A Transitional style ormolu-mounted mahogany, tulipwood, and marquetry commode a vantaux

BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILIEN-EUGÈNE DURAND, CIRCA 1875

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A Transitional style ormolu-mounted mahogany, tulipwood, and marquetry commode a vantaux
By Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand, Circa 1875
The moulded marble top above a conforming entrelac frieze, above two cupboard doors opening to reveal a single shelved interior, the exterior decorated with a central oval framed panel depicting a ribbon-hung trophy emblematic of Science, flanked by panels of ribbon-tied loose bouquets, the sides with similarly-decorated floral panels, the angles mounted with scrolling acanthus, all above a waved apron and acanthus-cast feet, the back stamped G. DURAND
34¼in. (87cm.) high; 59in. (149.8cm.) wide; 19¼in. (49cm.) deep

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Specialising in the production of 18th century style furniture of the finest quality, Gervais-Maximillien-Eugène Durand (b. 1839) worked from a number of workshop locations in Paris during the last quarter of the 19th century. With his son Frédéric-Louis joining him in around 1890, the firm altered its name to Durand et Fils

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