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Lot 215
Sale 5226 - British & European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Paintings
Oct 16, 2018
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Lot Description
A Louis XV/XVI transitional ormolu-mounted marquetry tulipwood and amaranth commode in the manner of Nicolas Petit, circa 1760
Apparently unsigned, the moulded breakfronted rectangular gris de Sainte-Anne marble top with canted corners above a conforming case with two drawers inlaid with concentric acanthus rondels within entrelacs, the canted angles headed by ormolu swagged and festooned paterae, above cabriole legs terminating in scrolled acanthus-sheathed sabots.
H: 34 1/2, W: 44 1/4, D: 21 in.