CIRCA 1825

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A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, AMBOYNA AND BIRD'S EYE MEUBLE D'APPUI
CIRCA 1825
With a marmo giallo lumachella (fossilized Nautilus shell) marble top above a mahogany-lined frieze drawer with a divided interior and cabinet doors opening to three drawers, plinth base
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, 58 ½ in. (148.5 cm.) wide, 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Special notice

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Lot Essay

An almost identical commode by Jacob Frères and previously in the collection of Emilio Terry was sold Christie’s, London, 12 December, 2002, lot 88 (£45,410) and sold subsequently Christie’s, London, 10 July, 2008, lot 11 (£145,250). Another very similar example is illustrated G. Wannenes, Mobili di Francia: l’Ottocento, Milan, 1987, p. 70, fig. 70.

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