A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT JAPANNED COMMODE
POSSIBLY INCORPORATING 18TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
With molded serpentine liver, gray and white marble top above two long drawers decorated with a scene of imperial figures in a palace garden within vinecast ormolu borders on a black and gilt flowerhead diaper ground, the angles headed by rocaille chutes ending in acanthus cast sabots, spuriously stamped 'M.CRIAERD JME', the chutes also with spurious 'C' Couronné Poinçon
35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) high, 48 ½ in. (123 cm.) wide, 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT JAPANNED COMMODE
POSSIBLY INCORPORATING 18TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
With molded serpentine liver, gray and white marble top above two long drawers decorated with a scene of imperial figures in a palace garden within vinecast ormolu borders on a black and gilt flowerhead diaper ground, the angles headed by rocaille chutes ending in acanthus cast sabots, spuriously stamped 'M.CRIAERD JME', the chutes also with spurious 'C' Couronné Poinçon
35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) high, 48 ½ in. (123 cm.) wide, 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep