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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, KINGWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE

BY JACQUES DUBOIS

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, KINGWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE
By Jacques Dubois
With serpentine brêche d'Alèp marble top fitted above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a flower-spray on a shaped quarter-veneered ground framed by rockwork and scrolling foliate borders incorporating the handles, on cabriole legs headed by C-scroll and rockwork angles, reaching to sabots, stamped twice 'I. DUBOIS' and 'JME', with remains of printed paper label on the underside '...VERSAILLES (Chant.)' and another printed '69'
32¾ in. (83 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

W.J.R. Dreesmann and thence by descent to his son.
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-43).

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Lot Essay

Jacques Dubois, maître in 1742.

Although perhaps better known for his lacquer furniture, Jacques Dubois was equally accomplished at the delicate bois de bout marquetry of foliate tendrils displayed on this commode. A commode by Dubois with similar marquetry is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 271. Similar marquetry within a frame of vine-wrapped scrolling bronzes also features on the celebrated encoignure by Dubois, now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

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