Lot Essay
Charles-Michel Cochois was active on the rue des Petits-Carreaux in the 1730s and died in 1764.
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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(Lots 308-309)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
STAMPED TWICE CM COCHOIS, CIRCA 1740, REMOUNTED
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
STAMPED TWICE CM COCHOIS, CIRCA 1740, REMOUNTED
The shaped brèche d'Alep marble top above two conforming drawers with shaped quarter-veneered parquetry panels, the sides similarly decorated, above a shaped apron set with a pierced aysmmetrical cartouche, on cabriole legs, the corners set with rocaille mounts centered with a cabochon, above leaf-wrapped reeded chutes and scrolled-acanthus sabots
31 in. (80.5 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
STAMPED TWICE CM COCHOIS, CIRCA 1740, REMOUNTED
The shaped brèche d'Alep marble top above two conforming drawers with shaped quarter-veneered parquetry panels, the sides similarly decorated, above a shaped apron set with a pierced aysmmetrical cartouche, on cabriole legs, the corners set with rocaille mounts centered with a cabochon, above leaf-wrapped reeded chutes and scrolled-acanthus sabots
31 in. (80.5 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17/18 November 1999, lot 541.