A gilt-bronze-mounted bois satiné and stained sycamore commode stamped G. Dester JME, Louis XVI, circa 1785

of breakfront form with a rectangular veined grey marble top above a frieze drawer mounted on the front and sides with a band of guilloche enclosing a rosette above two further drawers with laurel wreath ring pulls and ribboned escutcheons, the canted uprights mounted with foliate sprays within a moulded Grecian border on square tapering legs headed by ormolu triglyphs with square sabots 

Palais Abbatial de Royaumont, Christie's, 20th September 2011, lot 441.

This charming commode is in very good conserved condition, retaining its original metalwork. There are minor repairs to veneers which are hardly noticeable, and there is one small piece of veneer missing to the top frieze and a very small crack to the veneer of a drawer, both very easy to repair. The stamp is on the front, right-hand side corner.
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Godefroy Dester (d.1805),  received Master 1774. 

Dester ran a flourishing workshop in the Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, initially producing late Louis XV and Transitional pieces veneered with Chinese lacquer or marquetry designs of flowers and utensils and later adopting the classical Louis XVI style as in the present commode.