THE PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 37-38)
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL COMMODE
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL COMMODE
Inlaid overall en première and contre-partie with bérainesque scenes, the brass-bound rounded rectangular top centred by a classical figure riding a chariot beneath a domed canopy and flanked by musicians, monkeys, putto and scrolling foliate-arabesques with espagnolette masks, birds, insects and foliate garlands above a floral trelliswork base, the arc-en-arbalette front with two short and three long blue paper-lined drawers between canted angles headed by espagnolette masks suspending foliate trails, the raised panelled sides similarly inlaid with dancing figures and foliate arabesques, on scrolled acanthus pieds-de-bîche, restorations, re-mounted, with hand-written paper label to the reverse Severin
51¼in. (130.5cm.) wide; 34in. (86.5cm.) high; 25¼in. (64cm.) deep
Inlaid overall en première and contre-partie with bérainesque scenes, the brass-bound rounded rectangular top centred by a classical figure riding a chariot beneath a domed canopy and flanked by musicians, monkeys, putto and scrolling foliate-arabesques with espagnolette masks, birds, insects and foliate garlands above a floral trelliswork base, the arc-en-arbalette front with two short and three long blue paper-lined drawers between canted angles headed by espagnolette masks suspending foliate trails, the raised panelled sides similarly inlaid with dancing figures and foliate arabesques, on scrolled acanthus pieds-de-bîche, restorations, re-mounted, with hand-written paper label to the reverse Severin
51¼in. (130.5cm.) wide; 34in. (86.5cm.) high; 25¼in. (64cm.) deep