ID 1126384
Lot 22 | A PAIR OF LARGE ORMOLU AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED, AMBOYNA, MAHOGANY GILT AND BLACK JAPANNED COMMODES AUX VANTAUX
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
BASED ON THE DESIGN FOR THE BUREAU DU ROI BY JEAN-HENRI REISENER AND JEAN-FRANCOIS OEBEN, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Each with serpentine breche violette marble top above conforming case, elaborately mounted with foliate swags and ribbons, the corners hung with lion pelts, the gilt-Japanned panels inset into ormolu frames with foliate branches, each depicting mountainous landscapes, the interior of the doors and the shelves veneered in amboyna and floral marquetry and inscribed spuriously 'OEBEN FECIT / PARIS 1764', the apron with entwined cornucopia and festooned laurels, on cabriole legs
41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) high, 79 ½ in. (202 cm.) wide, 24 ½ in. (62.25 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, Beverly Hills, California.
Acquired from above collection by present owner's father, circa 1985.
Thence by decent to present owner.
Literature
E. Gaines, Art & Antiques, "At Home: A Renaissance Villa in Beverly Hills", November-December, 1981, p.107 (illustrated).
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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