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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE
Lot 12

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY MATHIEU CRIAERD

Closed22 November 2022

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GBP 20,000–30,000

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER AND VERNIS MARTIN SERPENTINE COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY MATHIEU CRIAERD
The moulded Brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with foliage, the sides with kylins, between rocaille chutes and on conforming sabots
31 7/8 in. (81 cm.) high; 32 in. (81.5 cm.) wide; 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1968, lot 72.
Acquired from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London.

Specialist note

Mathieu Criaerd (1689-1776) maître in 1738, specialised in lacquer commodes early in his career and made furniture for the celebrated marchand-mercier Thomas Joachim Hébert, who was one of the main suppliers of costly lacquer furniture to the Garde-Meuble Royal in the 1740s. The most celebrated examples of his work are the blue and white Vernis Martin commode and encoignure supplied to the 'chambre bleue' of the Comtesse de Mailly, the King's mistress, at Chateau de Choisy in 1743, now in the Louvre (inv. OA11292 and OA9533).