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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND STAINED FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE

BY CRISTOPHE WOLFF, MAITRE IN 1755, CIRCA 1760

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND STAINED FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY CRISTOPHE WOLFF, MAITRE IN 1755, CIRCA 1760
The serpentine grey variegated marble top above two drawers inlaid sans travers with scrolling strapwork enclosing a stylized trellis and cube parquetry panel, the curved sides similarly decorated, on cabriole legs, stamped to the top C. WOLFF
85 cm. high x 96 cm. wide x 58 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The marquetry scheme on the present commode is a variation of the design made by Jean Francois Oeben for a Meuble à transformation stamped Leleu illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier Français du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 613. Another commode by Oeben using the same combination of circle and cube parquetry panels is illustrated in Op cit., p. 618.

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