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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND STAINED FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

BY GUILLAUME KEMP, CIRCA 1770

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND STAINED FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY GUILLAUME KEMP, CIRCA 1770
The eared rectangular Breccia de Arràbida marble top above two breakfront drawers inlaid sans traverse and centred by an oval medallion depicting a military trophy, within a ribbon-tied and laurel-cast surround headed by an escutcheon cast as the pelt-headed mask of Hercules within a border of interlaced scrolls and flowerheads, above a shaped apron centred by foliage, the sides decorated conformingly, the angles headed by pilasters cast with fruited laurel swags, above cabriole legs mounted with foliage and terminating in paw feet, stamped 'G.KEMP' and 'JME', with two red wax seals
34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high; 44¼ in. (112.5 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

来源

Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1985, lot 118.
Christie's, London, 10 July 2008, lot 74.

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Guillaume Kemp, maître in 1764.

With its beautifully executed trompe l'oeil marquetry, giving an impression of plush drapery to the panels of its slightly breakfront façade, this commode is one of only three known examples of this type, with one - possibly the pair to this commode - formerly in the celebrated Espirito Santo collection in Portugal (subsequently sold, Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 14 June 1977, lot 125) and another with Galerie Gismondi, Paris (illustrated P. Kjellberg, le Mobilier Français du XVIIIè siècle, Paris, 2002, p. 505). While the three commodes differ in their mounts they all share the distinctive ribbon-tied medallion that hangs on the striped background, a design that was almost certainly inspired by the pattern of military campaign tents.