• Christies auction house James Christie logo

    Sale 9284

    Fine French and Continental & European Ceramics and

    New York

    |

    17 - 18 November 1999

    Browse Sale
Previous Lot
Search
Next Lot
    • A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUN
    Lot 561

    A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BOMBE COMMODES

    STAMPED DELORME AND JME, CIRCA 1750

    Price realised

    USD 68,500

    Estimate

    USD 40,000 - USD 60,000

    Follow lot

    A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BOMBE COMMODES
    Stamped DELORME and JME, circa 1750
    Each with shaped marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with a garden scene on a veranda with people and monkies wearing clothes, the waved apron mounted with opposed acanthus scrolls surmounted by a shell, the angles with pierced and scrolled acanthus-sheathed mounts, on cabriole legs with sabots, one with the red ink inscription 28 to the underside of the marble top, probably polychrome-decorated on a Chinese black and gilt lacquered ground and with later refreshments to surface decoration
    29in. (75cm.) high, 27in. (70.5cm.) wide, 15in. (39.3cm.) deep (2)

    Contact us

    • Contact Client Service

      info@christies.com

      New York +1 212 636 2000

      London +44 (0)20 7839 9060

      infoasia@christies.com

      Asia +852 2760 1766

    Lot Essay

    Adrien-Faizelot Delorme, matre in 1748.

    With their use of exotic Oriental lacquer panels, probably re-used from a screen and then further embellished by a specialist vernisseur, these commodes typify Delorme's role as a marchand-bniste. Established in the rue du Temple, Delorme's reputation was initially founded on his sophisticated floral marquetry, contemporary Almanachs describing him as 'l'un des plus habiles et des plus renomms pour les ouvrages de marqueterie'.

    Recommended features

      • Collecting Guide: Lalique
      • Collecting Guide: Lalique

        Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May

      • A leap into space: Malevich’s
      • A leap into space: Malevich’s Suprematist Composition

        Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art

Share
Email
Copy link
Share
Email
Copy link