A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD DEMI-LUNE COMMODE crossbanded in pallisander and inlaid with chequered lines, with canted liver marble top above a single drawer and two further drawers sans traverse, flanked by two bowed doors, the angles mounted with triglyphs and inlaid with simulated fluting, on turned tapering legs with simulated fluting and turned sabots, stamped .AGNIE.. (C.M. Magnien) and with inscription Chappegros ... de meubles Rue Meisonierre ... 18 sols de la par de lambert
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD DEMI-LUNE COMMODE crossbanded in pallisander and inlaid with chequered lines, with canted liver marble top above a single drawer and two further drawers sans traverse, flanked by two bowed doors, the angles mounted with triglyphs and inlaid with simulated fluting, on turned tapering legs with simulated fluting and turned sabots, stamped .AGNIE.. (C.M. Magnien) and with inscription Chappegros ... de meubles Rue Meisonierre ... 18 sols de la par de lambert
45½in. (115.5cm.) wide; 34½in. (87.5cm.) high; 20½in. (51.5cm.) deep
Lot Essay
Claude Mathieu Magnien (1741-1829), maître in 1771