A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND FOLIATE MARQUETRY COMMODE, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND FOLIATE MARQUETRY COMMODE
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The white marble top above two drawers decorated sans-traverse, flanked by cupboard doors each opening to a shelf, and set with allegorical figures, the reverse with old blank inventory label
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 81 ¼ in. (206.5 cm.) wide; 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) deep

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Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 May 1997, lot 94 (£21,850).

Pre-Lot Text
Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle: A Private Collection (Lots 577-586)