DEMILUNE COMMODE

DEMILUNE COMMODE,

Louis XVI, signed A. HERICOURT (Antoine Héricourt, maître 1773), Paris ca. 1780.

Tulipwood, rosewood and various exotic woods in veneer and finely inlaid with fillets and reserves. Front with 3 drawers, the sides each with 1 door below 1 drawer. Gilt bronze mounts and sabots. Shaped "Gris St. Anne" marble top.

126x56x88 cm.

Provenance:
- from a Swiss private collection.
- Koller Auctions Zurich, 23 June 2010 (Lot No. 1042).
- from the collection of the Marquise de Amodio y Moya.

Ref.: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 397-399 (biogr. information). J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; I, p. 175 (biogr. information).