THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE by André Antoine Lardin, the canted rectangular brêche d'alep marble top above a frieze drawer and two further long drawers inlaid sans traverse with geometric parquetry, the canted sides inlaid with foliate trials and headed by swagged mounts, with waved apron and on cabriole legs and foliate sabots, stamped twice LARDIN, twice N. PETIT and three times JME, extensive restorations and remounted

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A TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE by André Antoine Lardin, the canted rectangular brêche d'alep marble top above a frieze drawer and two further long drawers inlaid sans traverse with geometric parquetry, the canted sides inlaid with foliate trials and headed by swagged mounts, with waved apron and on cabriole legs and foliate sabots, stamped twice LARDIN, twice N. PETIT and three times JME, extensive restorations and remounted
37½in. (95cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 19in. (48.5cm.) deep

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André Antoine Lardin, maître in 1750
Nicolas Petit, stamped as marchand-ébéniste, maître in 1761

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