Zwiener Jansen Successeur fl. circa 1900 A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and coromandel lacquer- mounted meuble à hauteur d'appui Paris, circa 1905

one chute has been revealed to reveal the ZJ mark from the bronze master model, the carcass stamped JANSEN / PARIS.

Some age cracks, lifting and small losses to veneer. The coromandel panels with some minor chips and losses to surface extremities. The gilt bronze with traces of surface dirt and oxidation. In otherwise good overall condition.
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It is interesting to note that although stamped Jansen, the keyhole escutcheon bears a Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener mark, 'ZN,' to the reverse, implying two possibilities. The present lot might have been made in the Jansen workshop soon after it acquired the Zwiener copyright, circa 1900, and while it was still using the stock of bronze mounts. The second possibility is that this commode was already made by Zwiener but was later stamped 'Jansen' after its acquisition.