A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY, THUYA, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ROYAL MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER |

of shaped breakfront form, the marble top above three frieze drawers and two long drawers below

In good original condition. Bronze moulding lifting to long bottom drawer. Mounts have dulled and would benefit from a plish and clean. With two keys. Generally with very minor old marks, chips and scratches consistent with age and use. A quality reporduction after a great model.
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The present commode à ressaut trapézoïdal is after the popular model by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806, maître in 1774). Supplier of the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne since 1769, he produced pieces of extraordinary quality for Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Riesener's original commode was delivered for 6,870 livres on 31 August 1776 for Louis XVI’s Cabinet de Retraite at Fontainebleau. Riesener is known to have made a second commode only two years later for the King, who placed it in his library at Versailles. Due to its popularity, this model was a great source of inspiration throughout the second half of the 19th century and exact replicas of this model were produced by cabinetmakers such as Linke, Dasson, or Sormani. A similar commode was sold recently at Sotheby's London, Of Royal and Noble Descent, 19 January 2017, lot 392 (£17,500).