ID 992784
Lot 46 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND BLACK JAPANNED COMMODE
Valeur estimée
£ 200 000 – 300 000
BY JEAN DEMOULIN, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped and moulded breche d'alep marble top above two drawers with pierced acanthus leaf frames and decorated sans traverse with a Chinese mountainous and coastal landscape with groups of figures and horses, the sides similarly decorated, with a rocaille cartouche-shaped apron flanked by pierced scrolling foliate and floral chutes terminating in foliate shell sabots, stamped four times 'J DEMOULIN', the marble top associated, partially re-mounted
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 64 1/2 in. (164 cm.) wide; 30 in. (73.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection of the ducs d’Albufera, Château de Bizy, Normandy.
Anonymous sale; Palais Galliera, Paris, 11 December 1969.
Anonymous sale; Libert, Drouot, 20 November 2002, lot 81.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1998.
T. Wolvesperges, Le meuble français en laque au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 2000.
Special notice
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| Technique appliquée: | Ormolu |
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| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Or, Laque japonaise, Plastique |
| Époque historique: | Période de Louis XV |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes |
| Technique appliquée: | Ormolu |
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| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Or, Laque japonaise, Plastique |
| Époque historique: | Période de Louis XV |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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