A French gilt-bronze-mounted bois satiné and parquetry commode, after the model by Antoine Gaudreaux made for le cabinet du Roi at Versailles In Louis XV style, late 19th century

with a brèche d'alep marble top, enclosing four mahogany and fruitwood banded serpentine drawers, with the inventory number 2158 above the number 1, the sides with an ebony veneered roundel

Some very minor chips to the veneer which can easily be restored. Some minor chips on the right hand side of the plaque in the middle. The mounts are slightly dirty and would benefit from a light clean according to taste.
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This commode is based on the celebrated kingwood medal cabinet supplied by the Royal cabinet-maker Antoine-Robert Gaudreaux (1682-1746) in 1738 for the Cabinet Intérieur of Louis XV at Versailles. The bronze mounts were modelled by the Slodtz brothers.

This particular model is of an extended form to the original. This version and the smaller model were popular in the nineteenth century amongst Parisian makers. A similar commode is illustrated by Christopher Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1981, p.86, pl.147. A model sold, Christie's, London, September 27, 2007, lot 91 (£48,500) and another sold Sotheby's, New York, November 28, 2006, lot 353,  ($78,000).