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    Sale 5915

    THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

    London

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    26 February 1998

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    Lot 497

    A French ormolu-mounted tulipwood and kingwood parquetry commode a vantaux

    IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, AFTER THE MODEL BY ANTOINE GAUDREAUX, LATE 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 38,900

    Estimate

    GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000

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    A French ormolu-mounted tulipwood and kingwood parquetry commode a vantaux
    In the Louis XV Style, After the model by Antoine Gaudreaux, Late 19th Century
    Of serpentine outline, with a brecchia rosso marble top above a pair of doors each centred with an oval, within an ormolu foliate and ribbon-tied surround, hung with medals and foliate pendants, the interior with a pair of drawers to each side, the concave-shaped sides each with an oval medaillon, on four scrolled legs, each with a rams' mask to the knee, on scrolled foot
    69 in. (175 cm.) wide; 37¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 26¼ in. (66.5 cm.) deep

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    Lot Essay

    The serpentined commode hung with medals and flower-festooned medaillons of a bacchante and youth on a Bacchic panther and goat, derives from the celebrated commode designed for Louis XV's apartment at Versailles by Antoine-Sebastian Slodtz and manufactured by Antoine Gaudreaux in 1739.
    Another example of this model was sold in these rooms, 19 October 1995, lot 257.

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