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拍品专文
Though his exact maîtrise date is unrecorded, Antoine Criaerd was active from 1720-1750 and was the eldest brother of the foremost ébéniste Matthieu Criaerd with whom he collaborated.
During the Regence and early Louis XV period the two brothers appear to have specialised in commodes en tombeau inlaid with discrete geometric parquetry as illustrated by a closely related commode stamped by Matthieu Criard and featuring virtually identical shape, parquetry and chutes (sold Tajan, Paris, 16 December 2010). A further related example, featuring closely related bronzes occupies a prominent position in the State Bedchamber Room of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, (National Trust Inventory Number 108627).
During the Regence and early Louis XV period the two brothers appear to have specialised in commodes en tombeau inlaid with discrete geometric parquetry as illustrated by a closely related commode stamped by Matthieu Criard and featuring virtually identical shape, parquetry and chutes (sold Tajan, Paris, 16 December 2010). A further related example, featuring closely related bronzes occupies a prominent position in the State Bedchamber Room of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, (National Trust Inventory Number 108627).