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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-DECORATED `BOULLE MARQUETRY` COMMODE

Lot 22
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 302 400
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1250824
Lot 22 | A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-DECORATED 'BOULLE MARQUETRY' COMMODE
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-DECORATED 'BOULLE MARQUETRY' COMMODE
BY NICOLAS SAGEOT, CIRCA 1710
Inlaid contre-partie in tortoiseshell, brass, pewter, ebony and stained horn, the rectangular top with rounded front angles and moulded edge decorated with foliate scrolls and rinceaux, centered by a seated figure of Victory under an arched canopy, flanked by further figures and Bèrainesque motifs, the angles with masks and floral bouquets, above two short and three long conformingly inlaid, walnut-lined drawers with female mask escutcheons and floral drop-handles, the drawer divides with trellis banding, the sides and angles inlaid with similarly decorated panels, above a shaped apron centred by a mask of Ceres, on shell bracket feet, stamped 'NS' to the inside of the backboard, minor losses to marquetry
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 27 ¼ in. (69.cm.) deep




Provenance

Possibly Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes, 3rd Bt. Lord Hailes (1726-92), and by descent to his eldest daughter Christian Dalrymple (1765-1838) who died without issue,
thence by inheritance to her half-nephew, Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson of Kilkerran, 5th Bt. (1800-1849),
and by descent to his son the Sir Charles Dalrymple [Fergusson] of Newhailes, 1st Bt. MP (1839-1916).
Sir David Dalrymple of Newhailes, 2nd Bt. (1879-1932). Sir Mark Dalrymple of Newhailes, 3rd Bt. (1915-1971) and his wife, Lady Antonia Stewart (1924-217), daughter of the Earl of Galloway,
Christie's London, 5 July 2018, lot 124, where acquired by the present owner (£332,750).
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