Live Auction 7899Régence to Fabergé An Apartment by Jed Johnson
MICHEL DUFET
Lot 143

MICHEL DUFET

A DEMI-LUNE COMMODE, 1919

Closed20 May 2010

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GBP 49,250

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MICHEL DUFET
A DEMI-LUNE COMMODE, 1919
Black and white veined marble top, above three central drawers flanked by two compartments with doors, the whole supported on four giltwood uprights, lacquered beech, the drawer fronts decorated with flowers in gilt-lacquer
31½ in. (80 cm.) high; 51¾ in. (131.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

Purchased from Galerie Franck Laigneau, Paris, 3 April 2001

Specialist note

The model of this commode was first exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1919 under the reference number 571. It was possible to order it either in lacquer or in veneer. The commode belonging to Ms Dufet-Bourdelle was in black lacquer decorated with gilt flowers, on giltwood uprights.