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

Lot 81
12.12.2024 16:00UTC -05:00
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$ 693 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 81 | A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 1 000 000
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LELEU, DELIVERED ON 3 FEBRUARY 1774
With a rounded rectangular rouge griotte marble top above a frieze mounted with richly scrolling foliage and fitted with a drawer, the corners mounted with ribbon-tied fruiting festoons, the two lower drawers and sides faced with flower trellis parquetry, the pulls as laurel wreaths, the angles with pierced anthemia, on fluted tapering legs with ormolu acanthus capitals, stamped J.F. LELEU four times, twice to the top and twice to the uprights on the reverse, indistinct inscription 'B...' and 668 in blue chalk to underside of marble
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high, 32 in. (81.5 cm.) wide, 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) deep




Provenance

Delivered by Jean-François Leleu to the banker Joseph Micault d'Harvelay (1723-1786), 3 February 1774, for his hôtel on the rue d'Artois.
Almost certainly the commode listed in 1786 (in an inventory taken following the death of Micault d'Harvelay) in the chambre à coucher of Madame d'Harvelay.
Acquired from Kraemer, Paris.
Artist:Jean-François Leleu (1729 - 1807)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Gold, Parquetry, Wood, Tulipwood
Art style:Neoclassicism, Old Masters
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Dressers
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