombé drawers mounted sans traverse with crisply cast elaborately scrolling foliate blossoming encadrements encorporating a lockplate and issuing similarly cast handles, the apron with blossoming mount centering a putto, the sides mounted with trailing morning-glories, the angles mounted with dense blossoming rocaille chutes continuing down splayed legs ending in pierced scroll sabots-40in. (101.5cm.) high, 64½in. (164cm.) wide, 31in. (79cm.) deep