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A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted ebonised and lacquered commode a l'anglaise
THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK FAMILY
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted ebonised and lacquered commode a l'anglaise

AFTER THE MODEL BY MARTIN CARLIN, CIRCA 1885

细节
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted ebonised and lacquered commode a l'anglaise
After the model by Martin Carlin, Circa 1885
The breakfront veined white marble top above a drapery-festooned frieze, above two cupboard doors set with three lacquered panels depicting asiatic birds, the encoignure ends with foliate pendant mount and with recessed mirrored back and two marble-inset galleried shelves, on tapering fluted legs and octagonal feet, the interior with stencilled number 1231 to the base,
38in. (96.5cm.) high; 72in. (182.8cm.) wide; 18½in. (46.8cm.) deep

拍品专文

The design of the present commode à l'anglaise, or à encoignures, relates closely to the model by Martin Carlin (maître 1766; d. 1785) supplied between 1775 and 1780 to the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré home of the Marquise de Brunoy, née Françoise-Emilie de Pérusse des Cars, daughter-in-law of the financier Pâris de Montmartel. The commode and its matching pair of small lacquer consoles became separated when they were confiscated from the Marquise at the time of the Revolution: the latter are now in the Petit Trianon, whilst the commode was sent to the Palais de Saint-Cloud in 1802 to furnish the grand salon of the Premier Consul's apartment overlooking the Orangerie, remaining in the palace until 1870 when it was moved to the Louvre. Late 19th century ébénistes were inspired by this model and modified copies by makers such as Henry Dasson and Gervais Durand are known (for an example by the former, see P. Lecoules, Art Mobilier Parisien, 1850-1900, Paris, p. 71; for an exmaple by the latter, see Sotheby's New York, 16 June 1984, lot 429).