A French gilt-bronze-mounted fruitwood and green stained sycamore inlaid bois satiné, amaranth and parquetry commode by Maison Krieger, Paris, after the celebrated model by R.V.L.C. for the Comtesse d'Artois at Versailles In Louis XV/XVI Transitional style, last quarter 19th century

of breakfront form, the liver, white and grey mottled marble top above three frieze drawers mounted with a guilloche centred by a flowerhead above two further panelled long drawers with flowerheads at each corner, the marquetry composed of trelliswork  enclosing stylised flowerheads, the sides similarly panelled, the corners mounted with laurel swags and fluted classical elements, the apron mounted with a drapery centred by a Medusa mask, on cabriole legs terminating in lion paw feet, the inside of the top right drawer with the metal label, Krieger, Paris

In overall very good condition and can be placed immediately. Some very miniscule chips and some minor scratches to the very attractive marble top which is hardly noticeable. The gilt-bronze mounts are of a good quality as is the parquetry. There are a couple of very minor restorations to the veneer eg red infill but these are hardly noticeable.
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Comprative Literature:
Denise Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle, 1795-1889, Paris, 2000, p.395-398.
Clarisse Roinet, Roger Vandercruse dit La Croix, Paris, 2000, p. 85.

This fine commode is after the celebrated model delivered by Gilles Joubert, on 8th November 1773, for the bedchamber of the Comtesse d'Artois at Versailles attributed to RVLC (now in Floors Castle, Scotland, home of the Duke of Roxburghe), illustrated by Roinet, op. cit., p. 85.

The  offered commode is a faithful late 19th century reproduction by Maison Krieger which was founded by Antoine Krieger and his brother Nicholas, who started working in Paris around 1826. His first premises was at 17, rue Saint-Nicholas and in 1838, he moved to 76, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. In 1850, his firm became known as Antoine Krieger et Cie., before he passed it on to his son-in-law and other successors. The furniture and objets d’art produced and exhibited by  Krieger for almost an entire century were of  different styles but all of the highest quality