A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY COMMODE
Lot 160 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY COMMODE

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, THE MOUNTS BY MAISON MOTTHEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 September 2014

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GBP 3,750

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY COMMODE
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, THE MOUNTS BY MAISON MOTTHEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The Carrara white marble top above three short and two long oak-lined drawers, the upper right corner mount stamped to the reverse "EM"
34 ¾ in. (88 cm.) high; 58 in. (147.5 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The bronziers Maison Mottheau & Fils are perhaps best known for their 'torchère lumineuse' exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.

A pair of almost identical commodes, almost certainly by the same maker, sold as lot 61 at Sotheby's New York, "A Private Collection: Volume 2, Important Furniture and Decoration Inspired by XVIII Century Models", 19 April 2007 ($66,000).