A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE, in the Louis XV style, of serpentine outline with a brêche d'alep marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse within an ormolu border, with veneered sides, on shaped legs with scrolled cast sabots,the carcass with false stamp J.E.OBBEN EBENISTE DU ROI, late 19th Century

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE, in the Louis XV style, of serpentine outline with a brêche d'alep marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse within an ormolu border, with veneered sides, on shaped legs with scrolled cast sabots,the carcass with false stamp J.E.OBBEN EBENISTE DU ROI, late 19th Century
42in. (107cm.) wide; 35½in. (89.2cm.) high; 21¾in. (55.2cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The violin-shaped cartouche relates to that found on a serpentined commode by Jean-Francois Oeben (d.1763) sold Christie's 11 June 1992 lot 142

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