Live Auction 1585European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, WALNUT, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODES
Lot 56

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, WALNUT, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODES

OF LATE LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Closed16 April 2014

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GBP 16,250

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, WALNUT, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODES
OF LATE LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each breakfront Rouge Languedoc marble top above three frieze drawers and two long drawers sans traverse inlaid with vases and bouquets in reverse, on angled cabriole legs with scrolling acanthus-cast sabots
36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The commodes are inspired by 18th-century examples by Nicolas Petit (see one sold anonymously, Christie's, Monaco, 1 July 1995, lot 97) and by Godefroy Dester, such as a near pair formerly in the collection of Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge (sold Christie's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 120). The similarity of 18th century commodes stamped by different cabinet-makers can be explained by the close collaboration that existed between ébénistes and marchands-merciers in this period.