A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted purplewood, satiné and fruitwood marquetry commode Paris, circa 1890

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Description

satine and purplewood, marble
height 34 3/4 in.; width 4 ft. 8 3/4 in.; depth 25 3/4 in.
88.3 cm; 144.2 cm; 65.5 cm

surmounted by a brèche d'alep marble top, fitted with two long drawers, the interior of the top drawer bearing two white ivorine labels, the first inscribed THIS PIECE OF FURNITURE / WAS USED AT THE/ CORONATION CEREMONY / IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY / 9TH AUGUST 1902, the other inscribed HAMPTON & SONS / PALL MALL EAST / LONDON.

Provenance

Hampton & Sons, Pall Mall East, London