A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT ENGRAVED MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE, with serpentine top crossbanded overall and inlaid with scrolling strapwork designs and with a central foliate cartouche above three short and two long drawers similarly inlaid with scrolling C-scrolls and with cartouche-shaped angles and escutcheon surrounds, the serpentine sides carved with scrolling foliage and inlaid with a quarter-veneered panel within a parquetry surround above a shaped apron centred by a floral cartouche and on cabriole legs, mid-18th Century, two front legs with later metal bracket supports, minor losses, with label to one drawer 'Louis the 14th Made about the middle of his reign/so is about 230 years old. It was bought at Canon Heavisides/sale. The Close Norwich', remounted | Christie's

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT ENGRAVED MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE, with serpentine top crossbanded overall and inlaid with scrolling strapwork designs and with a central foliate cartouche above three short and two long drawers similarly inlaid with scrolling C-scrolls and with cartouche-shaped angles and escutcheon surrounds, the serpentine sides carved with scrolling foliage and inlaid with a quarter-veneered panel within a parquetry surround above a shaped apron centred by a floral cartouche and on cabriole legs, mid-18th Century, two front legs with later metal bracket supports, minor losses, with label to one drawer 'Louis the 14th Made about the middle of his reign/so is about 230 years old. It was bought at Canon Heavisides/sale. The Close Norwich', remounted

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT ENGRAVED MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE, with serpentine top crossbanded overall and inlaid with scrolling strapwork designs and with a central foliate cartouche above three short and two long drawers similarly inlaid with scrolling C-scrolls and with cartouche-shaped angles and escutcheon surrounds, the serpentine sides carved with scrolling foliage and inlaid with a quarter-veneered panel within a parquetry surround above a shaped apron centred by a floral cartouche and on cabriole legs, mid-18th Century, two front legs with later metal bracket supports, minor losses, with label to one drawer 'Louis the 14th Made about the middle of his reign/so is about 230 years old. It was bought at Canon Heavisides/sale. The Close Norwich', remounted
51½in. (131cm.) wide; 35¼in. (89.5cm.) high; 25½in. (65cm.) deep