Lot Essay
P. Bernard is recorded at 4, passage des Postes from 1856-1876. Several stamped pieces are recorded, frequently in the style of Riesener.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH LACQUERED BRASS-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE of Louis XV style with moulded serpentine red and green veined marble top, the front inlaid sans traverse with a sprig of flowers and trelliswork flanked and divided by scrolling foliate mounts, with two drawers and conforming trellis sides, with waved apron and keeled angles with foliate clasps reaching to pied-de-biche sabots, stamped P.BERNARD maître Ebénifte, mid-19th Century, the mounts struck G.P. beneath a star, repairs to marble top
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A FRENCH LACQUERED BRASS-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE of Louis XV style with moulded serpentine red and green veined marble top, the front inlaid sans traverse with a sprig of flowers and trelliswork flanked and divided by scrolling foliate mounts, with two drawers and conforming trellis sides, with waved apron and keeled angles with foliate clasps reaching to pied-de-biche sabots, stamped P.BERNARD maître Ebénifte, mid-19th Century, the mounts struck G.P. beneath a star, repairs to marble top
41¼in. (105cm.) wide; 32in. (81cm.) high; 20¼in. (51.5cm.) deep
41¼in. (105cm.) wide; 32in. (81cm.) high; 20¼in. (51.5cm.) deep