A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE by Jean-Baptiste Chevallier, with serpentine liver moulded marble top above two long drawers inlaid sans tranverse with a spray of flowers within a cartouche-shaped frame and flanked by mahogany and tulipwood cube parquetry inlaid with scrolling foliage and with relief carved bases to the ormolu handles, crossbanded overall with kingwood bands between scrolling foliate angle mounts, the bombé sides similarly inlaid with an engraved spray of flowers within cube parquetry bands, above a waved apron with C-scroll and rockwork mounts, on angled tapering square legs and scrolled acanthus-cast sabots, stamped JB.CHEVALLIER/J/NH and FF, with remains of label to the reverse BAG.GES...

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE by Jean-Baptiste Chevallier, with serpentine liver moulded marble top above two long drawers inlaid sans tranverse with a spray of flowers within a cartouche-shaped frame and flanked by mahogany and tulipwood cube parquetry inlaid with scrolling foliage and with relief carved bases to the ormolu handles, crossbanded overall with kingwood bands between scrolling foliate angle mounts, the bombé sides similarly inlaid with an engraved spray of flowers within cube parquetry bands, above a waved apron with C-scroll and rockwork mounts, on angled tapering square legs and scrolled acanthus-cast sabots, stamped JB.CHEVALLIER/J/NH and FF, with remains of label to the reverse BAG.GES...
50¾in. (129cm.) wide; 35¼in. (89.5cm.) high; 23¼in. (59cm.) deep

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The intials F.F. are thought to be the stamp of François Fleury, ébéniste, working until the early Louis XVI period in rue Traversière, Paris. J.-B. Chevallier is not a recorded ébéniste but may have been a member of the family of Ebénistes which included Charles and Jean Mathieu Chevallier

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