A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE, BY GODEFROY DESTER, CIRCA 1785

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE
BY GODEFROY DESTER, CIRCA 1785
With shaped white and grey marble top above a frieze drawer and a hinged cabinet door enclosing three long drawers, stamped G. DESTER to left upright
38 in. (97 cm.) high, 57 ½ in. (146 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Provenance
Collection of S.A.S. Princess Catherine de Croÿ, château d' Azy, France.
Acquired from Bernard Steinitz, Paris.