A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE

ATTRIBUTED TO MATHIEU CRIAERD, CIRCA 1755, THE FRONTAL CARTOUCHE MOUNTS LATER

細節
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO MATHIEU CRIAERD, CIRCA 1755, THE FRONTAL CARTOUCHE MOUNTS LATER
The later mottled breche marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a central shaped cartouche with rock works and scrolls, the keeled angles headed by c scrolls and foliate trails on splayed legs terminating on pierced rock work sabots, the central cartouche mounts later and bearing spurious C couronné poinçon, restorations to the veneers
34½ in. (88 cm.) high; 45½ in. (115 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
來源
Acquired from Fersen, Paris, 1957.
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

榮譽呈獻

Victoria von Westenholz
Victoria von Westenholz

拍品專文

Mathieu Criaerd, maître in 1747.

The present lot is closely related to the four commodes supplied by Joubert in 1754 for the King's hunting lodge near St. Germain en Laye, Le pavillion de la Muette. The entry in the Journal du Garde Meuble de la couronne reads as follows:

Du 28 Juin 1754
Livré par le S. Joubert Ebéniste
Pour server dans les nouveaux logemens du Château de la Muette
No. 1939: Quatre commodes de bois violet et bois de rose à placages et dessus de marbre de brèche d'alep, ayant pardevant deux grands Tiroirs fermans à clef, avec entrées de serrures, mains fixes, cartouches et divers ornemens de bronze doré d'ormoulu, longues de 4 pieds 2 pouces sur 2 pieds de profondeur, et 30 pouces de haut. (Archives Nationales 013316, folio 22vo)

The mention of Joubert in the entry of the Journal du Garde Meuble would appear to conflict with the stamp of Criaerd found on the suite of commodes. It is known, however, that Joubert received so many commissions from the Crown that he sub-contracted various of these to some of his colleagues, such as the celebrated lacquer commode supplied by Joubert to the Bedchamber of Louis XV at Fontainebleau, which is stamped by Nicolas-Jean Marchand (P. Verlet, French Royal Furniture, London, 1963, p. 107).