Lot Essay
Illustrated C. Haig and F. von der Schulenburg, ‘Decorative tributes to the Napoleonic epoch’, House and Garden, February 1985, p. 60, fig. 2.
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ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD MOLITOR, CIRCA 1805
Details
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD MOLITOR, CIRCA 1805
With cipollino marble top above three long drawers flanked by tapering pilasters surmounted by Classical heads terminating with pairs of feet, the plinth base on lion paw feet
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 51 ¼ in. (130 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD MOLITOR, CIRCA 1805
With cipollino marble top above three long drawers flanked by tapering pilasters surmounted by Classical heads terminating with pairs of feet, the plinth base on lion paw feet
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 51 ¼ in. (130 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably acquired from Galerie Péquignot, Lausanne (according to chalk inscription).
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