Lot Essay
Jacques Bircklé, maître in 1764
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
BY JACQUES BIRCKLE
The moulded serpentine liver marble top above three short and two long graduated drawers, all simulated as long drawers, mounted with rocaille C-scrolls and foliate handles and escutcheons, the sides with cartouche-shaped quarter-veneered parquetry panels, the shaped angles headed by acorn swags and foliate and C-scroll angle mounts, above a waved apron mounted with further C-scrolls and flowers, on splayed feet with rockwork sabots, the top left-hand drawer replaced and veneered with a mahogany panel, the marble repaired, stamped twice J * BIRCKLE and twice JME
50½in. (128.5cm.) wide; 33¾in. (86cm.) high; 35½in. (85cm.) deep
BY JACQUES BIRCKLE
The moulded serpentine liver marble top above three short and two long graduated drawers, all simulated as long drawers, mounted with rocaille C-scrolls and foliate handles and escutcheons, the sides with cartouche-shaped quarter-veneered parquetry panels, the shaped angles headed by acorn swags and foliate and C-scroll angle mounts, above a waved apron mounted with further C-scrolls and flowers, on splayed feet with rockwork sabots, the top left-hand drawer replaced and veneered with a mahogany panel, the marble repaired, stamped twice J * BIRCKLE and twice JME
50½in. (128.5cm.) wide; 33¾in. (86cm.) high; 35½in. (85cm.) deep
Provenance
H.F. Castenschiold, Borreby Castle, Skaelskor, Denmark
Thence by descent
Thence by descent