COMMODE "EN ARBALÈTE" Louis XV, Paris, ca. 1740–50. Marked I DUBOIS (Jacques Dubois, 1694–1763) and bearing a guild mark.

COMMODE "EN ARBALÈTE"

Louis XV, Paris, ca. 1740–50. Marked I DUBOIS (Jacques Dubois, 1694–1763) and bearing a guild mark.
Rosewood and amaranth, inlaid in cartouches and reserves. Trapezoidal body on a shaped apron and cabriole legs with sabots. Shaped two-drawer front "en arbalète", without a stretcher rail. Partly pierced gilt-bronze mounts in the form of rocailles, scrollwork, acanthus and flowers. Restored "Sarrancolin" marble top, with an incomplete paper label underneath inscribed "Garde-Meuble Public Bedel & Cie.".
131 × 62 × 88.5 cm.
Restored condition. Minor losses to the veneer. Fillings.

Provenance:
- Collection of Henri Schneider (1840–1898), France.
- Inherited by his daughter Zelie Schneider, Countess de Gérard de Ganay (1872–1969), France.
- European private collection (according to Christie’s).
- Christie’s New York auction, October 18, 2002, Lot 655.
- Private collection in Suisse romande.