Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th July 2017
Lot 146
A Louis XVI style commode after Jean-Henri Riesener
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
A Louis XVI style commode after Jean-Henri Riesener, with ormolu mounts, the rouge marble top with a moulded edge, above three drawers with ebony and holly trellis decoration, the top drawer with a central panel of frolicking putti, above the central marquetry panel on a bois de citron ground, with ribbon tied instruments and flowers, late 19th century, 89cm high, 119.2cm wide, 55.5cm deep.
See Christopher Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, p.100 for an identical example.
Provenance:
Purchased from Gay Antiques, 1 Beauchamp Place, London, SW3 1NG, 4th February 1978 for £1,450.
Property from a deceased estate in Richmond, London.