A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODES A L'ANGLAISE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODES A L'ANGLAISE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with demi-lune fleur de pêcher marble top above a conforming foliate-cast frieze centred by a female mask flanked by rams masks, sided by two convex drawers, over a central door applied with a floral wreath encircling cooing doves resting on bows and quivers, opening to two adjustable shelves, the mask-headed angles applied with flower-filled vases, flanked on each side with two shelves with glazed mirror backs, on pinecone toupie feet, the front drawer to one with plaquette inscribed 'SCHMIT/ ÉBENISTERIE D'ART, TAPISSERIE/ 22, Rue de Charonne PARIS', the spuriously inscribed to the lockplate 'SORMANI / 10 r. Charlot Paris'
44 ½ in. (113 cm.) high; 79 ½ in. (202 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODES A L'ANGLAISE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with demi-lune fleur de pêcher marble top above a conforming foliate-cast frieze centred by a female mask flanked by rams masks, sided by two convex drawers, over a central door applied with a floral wreath encircling cooing doves resting on bows and quivers, opening to two adjustable shelves, the mask-headed angles applied with flower-filled vases, flanked on each side with two shelves with glazed mirror backs, on pinecone toupie feet, the front drawer to one with plaquette inscribed 'SCHMIT/ ÉBENISTERIE D'ART, TAPISSERIE/ 22, Rue de Charonne PARIS', the spuriously inscribed to the lockplate 'SORMANI / 10 r. Charlot Paris'
44 ½ in. (113 cm.) high; 79 ½ in. (202 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN