A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE HEDOUIN, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE HEDOUIN, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped moulded Portor marble top above two drawers, the angles headed by rocaille and foliate scroll clasps, on cabriole legs and sabots, stamped three times I B HEDOUIN and JME
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) deep

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Jean-Baptiste Hédouin, maître in 1738.

Jean-Baptiste Hédouin produced furniture almost exclusively in the reign of Louis XV from his workshop in the rue Traverière-Saint-Antoine. Commodes constituted the largest portion of his production.

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