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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED COMMODE EN CONSOLE
Lot 455

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED COMMODE EN CONSOLE

BY FIDELIS SCHEY AND RENE DUBOIS, CIRCA 1780

Closed22 October 2010

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED COMMODE EN CONSOLE
BY FIDELIS SCHEY AND RENE DUBOIS, CIRCA 1780
The demilune galleried grey-veined white marble top above a central drawer flanked by a pair of doors, on tapering legs, stamped F. SCHEY to right rear upright and I DUBOIS to lower rear rail
34 in. (86 cm.) high, 51 in. (130 cm.) wide, 20¾ in. (53 cm.) deep

Acquired from Petit Trianon Antiques, Palm Beach.

Specialist note

Fidelis Schey, maître in 1788.
René Dubois, maître in 1755.
René Dubois was the son of the well-known ébéniste Jacques Dubois (1694-1763) at whose death he took over the workshop, continuing to use his father's stamp.