A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, ROSEWOOD, BOIS SATINE, GONCALO ALVES AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, ROSEWOOD, BOIS SATINE, GONCALO ALVES AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE TUART, MID-18TH CENTURY, REMOUNTED

Closed9 July 2009

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, ROSEWOOD, BOIS SATINE, GONCALO ALVES AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE TUART, MID-18TH CENTURY, REMOUNTED
Inlaid overall with foliate scrolls, flowerheads and exotic birds, the serpentine-fronted Rouge Royal marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse and a shaped apron, the angles with rockwork mounts, on cabriole legs terminating in conformingly-cast sabots, stamped 'J. TUART, inscribed in ink '2500 2250'
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 51½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

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Jean-Baptiste Tuart, maître in 1741.