BY HIPPOLYTE-EDME PRETOT, MID-19TH CENTURY, REMOUNTED AND LARGELY REVENEERED

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE
BY HIPPOLYTE-EDME PRETOT, MID-19TH CENTURY, REMOUNTED AND LARGELY REVENEERED
Of bombé form, the brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers mounted with pierced ormolu cartouches, pulls and rocaille escutcheons, the pierced angle-mounts over cabriole legs with scrolling acanthus sabots, stamped 'PRETOT' and spuriously stamped 'B.V.R.B. JME', the underside inscribed 'J KIM 18'
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 55 in. (140 cm.) wide, 25 ¼ in. (64.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Comte Charles de Rohan-Chabot (1925-1994), château de Conde, Sur-Iton, Eure (according to the Ruth Constantino invoice, but not included in his 1953 sale at Parke-Bernet Galleries).
With Ruth Costantino, The Connoisseur, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 16 August 1967.

Literature

Grosvenor House Handbook, 1986, p. 173 (Sotheby's advertisement).

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Lot Essay

The ébéniste Hippolyte-Edmé Pretot (1812-1855) is recorded at 16, rue de l'Abbaye in 1836 and 11bis, rue Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1841. From 1846 he was located at 3 and 5 rue du Harlay. He presided over an active Parisian atelier which exhibited at the 1849 Exposition Nationale and the London exhibition of 1851, being awarded a second class medal for his inlaid work at the latter.

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