Circa 1780 France
Louis XVI Marquetry Commode
£5,500
SOLD
Height 33 1/2 inches (85.09 cm)
Width 43 1/4 inches (109.85 cm)
Depth 21 1/4 inches (53.97 cm)
The moulded marble top above an arrangement of three long drawers, the top drawer fashioned to appear as three short drawers, each with ormolu handles designed as floral swags with portraits of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the central ormolu escutcheon with bow wreath detail, above a central marquetry panel depicting a floral composition in an urn and supported on square tapered legs terminating in bronze sabots.
