Tuesday, April 5, 2016

ANTON VENOIR INTERIORS: FRENCH ANTIQUES, MELBOURNE:


A LOUIS XV PERIOD, COTES GALBEE EN PLACAGE DE KINGWOOD, SATINÉ ROSEWOOD, GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED COMMODE. CIRCA. 1750


A LOUIS XV PERIOD, COTES GALBEE en PALACAGE de KINGWOOD, BOIS SATINÉ & ROSEWOOD GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED COMMODE. CIRCA. 1750.



Le cotes galbes facede, bois satiné, Kingwood & rosewood marquetry and marble topped commode. A shaped Bec de Corbin marble top, with rounded corners and moulded edge, above two shaped single draws, with centred secret draw, above a convex long and a further long draw flanked by pierced leaf  foliate-cast handles, the angles with roccoco clasps, above a shaped apron centred by a pierced foliate cartouche, on short conformingly-mounted splayed feet.
The whole decorated with banded veneers of bois satiné and Kingwood and rosewood with crisp foliate scroll gilt bronze mounts and handels.

H. 87 cm, L. 130 cm, D. 61 cm