A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK-AND-GILT VERNIS-DECORATED COMMODE

Lot 264
12.02.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1538856
Lot 264 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK-AND-GILT VERNIS-DECORATED COMMODE
Valeur estimée
$ 50 000 – 80 000
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK-AND-GILT VERNIS-DECORATED COMMODE
BY PIERRE ROUSSEL, CIRCA 1745
Of bombé form, the brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers flanked by pierced scrolling foliate angle mounts, gilt-decorated overall with figures, landscapes and architecture in the chinoiserie taste, the cabriole legs with pierced sabots, stamped 'ROUSSEL' and 'JME', ‘75962’ inscribed in black on the underside of the upper drawer, a red customs stamp inside the carcase
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high, 38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Thelma Chrysler Foy (1902-1957), New York and Locust Valley, Long Island; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22-23 May 1959, lot 738.
With The Antique Company of New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 26 March 1968.



Literature

H. Schmitz, Das Möbelwerk: Die Möbelformen vom Altertum bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1942, p. 230.
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