Fine French And Continental Furniture

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Lot 464
  • 464

A Louis XV/XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood, Amaranth and Marquetry Commode Third Quarter 18th Century

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 34 1/2 in.; width 4ft. 4 1/2 in.; depth 23 3/4 in.
  • (87.6cm; 133.4cm; 60.3cm)
the rectangular mottled breccia marble top above three drawers, outlined in ormolu and with a ribbon-tied oval veneered, sans traverse with a floral bouquet, raised on slightly hipped cabriole legs headed by chutes cast with rams masks and ending in sabots. Bearing the stamp C. Saunier. Drawer fronts restored.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 2003, lot 228