Lot 12

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY MATHIEU CRIAERD

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY MATHIEU CRIAERD
The moulded Brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with foliage, the sides with kylins, between rocaille chutes and on conforming sabots
31 7/8 in. (81 cm.) high; 32 in. (81.5 cm.) wide; 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1968, lot 72.
Acquired from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London.

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Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.

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Lot Essay

Mathieu Criaerd (1689-1776) maître in 1738, specialised in lacquer commodes early in his career and made furniture for the celebrated marchand-mercier Thomas Joachim Hébert, who was one of the main suppliers of costly lacquer furniture to the Garde-Meuble Royal in the 1740s. The most celebrated examples of his work are the blue and white Vernis Martin commode and encoignure supplied to the 'chambre bleue' of the Comtesse de Mailly, the King's mistress, at Chateau de Choisy in 1743, now in the Louvre (inv. OA11292 and OA9533).

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