A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted, brass, ebony and tortoiseshell marquetry commodes en tambour, after a model by A.-C. Boulle, circa 1870

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park WarehouseRestricted Species

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July 5, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

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Property of a Private Collector

A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted, brass, ebony and tortoiseshell marquetry commodes en tambour, after a model by A.-C. Boulle, circa 1870

the French Campan rubané marble top with a moulded border, above three long drawers with moulded gilt-bronze frame, decorated with première-partie marquetry foliate scrolls and flowers in gilt-brass on a tortoiseshell veneered ground, each rounded side adorned with foliate marquetry, with a detached tapered upright leg with a volute scroll and acanthus leaves to the top and terminating in a gilt-bronze spiral toupie foot, the whole with rich gilt-bronze ornament, raised on six feet

each 85cm. high, 130cm. wide, 57.5cm. deep; 2ft. 9½in., 4ft. 3⅛in., 1ft. 10⅝in.

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Emmanuel Vozner, Gallery 68, Toronto;

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993.