BY LOUIS-NOEL MALLE, MID-18TH CENTURY, REMOUNTED

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE
BY LOUIS-NOEL MALLE, MID-18TH CENTURY, REMOUNTED
The serpentine-fronted white-veined red marble top above three short and two long drawers with foliate handles, and a shaped apron centred by pierced rockwork, the angles with foliate mounts, the sides with shaped reserves, on conformingly decorated splayed feet, stamped 'L.N.MALLE', restorations to veneers
33¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 50¾ in. (129 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Louis-Noël Malle, maître in 1765.
P. Kjellberg illustrates a closely related commode by the ébéniste with similarly-shaped simulated panelled drawers and arrangement in Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1998, p.546.

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