A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE A BRISURES

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE A BRISURES
BY GODEFROY DESTER, CIRCA 1785
Of breakfront form, the rounded and moulded rectangular grey-veined white marble top above a single panelled frieze drawer with beaded encadrements and drop ring handles, above a panelled hinged cabinet door with beaded and mille-raies encadrements enclosing six drawers and a central open compartment fitted with a shelf, on tapering feet, stamped 'G. DESTER' and 'JME' to the back right upright
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 57 ½ in. (146 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep

Provenance
A. Nicolay, L’art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes, Paris, 1956, p. 148, fig. D.