Jan 30, 2019 10:00 EST
English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters/Russian Works of Art
332
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Bois Satiné, Tulipwood and Parquetry Commode stamped M. Criaerd
Mid-18th century
The marble serpentine top above a conforming bombé case fitted with two drawers sans traverse, the pierced ruffled mounts with scrolling berried vines and scrolls, the keeled stiles with pierced mounts continuing to chutes and ending in scrolled sabots; stamped twice M. CRIAERD, the mounts stramped with theC-couronné poinçon. Height 34 1/2 inches (87 cm), width 51 1/2 inches (131 cm), depth 22 3/8 inches (56.8 cm).
Provenance:
Palais Galliera, Paris, November 29, 1973.
Mathieu Criaerd, maître in 1738.
Cf. a related commode by Criaerd, with similarly shaped mounts to the central cartouche, sold, Christie's, London, September 30, 2014, lot 31,
Sold for $25,000
Estimated at $40,000 - $60,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Bois Satiné, Tulipwood and Parquetry Commode stamped M. Criaerd
Mid-18th century
The marble serpentine top above a conforming bombé case fitted with two drawers sans traverse, the pierced ruffled mounts with scrolling berried vines and scrolls, the keeled stiles with pierced mounts continuing to chutes and ending in scrolled sabots; stamped twice M. CRIAERD, the mounts stramped with theC-couronné poinçon. Height 34 1/2 inches (87 cm), width 51 1/2 inches (131 cm), depth 22 3/8 inches (56.8 cm).
Provenance:
Palais Galliera, Paris, November 29, 1973.
Mathieu Criaerd, maître in 1738.
Cf. a related commode by Criaerd, with similarly shaped mounts to the central cartouche, sold, Christie's, London, September 30, 2014, lot 31,
Good restored condition, losses and restorations to veneers throughout, repaired break to marble, age cracks to sides with tearing to veneers and stabilizing blocks to interiors of sides, lock to bottom drawer replaced, crack to left mount of bottom drawer, bottom right apron mount bent slightly outward, lifting to bottom mount of left side, patches to back of top drawer front, restorations to drawer bottoms.
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Auction: English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters/Russian Works of Art, Jan 30, 2019
