STAMPED 'F. GARNIER' CIRCA 1745

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK, GILT, GREEN AND RED LACQUER COMMODE
STAMPED 'F. GARNIER' CIRCA 1745
With a serpentine royal red marble top, above a conforming bombe case with two drawers, on cabriolelegs, the mounts stamped with the 'C couronné poinçon', restorations to decoration
34½ in. (87 cm.) high, 45½ in. (115 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Laura Whitney Miller

Lot Essay

The 'C couronné poinçon' was a tax mark in use between February 1745 and March 1749 on any alloy containing copper.

François Garnier, maître in 1742.

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