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Fine Art & Decorative Works, Day 2

Sat, Sep 12, 2015 09:00AM EDT - Mon, Sep 14, 2015 09:00AM EDT
Lot 509

Continental Neoclassical Marquetry-

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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Inlaid and Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble-Top Commode French or Italian, 19th century, pale variegated rouge marble top over three bronze-mounted and inlaid long drawers, lower two drawers with central panel depicting an interior scene with a maiden with mother-of-pearl inlaid necklace and earrings, a man and a jester with inlaid curtain surround, inlaid side panels, gilt bronze mounts, 34-1/2 x 49-1/4 x 22 in., period elements with some rebuilding and restorations, drawer facings possibly with some reveneering (plugged holes for previous brasses do not extend through marquetry veneers), some fading to central marquetry panel, some patches and repairs to feet, restorations to top boards, other scattered repairs, restorations and surface flaws. Provenance: Galerie L'Enfante, Georgetown; Great Marsh Collection

Condition

period elements with some rebuilding and restorations, drawer facings possibly with some reveneering (plugged holes for previous brasses do not extend through marquetry veneers), some fading to central marquetry panel, some patches and repairs to feet, restorations to top boards, other scattered repairs, restorations and surface flaws

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