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Lot 165
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD AND CROSSBANDED COMMODE
BY PIERRE DENIZOT, CIRCA 1770
Closed15 December 2016
Price Realised
GBP 1,500
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD AND CROSSBANDED COMMODE
BY PIERRE DENIZOT, CIRCA 1770
The rouge Languedoc top above a drawer, a tambour cupboard and two further drawers, on cabriole legs, stamped twice P.DENIZOT, inventory label 161; together with a Baltic gilt-metal mounted and brass-inlaid mahogany circular occasional table, with later granite top, inventory label 1229
The commode: 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 13 ¼ in. (34 cm.) deep
The table: 29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter
BY PIERRE DENIZOT, CIRCA 1770
The rouge Languedoc top above a drawer, a tambour cupboard and two further drawers, on cabriole legs, stamped twice P.DENIZOT, inventory label 161; together with a Baltic gilt-metal mounted and brass-inlaid mahogany circular occasional table, with later granite top, inventory label 1229
The commode: 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 13 ¼ in. (34 cm.) deep
The table: 29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD AND CROSSBANDED COMMODE
BY PIERRE DENIZOT, CIRCA 1770
The rouge Languedoc top above a drawer, a tambour cupboard and two further drawers, on cabriole legs, stamped twice P.DENIZOT, inventory label 161; together with a Baltic gilt-metal mounted and brass-inlaid mahogany circular occasional table, with later granite top, inventory label 1229
The commode: 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 13 ¼ in. (34 cm.) deep
The table: 29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter
BY PIERRE DENIZOT, CIRCA 1770
The rouge Languedoc top above a drawer, a tambour cupboard and two further drawers, on cabriole legs, stamped twice P.DENIZOT, inventory label 161; together with a Baltic gilt-metal mounted and brass-inlaid mahogany circular occasional table, with later granite top, inventory label 1229
The commode: 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 13 ¼ in. (34 cm.) deep
The table: 29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter
The commode - Sir Charles Wingfield (1820-1892); sold Christie's, London, 20 May 1892, lot 129 (£34.0s.0d. to William James Esq.).
The table - purchased by William James from Laurent, Paris, in May 1894 for £22 (photographed with grey marble top by Bedford Lemere & Co. in 1895 in the library).
The table - purchased by William James from Laurent, Paris, in May 1894 for £22 (photographed with grey marble top by Bedford Lemere & Co. in 1895 in the library).
The table: West Dean Park, Inventory, 1894. WDMS. 3332, ‘Very small Louis XVI table, grey marble top. Laurent. Paris. May 1894. £22’.
West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 211 – GROUND FLOOR LIBRARY – 'A Louis XVI. Kingwood circular Urn Table inlet dove marble top, panelled frieze with brass lines & Beading fitted one drawer on square tapered legs with brass lines; 14” diam.'.
West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 211 – GROUND FLOOR LIBRARY – 'A Louis XVI. Kingwood circular Urn Table inlet dove marble top, panelled frieze with brass lines & Beading fitted one drawer on square tapered legs with brass lines; 14” diam.'.
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Specialist note
Pierre Denizot, maître in 1740.