Commode en acajou, placage d'acajou et monture de bronze doré de la fin de l'époque Louis XVI

la façade à léger ressaut ouvrant à cinq tiroirs sur trois rangs, les montants arrondis à cannelures rudentées, reposant sur des pieds fuselés cannelés ; riche ornementation de bronze doré : frise de rinceaux feuillagés, entrées de serrure à masques féminins, anneaux de tirage centrés de profils à l'Antique ; dessus de marbre blanc veiné probablement rapporté

Illustration is accurate. Good overall condition. There are two vertical shrinkage cracks on each lateral sides. Some later gilt-bronze mounts have been added in a later period and these mounts have now been removed. Two were located at the top of each front corners. The horizontal moldings on the these corners have been partially cut to fit the later mounts. The mounts have probably been regilt when the later mounts were added. These gilding is now slightly tarnished as visible on the illustration. There as been a slight restoration on each mahogany rectangular molding between the upper drawers. Very nice and impressive commode with imposing legs.
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Cette commode est à rapprocher de l'oeuvre d'un ébéniste comme François-Ignace Papst, reçu maître en 1785, dont la production privilégiait un dessin très architecturé sur un bel acajou rehaussé de bronze doré aux motifs originaux, comme la table à écrire présentée en vente chez Sotheby's à Paris le 10 novembre 2009, lot 290 ou la table console vendue chez Sotheby's à New York, le 6 novembre 2008, lot 103.