Ref#C-603 | Description
A unique and grandiose French Louis XV style bombé arbalest shaped ormolu-mounted veneer and parquetry inlaid grand Commode after the model by Antoine-Robert Gaudreaus Circa. 1739
The fine veined and moulded arbalest and concaved shape cut angle marble top above large pair of concave shaped frieze drawers finely inlaid in parquetry design and elaborately ornamented with spellbinding foliate and leafy ormolu contour with C scrolls and acanthus works, with large pierced scrolling handles; the lower drawer has an arbalest shape bottom; The unique sides with a bombé doors applied with keyhole escutcheons and patinated ormolu scroll-works and acanthus leaves,
The palisander wood veneered hipped robust legs are decorated on each corner with massive richly chased and detailed foliate and blossoming garlands ormolu espagnolettes extending with fluted leafy trims terminate with leafy turned sabots. The contour of the lower drawers and the legs is adorned with Reel-and-Dart ormolu band.
Ref#C-603
188 x 70 x 95 cm