BY LAURENT ROCHETTE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MOUNTED AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
By Laurent Rochette
With a Rouge Royal marble top stamped 'L+ROC...' with a fleur-de-lys, minor losses to veneers with restoration and renewal
35in. (89cm.) high, 43in. (109cm.) wide, 21¾in. (55cm.) deep

Provenance

William Cunard and by descent to the present owner. William Cunard purchased Orleans House with contents in 1882.
Louis Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, later 'King of the French' in 1830, occupied Orleans House, Twickenham, in exile 1800-07 and later 1815-17. His son Duc d'Aumale re-occupied it in 1852.

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Lot Essay

Laurent Rochette, born 1723, ébéniste privilégié in 1745

A closely related commode by Rochette was sold at De Riqules, Paris, 27 November 2000, lot 40 (FF71,997)

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