Lot Essay
For a further note on Maison Millet, please see lot 259.
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AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODES
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with serpentine brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid with trellis parquetry, centered by an urn flanked by putti and courting doves, the angles each with a putto, on tapering legs with paw-cast sabots, the reverse of the bronzes variously stamped and inscribed MB, the locks on one commode removed to reveal the stamp DUVIVIER/77, ST ANTOINE/PARIS, regilt
34½ in. (88 cm.) high, 53 in. (135 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep (2)
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with serpentine brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid with trellis parquetry, centered by an urn flanked by putti and courting doves, the angles each with a putto, on tapering legs with paw-cast sabots, the reverse of the bronzes variously stamped and inscribed MB, the locks on one commode removed to reveal the stamp DUVIVIER/77, ST ANTOINE/PARIS, regilt
34½ in. (88 cm.) high, 53 in. (135 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep (2)