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COMMODE DE LA FIN DE L`EPOQUE LOUIS XVI

Starting price
€ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
17.06.2022 10:30UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
France, Paris
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ID 778682
Lot 655 | COMMODE DE LA FIN DE L'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI
COMMODE DE LA FIN DE L'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI

ESTAMPILLE DE GODEFROY DESTER, VERS 1790

En acajou moucheté et placage d'acajou, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le dessus de marbre blanc, la façade ouvrant à un tiroir à ressaut central et un vantail découvrant trois tiroirs à l'anglaise, les montants en colonne engagée cannelée prolongés par des pieds fuselés, estampillée deux fois G.DESTER et JME à l'arrière

H.: 92 cm. (36 in.) ; L.: 132 cm. (52 in.) ; P.: 56 cm. (22 in.)

Godefroy Dester, reçu maître en 1774





Provenance

Vente Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 10 décembre 1923



Literature

J. Nicolay, L’art et la manière des maitres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, T. I, Paris, 1976, p. 76 et fig. D.





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Post lot text

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE STAMPED BY GODEFROY DESTER, CIRCA 1790
Medium:Mahogany, Marble, Stone, Wood
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Dressers
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