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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 261-275)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'ACAJOU MOUCHETE' COMMODE
CIRCA 1780, STAMPED 'J.H.RIESENER'
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'ACAJOU MOUCHETE' COMMODE
CIRCA 1780, STAMPED 'J.H.RIESENER'
The rounded rectangular and slightly breakfront fossile grey marble top above a fluted husk-filled frieze fitted with three drawers, above two long egg-and-dart bordered drawers with foliate wreath handles, the rounded angles with laurel-swagged clasps, the sides conformingly mounted, on turned tapering and fluted legs with toupie feet, stamped 'J.H.RIESENER', one long drawer stencilled to underside '80816', with oval red bordered label numbered '26869', one short drawer twice numbered '53272', the angle clasps replaced
33¾ in. (85.5 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1780, STAMPED 'J.H.RIESENER'
The rounded rectangular and slightly breakfront fossile grey marble top above a fluted husk-filled frieze fitted with three drawers, above two long egg-and-dart bordered drawers with foliate wreath handles, the rounded angles with laurel-swagged clasps, the sides conformingly mounted, on turned tapering and fluted legs with toupie feet, stamped 'J.H.RIESENER', one long drawer stencilled to underside '80816', with oval red bordered label numbered '26869', one short drawer twice numbered '53272', the angle clasps replaced
33¾ in. (85.5 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
With Jacques Perrin, Paris.
With Bernheimer, Munich, in 1988, where acquired by the present owner.
With Bernheimer, Munich, in 1988, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J.-L. Gaillemin, La Folie D'Artois, Antiquaires à Paris, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1988, p. 208.
33. Deutsche Kunst- und Äntiquitäten-Messe, exhibition catalogue, Munich, 1988, p. 163.
33. Deutsche Kunst- und Äntiquitäten-Messe, exhibition catalogue, Munich, 1988, p. 163.
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Giles Forster