A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE COMMODE BY MAISON KRIEGER, CIRCA 1885

Of bombé form, the molded serpentine Portasanta marble top above two drawers mounted with an acanthus and rocaille-cast encadrement and handles and with putti supporting a tight-rope-walking monkey, the sides similarly mounted with music-making putti, the angles headed by espagnolette busts, on cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the backboards stamped 'KRIEGER PARIS FAUBR ST. ANTOINE', regilt
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 61 in. (155 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Provenance
C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 201, pl. 217.