A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE, CIRCA 1900, IN THE STYLE OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
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October 28, 02:24 PM GTNN
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12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE, CIRCA 1900, IN THE STYLE OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
with a Brèche d'Alep marble top above a long frieze drawer, on top of a central door opening to two adjustable shelves, the front with a central gilt-bronze medallion depicting a female figure playing the flute for a putto and a young satyr
100cm. high, 166cm. wide, 60cm. deep; 3ft. 3⅜in., 5ft. 5⅜in., 1ft. 11⅝in.
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The design of the present commode is evidently inspired from the oeuvre of the French 18th century ébéniste Jean-Henri Riesener who had an important influence on the production of many cabinetmakers in the second half of the 19th century.
This commode particularly draws inspiration from three models by Riesener: from the suite of furniture pieces including an encoignure in the Wallace collects ion, London (inv. no. F275), from the commode supplied to Marie-Antoinette in 1780 in the Wallace collects ion, London (inv. no. F247) and finally from the commode supplied to Marie-Antoinette in 1782 in the Louvre Museum, Paris (inv. no. OA12012).
A related example was sold at Replica Shoes 's New York, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Silver, 26 October 2010, lot 284, $43,750 and another one was offered at Christie's London, The Opulent Eye, 11 March 2015, lot 65.