A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE

19TH CENTURY, THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTS LOUIS XV

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
19TH CENTURY, THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTS LOUIS XV
The shaped brêche d'alèp top above a bombe case, the chutes, handles, angle mounts, apron and the sabots are 18th century, spuriously stamped J SCHMITZ twice to the top
34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high, 57 ½ in. (146 cm.) wide, 24 ¾ in. (63 cm.) deep

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A similar commode by Joseph Schmitz, previously in the collections of both Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge and Madame Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, sold from French & Company, Christie's, New York, 24 November 1998, lot 69.

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE

19TH CENTURY, THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTS LOUIS XV

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19TH CENTURY, THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTS LOUIS XV

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