拍品 143
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A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and amaranth commode a vantaux
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN B. KROC
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and amaranth commode a vantaux

AFTER THE MODEL BY GUILLAUME BENNEMAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

細節
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and amaranth commode a vantaux
After the model by Guillaume Benneman, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Of trapezoid form, the shaped skyros marble top above an oak-leaf frieze set with a pair of drawers, above a pair of panelled doors mounted with trophies of War and acanthus rosettes, the interior fitted with six drawers à l'anglaise, with panelled concave sides and ribbon-tied arrow-form front angles, on acanthus-sheathed hairy paw feet
36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 74½ in. (189.3 cm.) wide; 26¾ in. (68 cm.) deep

拍品專文

The present lot is a faithful copy of the commode supplied by Guillaume Benneman for Louis XVI's apartments at Compiègne in 1786. It was probably made by Sauvage for the Comte de Provence and was later adapted by Benneman under the instruction of Hauré for Louis XVI's Cabinet du Conseil at Fontainebleau, where it remains today (see J. Meuvret et al., French Cabinet Makers of the Eighteenth Century, 1963, p. 309).