A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT COMMODE

BY NICHOLAS PETIT, CIRCA 1765-70

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT COMMODE
BY NICHOLAS PETIT, CIRCA 1765-70
With a grey marble top above three drawers, on cabriole legs with gilt sabots, stamped 'N.PETIT' and 'JME' four times, the angle mounts probably original and regilt
34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high; 33½ in. (84 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

Provenance

Purchased from Galerie Suffren, St. Tropez, 4 March 1991.

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Lot Essay

Nicolas Petit, maître in 1761.

This commode is characteristic of Petit's oeuvre. The delicate proportions, breakfront drawers and distinctive swagged lion-mask corner mounts also feature on directly comparable commodes by Petit sold by the Trustees of Lord Hillingdon, Christie's, London, 29 June 1972, lot 79 and from The Wildenstein Collection, Christie's, London, 14-15 December 2005, lot 42.

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