Lot Essay
Adrien Delorme, maître in 1748.
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT CHINESE LACQUER COMMODE
BY ADRIEN DELORME, CIRCA 1750
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT CHINESE LACQUER COMMODE
BY ADRIEN DELORME, CIRCA 1750
Decorated overall with chinoiserie scenes depicting figures, animals and pavilions amidst exotic foliage and rocky landscapes, with a serpentine fronted and moulded Verde Antico marble top, above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with a pierced scrolling foliate and rocaille-cast ormolu encadrements incorporating the central escutcheon the panelled sides conformingly decorated, the pierced chute mounts cast with C-scrolls and cabochons, on cabriole legs terminating in foliate cast sabots, stamped 'Delorme' and JME twice
35 ¹/₂ in. (90 cm.) high; 58 ⁷/₈ in. (149 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
BY ADRIEN DELORME, CIRCA 1750
Decorated overall with chinoiserie scenes depicting figures, animals and pavilions amidst exotic foliage and rocky landscapes, with a serpentine fronted and moulded Verde Antico marble top, above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with a pierced scrolling foliate and rocaille-cast ormolu encadrements incorporating the central escutcheon the panelled sides conformingly decorated, the pierced chute mounts cast with C-scrolls and cabochons, on cabriole legs terminating in foliate cast sabots, stamped 'Delorme' and JME twice
35 ¹/₂ in. (90 cm.) high; 58 ⁷/₈ in. (149 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection of Antenor Patino, sold Sotheby’s, New York, 7th April 1979, lot 161.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 4th May 1985, lot 336.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 4th May 1985, lot 336.
Literature
A Pradère, French Furniture Makers: The Art of the Ébéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, New York, 1989, p. 181, no. 166.
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