Sale 9817
London, South Kensington
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7 April 2004
Price realised
GBP 5,378
Estimate
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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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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