A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
BY FRANCOIS LIEUTARD

The associated serpentine-fronted moulded brêche d'alep marble top above three long drawers with quarter-veneered panels within crossbanding and separated by brass lines, the hipped angles headed by a foliate cabochon mount, above foliate-entwined reeded angles, the sides with two simulated panels, on bracket feet with pierced scrolling foliate sabots, the marble top with repaired breaks, re-mounted, inscribed in black ink U. and stamped twice FL
34in. (86cm.) wide; 32in. (82cm.) high; 21½in. (54cm.) deep

拍品专文

François Lieutaud (1700-1748)

François Lieutaud, father of the ébéniste Charles Lieutaud and grandfather of the celebrated clockcase-maker Balthazar Lieutaud (maître in 1749) is most celebrated for his bureaux plats and commodes 'à la Régence'. With its brass fillets and more upright, early Louis XV form, it would seem likely that this commode was actually executed by Charles Lieutaud, in the workshops they shared at the Abbaye de Saint-Jean de Latron, employing his father's brand