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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE A L'ANGLAISE
Lot 139THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE A L'ANGLAISE

AFTER THE MODEL BY BENNEMAN AND STÖCKEL, BY BOUDET, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Fermé20 September 2012

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GBP 22,500

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE A L'ANGLAISE
AFTER THE MODEL BY BENNEMAN AND STÖCKEL, BY BOUDET, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of 'D'-shape, the rouge griotte marble top, above a frieze drawer, with neoclassic bow and quiver mount, flanked on each side by a concave drawer with entwined-thyrsus mount, the central cupboard door with marquetry panel depicting fruit, foliage and ewers, the interior with a fixed shelf, flanked by trailing vine pilasters beneath Apollo masks, the mirrored open sides with galleried rouge griotte marble tiers, on fluted toupie feet, signed 'Boudet, Paris' to the right side moulding
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 79 in. (201 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

This commode is a 19th century variation of Joseph Stöckel's celebrated model commissioned by Marie-Antoinette in 1786. The original was subsequently purchased by the Crown and enlarged by Guillaume Benneman for the chambre de la Reine at St. Cloud. Most 19th century examples are faithful copies but here the cupboard door is enriched with marquetry instead of an ormolu-wreath mount.
Operating from large premises at 43, boulevard des Capucines from 1886, and on the place Vendôme after 1908, the firm of Boudet was one of the most important Parisian retailers of quality furniture, silver and bronze decorations. Boudet's stock included works by renowned furniture makers of the time, such as Zwiener, Linke and Millet, and sculptors including Isidore-Jules Bonheur, Carrier-Belleuse and the Comte du Passage. A pair of companion side-cabinets of this model by Boudet, but of smaller proportions and with glazed door fronts, sold Sotheby's, London, 6 October 2000, lot 77.