Lot Essay
This model of angle mount is seen in the oeuvre of Nöel Gérard (active 1710-36), as on the bureau plat illustrated in A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p.113.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOT 472)
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
CIRCA 1720-25, THE MOUNTS RE-GILT
Details
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
CIRCA 1720-25, THE MOUNTS RE-GILT
The rectangular top decorated with a central radiating motif and oyster-cut parquetry within strapwork designs with a feather and cross-banded border and molded brass-bound edge above two short concave-fronted drawers and a long convex-fronted drawer, with mask form escutcheons between shaped uprights mounted with female-masks and adorned with foliate garlands, raised on outswept feet with foliate and trellis cast scrolled sabots, some replacements to mounts.
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 51¼ in. (130 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1720-25, THE MOUNTS RE-GILT
The rectangular top decorated with a central radiating motif and oyster-cut parquetry within strapwork designs with a feather and cross-banded border and molded brass-bound edge above two short concave-fronted drawers and a long convex-fronted drawer, with mask form escutcheons between shaped uprights mounted with female-masks and adorned with foliate garlands, raised on outswept feet with foliate and trellis cast scrolled sabots, some replacements to mounts.
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 51¼ in. (130 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner from Michel Ottin, Paris at the Winter Antiques Show, New York.