MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED FOR LACQUER AND NOW THEREFORE REVENEERED

The fluid, delicate nature of the mounts that trail around the perimeter of the drawers inlaid with distinctive bois de bout are typical of the work of Jacques Dubois. One of the foremost ébenistes of the Louis XV period, Dubois is known to have worked for the marchand Bertin and the marchand ébeniste Pierre Migeon, and undertook several commissions for foreign clients, notably the celebrated corner cupboard now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, originally supplied to Count Branicki, Warsaw. A black lacquer commode by Dubois with related mounts, was sold, Christie's, London, 14 December 2000, lot 328.