Important French Furniture

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Lot 57
  • 57

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted chinoiserie lacquer and vernis-martin commode circa 1750

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 35 1/4 in.; width 50 in.; depth 23 1/4 in.
  • 89.5 cm; 127 cm; 59 cm
with a later molded serpentine-fronted mottled grey, white and tan marble top above two drawers sans traverse, fitted with ormolu handles, chutes and sabots; decorated on the front and the sides with chinoiserie lacquer depicting birds amidst a variety of blossoming branches in gilt and red on a black ground; ormolu handles of later date. The back with a chalk inscription "Bissey."

Provenance

Probably Marcel Bissey, Paris