THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE

BY JEAN-LOUIS-FRANÇOIS LEGRY

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE
By Jean-Louis-François Legry
The later moulded rectangular Breccia marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with floral swags centred by a rose within an oval foliate border, flanked by simulated fluting, the sides similarly inlaid, on stylized stiff-leaf square tapering legs with brass caps, with paper label to the top inscribed in pen 'Envoi des' and printed 'CHAPPELE E BENISTE D'AMMARIE-LES-LYS (SEINE ET MARNE)' and inscribed again in pen 'a Madame de Chefdebiers 6 rue de l'Elysee Paris', restorations, stamped, reconstructed from a larger Louis XVI breakfront commode, stamped 'JME LEGRY'

Provenance

The Dubois Collection, sold in Paris, 25 May 1940, lot 271.

Literature

J. Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maîtres Ebénistes
Français au XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1956, p. 285 (fig. A).

Sale room notice

The measurements are: 30¾ in. (78 cm.) wide; 34 in. (87 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Jean-louis-François Legry, elected maître in 1779.

Related marquetry features on the secretaire stamped by Legry in Budapest (illustrated in Le Mobilier Français en Hongrie- formerly in the Festestis collection), as well as on the secretaire sold at Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 18 December 1985.

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