PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. FRITZ MARKUS (LOTS 772-775)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND AMARANTH COMMODE
STAMPED 'C LEBESGUE' AND 'JME', MID-18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND AMARANTH COMMODE
STAMPED 'C LEBESGUE' AND 'JME', MID-18TH CENTURY
The moulded breche d'Alep marble top of arc-en-arbalette form above two conforming faux-panelled drawers, the sides with quarter-veneered panels, with foliate ruffle-cast angles extending to foliate-entwined chutes, with foliate sabots, with a blue-rimmed paper label inscribed 'Weiller' and a printed depository label 'Crouchers Ltd./Newport, IW' inscribed in ink '...46/.tocker', underside of marble inscribed in chalk 'commode regence', stamped at left side rear beneath marble, gilding to mounts largely rubbed
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high, 49½ in. (125 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
Lot Essay
Claude Pierre Lebesgue, maître in 1750.
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