A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND EBONY COMMODE

CIRCA 1720

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND EBONY COMMODE
CIRCA 1720
The later pink mottled marble top above three drawers, the canted angles with ormolu-mounted rams' masks, the sides with applied figural mounts, some mounts 18th century and associated
40 in. (84 cm.) high, 55½ in. (141 cm.) wide, 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Provenance

Comte and Comtesse André de Limur, Washington, D.C., acquired in the 1930's.
Comte and Comtesse Charles de Limur, San Francisco (by descent from the above, circa 1969).
By descent from the above to the present owners.

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Lot Essay

This handsome commode bears the sumptuous and highly original ormolu angle mounts after the models designed by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt. Oppenordt (1639-1715) obtained workshops at the Manufacture Royal des Gobelins and in 1684 moved his atelier to the Galerie du Louvre when he became ébéniste ordinaire du roi. A commode with identical mounts, along with marquetry designed by Jean Bérain, was sold Christie's, London, 5 July 2012, lot 9.

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