BY ANTOINE CRIAERD, CIRCA 1720, RE-MOUNTED

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD COMMODE
BY ANTOINE CRIAERD, CIRCA 1720, RE-MOUNTED
The moulded bréche violette top above two short and two long graduated drawers, flanked by rounded fluted pilaster angles terminating in foliate sabots, stamped three times 'A.CRIAERD' and bearing a depository label for 'EBUTTS (CROYDEN) LTD DEPOSITORIES', stencilled 'F H ARGLES', the mounts largely associated, five of the handles bearing the C couronné poinçon
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 25 1/8 in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

F H Argles.
Jeremy Cotton, Esq., Tythrop Park, Buckinghamshire, sold Christie's London, 27 April 1995, lot 33.

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Lot Essay

A maîtrise date is unrecorded for Antoine Criaerd, however he is known to have been active from 1720-1750 in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine district of Paris. He was the brother of Mathieu Criaerd (1689-1776, maître 1738) and is known to have worked for others such as l'ébéniste et marchand Migeon.

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