CIRCA 1725, REMOUNTED

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH COMMODE A ENCOIGNURES
CIRCA 1725, REMOUNTED
The serprentine-fronted shaped white-veined grey brèche marble top with moulded edge, above two drawers and a shaped apron decorated by a blowing Zephyr mask, the shaped angles headed by clasps cast with rockwork, sea-scrolls and foliage, the sides with hinged doors enclosing two open shelves centered by Apollo's mask, on shaped feet terminating in sabots cast with foliage and sea-scrolls, restorations to the marble
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 63½ in. (161 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Provenance

Sotheby's, Paris, 17 December 2002, lot 55.

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Lot Essay

This ormolu-mounted amaranth commode bears the distinctive feature of shaped side doors or encoignures, a particularity that is recurrent in the second quarter of the 18th Century. This is best illustrated in some of the commodes designed by the celebrated ébéniste Bernard II van Risen burgh (BVRB) including those for the Munich residence (see B. Langer, Die französischen Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1995, p.89). A related commode stamped by BVRB was sold at Chritie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 100. Magnificent commodes with related lateral doors or encoignures were also designed by another famed 18th Century ébéniste, Charles Cressent (1685-1768).

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