AFTER THE MODEL BY RIESENER, ONE BY EVRARD FRÈRES, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A near pair of French ormolu-mounted mahogany commodes
After the model by Riesener, One by Evrard Frères, Late 19th-early 20th Century
One surmounted by a shaped Bleu Turquin marble top, the other by a Brocatelle Violette du Jura, each centred by three frieze drawers with Vitruvian scroll mounts, above two drawers sans traverses, flanked by ribbon-tied laurel wreath handles, the outswept sides with plain panels, on four toupie feet; one stamped to the reverse Evrard Frères, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris
39½ in. (100 cm.) high; 76 in. (193 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep (2)

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拍品專文

The present pair of commodes is a copy of the celebrated pair supplied by Jean-Henri Riesener (maître 1768; d. 1806) in 1786 for the Salon des Nobles de la Reine at Versailles. Furnished until 1785 with Louis XIV's original decor, the room was completely refurbished by Marie-Antoinette, the painted ceiling by Michel Corneille being the only original decoration to remain. The marble walls were replaced with gilt dado panels hung with apple-green silk, whilst the marquetry commodes were substituted with the two by Riesener, together with a pair of matching encoignures.