A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany commode a vantaux

AFTER THE MODEL BY GUILLAUME BENEMAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany commode a vantaux
After the model by Guillaume Beneman, Early 20th Century
Of trapezoid form, the thick grey-veined white marble top above a conforming panelled oak-leaf frieze over two doors applied with a mask of Medusa surmounted by a plumed helmet, quivers of arrows, flags, battle axes and meandering foliage opening to reveal six open drawers à l'anglaise, with panelled concave sides, the angles formed as ribbon-tied arrow clusters, above a straight apron cast with bands of entrelac, on hairy paw feet
36¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 71¾ in. (182.3 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The present lot is a faithful copy of the commode supplied by Guillaume Benneman for Louis XVI's apartments at Compiègne in 1786. It was probably made by Sauvage for the Comte de Provence and was later adapted by Benneman under the instruction of Hauré for Louis XVI's Cabinet du Conseil at Fontainebleau, where it remains today (see J. Meuvret et al., French Cabinet Makers of the Eighteenth Century, 1963, p. 309).

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