Lot 492
492
A kingwood, ormolu mounted and trellis marquetry medal cabinet/commode, the moulded serpentine mottled grey marble top above a female portrait mask flanked on either side by a serpentine door onlaid wiith ribbon-tied acanthus scrolls suspending medals and centred by an oval classical medallion on a later blue painted ground framed by flowerhead swags, the serpentine sides similarly mounted, on ormolu cabriole supports and scrolled toes headed by rams heads, 68ins wide (173cms)

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A kingwood, ormolu mounted and trellis marquetry medal cabinet/commode, the moulded serpentine mottled grey marble top above a female portrait mask flanked on either side by a serpentine door onlaid wiith ribbon-tied acanthus scrolls suspending medals and centred by an oval classical medallion on a later blue painted ground framed by flowerhead swags, the serpentine sides similarly mounted, on ormolu cabriole supports and scrolled toes headed by rams heads, 68ins wide (173cms)

Lot Essay

The original model of this medal cabinet, with different central medallions on a tortoiseshell ground is now in Versailles and was supplied by Antoine-Robert Gaudreaus, (1682-1746) in 1738 for the cabinet interieur of Louis XV at Versailles, the bronze mounts and possibly the piece itself, were modelled by the Slodtz Brothers.
The Versailles model is illustrated in Alexandre Pradere, French Furniture Makers, The Art of the Ebeniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution 1989, Page 144.

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