Description:

A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany, Satinwood, Harewood and Marquetry Commode, after a model by Jean Henri Riesener. Circa: 1880

Height: 38 3/4 inches
Width: 57 inches
Depth: 23 1/2 inches

Ref: A648

The breakfront marble top above a frieze drawers applied with elaborate floral wreath mounts above a central marquetry panel of a classical jug and basket of fruit surrounded by fruits and floral foliate sprays above a shaped apron, flanked by trellis marquetry panels applied with gilt-bronze-ring-handles, the three panels highed to reveal three long drawers with bleached walnut fronts, the sides with similar trellis marquetry on short tapering leds with foliate cast and spool feet.