A REGENCE ORMOLU MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID AMARANTH AND STAINED AMARANTH AND EBONY COMMODE

CIRCA 1715

细节

A REGENCE ORMOLU MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID AMARANTH AND STAINED AMARANTH AND EBONY COMMODE
CIRCA 1715
The shaped top inlaid with rosettes above three small walnut-lined drawers and two long walnut-lined drawers, each with an acanthus ormolu border and further ebony and brass-inlaid framing, flanked by brass-inlaid stop-fluted pilasters and ending in scrolled ormolu feet, inscribed in black paint 'SEL 213' and in white chalk 'S54' and with a paper shipping label inscribed 'Madame Robbins venant de M. Seligmann le ? Octobre 1948', restorations to top and sides
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 51½ in. (131 cm.)wide, 26½ in. (67 cm.) deep

来源

André Seligmann, Paris.
with Georges de Batz, New York.

拍品专文

A similar commode was sold Christie's New York, 21 October 1997, lot 24. Two further related commodes, possibly from the same workshop, were sold Versailles, 21 February 1982, lot 74, and Versailles, 28 February 1988, lot 258.

While the shape and overall design of this commode is traditional, the veneers are more exotic and varied than most other pieces of this date. The distinctive veneer of this commode is further emphasized by some of the amaranth veneers, which are also probably stained to resemble a more exotic wood.