A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
Lot 559

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed14 November 2019

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GBP 13,750

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers mounted sans travers with two young figures resting upon oak tree branches flanking a flaming urn, with birds perched among the leaves enclosing handles, the concave front corners each enclosing a putto supporting a dove within an oval frame above a tree trunk extending down the front legs and issuing further intertwining branches to each side, the reverse of the lock plate stamped 'V.F./PARIS' with crossed keys and stamped '27'
36 ¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (153.5 cm.) wide; 24 ¼ in. (62 cm.) deep

Specialist note


Although not stamped, the original model for the present commode is almost certainly the work of the maître ébéniste Charles Cressent (d. 1768) and dates from the 1730s. Formerly in the collection of the Dukes of Hamilton, the commode was sold at the Christie's Hamilton Palace sale (lot 1806) in 1882 for 6,427 pounds 10s and is now at Waddesdon Manor.