Maison Krieger Fl. 1826-1900 A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted purple wood, mahogany and satiné commode after the model by Leleu Paris, circa 1900

surmounted by a Brèche violette marble top, one frieze drawer above two long drawers. The carcass stamped KRIEGER twice.

Overall good condition; the marble top with the usual minor chips and wear to the edges; the bronze mounts retaining original gilding and with some minor rubbing and wear; the carcass and veneers with the usual minor dents, bruises and scratches consistent with age and use.
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The original commode, on loan from the Petit Trianon, is shown in a line engraving in the retrospective part of the Exposition de l' Union centrale des arts décoratifs, Paris, 1882, De Champeau & Others, 'Les arts du bois,' pub. Quantin, 1883, p. 80. The commode entered the Petit Trianon in 1867 on the occasion of an earlier exhibition dedicated to the memory of Marie-Antoinette, organized under the patronage of the Empress Eugènie. The original now at Versailles (inv. V 702) was first recorded in 1796 in the Luxembourg Palace and, although as yet not related to any commisssion prior to 1796, one might imply a important noble provenance.