A pair of German neoclassical ormolu-mounted mahogany commodes

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Description

height 32 1/2 in.; width 35 1/2 in.; depth 21 1/2 in.
82 cm; 90 cm; 55 cm

each with a later grey marble top with a pierced ormolu three-quarter gallery, the frieze drawer inlaid to simulate three drawers fitted with ormolu loop handles, above two deep drawers centered by a roundel, with ormolu ring handles and raised on tapered legs; the whole outlined with ebonized stringing. Ormolu mounts of later date.

Provenance

Macheret, Paris

Acquired from the above, 1984