A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED L. ROCHETTE AND WITH THE BRAND FOR THE PALAIS DU TEMPLE

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE
Mid-18th Century, stamped L. Rochette and with the brand for the Palais Du Temple
The associated serpentine brche d'alp marble top above three conforming drawers with foliate-cast handles, with canted angles mounts with rocaille-cast chutes continuing down to slightly splayed legs with similar sabots, remounted
32in. (82.5cm.)high, 33in. (84cm.) wide, 18in.(46cm.) deep

Provenance

Charles Philippe, comte d'Artois, Palais du Temple

Lot Essay

Laurent Rochette, born in 1723

The brand on this commode indicates that it formed part of the furnishings of the younger brother of Louis XVI, the comte D'Artois, later Charles X, in his apartments at the Palais du Temple.