A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood and kingwood marquetry and parquetry bombé commode French, circa 1850

surmounted by a brèche d'Alep marble top, two long frieze drawers.

The marble top with an old repaired break to the center now with infilling and with a large reinforced area to the underside to stabilize break; some chips to the front right corner and with some smaller losses to edges; the carcass with small losses and chips to the veneer to the top edge beneath the marble top to the upper left front corner; back corners with small losses to veneers and some infilling; small losse to bottom of top drawer and to top of bottom drawer above lock plate now sanded and polished; some inpainted stress tears to veneers over lines of construction where legs meet the carcass; the gilt-bronze tarnished and with rubbing and wear; overall with some old marks, nicks, scratches and scuffs.
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