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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
Price Realised
GBP 3,750
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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).
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).