Lot Essay
Related commodes by Roussel with similar dense floral marquetry are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, 1989, p. 730.
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED P ROUSSEL
The serpentine brêche d'Alèp marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse, the sides similarly inlaid above a scroll and foliate-cast apron flanked by similarly-cast chutes on cabriole legs ending in leaf-cast sabots, restorations to marquetry, some mounts associated
34in. (86.2cm.) high, 50½in. (128.2cm.) wide, 23½in. (60cm.) deep
MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED P ROUSSEL
The serpentine brêche d'Alèp marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse, the sides similarly inlaid above a scroll and foliate-cast apron flanked by similarly-cast chutes on cabriole legs ending in leaf-cast sabots, restorations to marquetry, some mounts associated
34in. (86.2cm.) high, 50½in. (128.2cm.) wide, 23½in. (60cm.) deep
Provenance
Eleanor Dorrance Ingersoll, sold in these Rooms, 11 November 1977, lot 147