An early Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and parquetry commode,

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, CIRCA 1880-1890,

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An early Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and parquetry commode,
After the model by Charles Cressent, Circa 1880-1890,
The serpentine shaped white marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse with trellis parquetry, centred by a flaming urn flanked by children holding oak branches and headed by courting doves, the front angles each with a putto holding a dove, supported by oak trunks, the sides each with an oak wreath, on legs tapering to oak-leaf sabots
35in. (89cm.) high; 59in. (150cm.) wide; 23¾in. (60.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The original model for the present commode is almost certainly the work of Charles Cressent (maître 1720; d. 1768) and dates from the 1730s. Entering the collection of the Dukes of Hamilton after the French revolution, the commode was sold at Christie's celebrated Hamilton Palace sale (lot 1806) in 1882 for £6,427. It was purchased by Ferdinand Rothschild and is now in the collection at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.

Another late 19th century copy of this model commode was sold Christie's East, 29 March 2000, lot 227 ($43,700).

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