Sale 6639
London
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14 November 2002
Price realised
GBP 15,535
Estimate
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE The serpentine moulded brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a shaped panel enclosing scrolling flowers, with asymmetrical escutcheons and foliate handles, each side with a shaped panel enclosing ribbon-tied flowers, with a shaped apron, the angles with foliate and rockwork mounts, on cabriole legs with hoof and acanthus sabots, remounted, restorations and losses to marquetry, later locks, base boards of drawers replaced, stamped '1307' 34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (152.5 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (65 cm.) deep
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
The jeweller Frédéric Boucheron opened his first shop in the arcades of the Palais Royal, Paris; more than 160 years later, the maison he founded is a world leader
The emergence of lyrical abstraction in postwar France, iIllustrated with key works by Georges Mathieu, Zao Wou-Ki and Chu Teh-Chun