AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, CIRCA 1890

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A French ormolu-mounted marquetry and parquetry commode
After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener, Circa 1890
Surmounted by a shaped and stepped white veined Carrara marble top, centred to the front by a pair of drawers headed by a mask, with central panel inlaid sans traverse with a ewer and basket of fruit and flowers, above a fleur-de-lys-studded globe and cornucopia, flanked to each side by a parquetry-inlaid cupboard door hung with floral swags and ribbon-suspended military trophies, the angles mounted with figures emblematic of Mars, Hercules, Temperance and Prudence, on tapering acanthus-mounted feet
38½ in. (98 cm.) high; 79½ in. (202 cm.) wide; 32 in. (81 cm.) deep

Provenance

Commissioned for the Palacio de los Marqueses de Torrelaguna, Madrid;
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The design for the present commode is based on the original model executed by Jean-Henri Riesener in 1775 and supplied to Louis XVI as a replacement for the sumptuous commode by Gaudreaux and Caffieri (supplied in 1739) in the Chambre du Roi at Versailles. The original commode is now in the Musée Condé at château de Chantilly.

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