AFTER THE MODEL DESIGNED BY THE SLODTZ BROTHERS AND EXECUTED BY ANTOINE GAUDREAUX, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BLUETOLE MOUNTED KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE A VANTAUX
AFTER THE MODEL DESIGNED BY THE SLODTZ BROTHERS AND EXECUTED BY ANTOINE GAUDREAUX, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The shaped Saint-Berthevin marble top above two drawers each centred by a medallion depicting Classical figures, hung by ribbons and floral garlands and flanked by further coins and medallions, enclosing two pairs of frieze drawers fronted in tulipwood quarter-veneered parquetry, on four cabriole legs headed by rams' heads and terminating in scroll feet
37 ¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 66 ½ in. (169 cm.) wide; 24 ¾ in. (63 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This commode is based on the commode médallier by Antoine Gaudreaux (d. 1746), so called because it contained a set of the famous series of medals known as the medallic history of Louis XIV and Louis XV which included portraits of the leading crowned heads of Europe. It was delivered in 1739 for the Cabinet aux tableaux in Louis XV's new apartments at Versailles where it remains on display today.

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