A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY DEMILUNE...
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY DEMILUNE COMMODE
CIRCA 1775
With verdé antico marble top and conforming frieze mounted with ormolu flowerheads mounts, five short drawers above two long central drawers flanked by cupboard drawers, rams' heads mounts atop circular tapering legs, the apron mount depicting Mercury, the back stile with an oval brand containing three fleurs-de-lys
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high, 57 in. (145 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 6 June 1984, lot 140.
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY DEMILUNE COMMODE
CIRCA 1775
With verdé antico marble top and conforming frieze mounted with ormolu flowerheads mounts, five short drawers above two long central drawers flanked by cupboard drawers, rams' heads mounts atop circular tapering legs, the apron mount depicting Mercury, the back stile with an oval brand containing three fleurs-de-lys
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high, 57 in. (145 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 6 June 1984, lot 140.