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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID KINGWOOD COMMODE

CIRCA 1720-30

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID KINGWOOD COMMODE
CIRCA 1720-30
The serpentine-fronted and moulded grey breccia marble top above three short and two long bombé drawers with scrolled handles adorned with female busts, the angles mounted with espagnolettes and foliate clasps, the apron centred by a shell, on short foliate-wrapped splayed feet, with circular paper label inscribed 'STODEL COLLECTION SB10559', some mounts stamped with 'C couronné', the marble with restored break
33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 53 in. (134.5 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
Provenance
Stodel Collection, Amsterdam.
Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1994, lot 211 (£13,800 with premium).
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Lot Essay

This commode can be related to the oeuvre of Antoine Criaerd, eldest brother of the foremost ébéniste Matthieu Criaerd.
Antoine appears to have specialised in Régence commodes en tombeau inlaid with discrete geometric parquetry as illustrated by a closely related commode executed by the ébéniste and featuring virtually identical figurative handles, espagnolettes and shell mount to the apron (sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 4 May 1984, lot 80 ($28,600 with premium). A further related example, featuring closely related escutcheons, handles and apron shell mount, was sold more recently at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 December 2007, lot 145.

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