A Transition ormolu-mounted tulipwood commode
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A Transition ormolu-mounted tulipwood commode

BY CLAUDE PIERRE LEBESGUE

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A Transition ormolu-mounted tulipwood commode
By Claude Pierre Lebesgue
Banded overall, the eared moulded bow-fronted brèche d'Alep marble top, above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with simulated cut-cornered panels, the sides decorated conformingly, the angles inlaid with simulated fluting, on cabriole legs headed by husk-trail mounts and terminating in paw feet, stamped once LEBESGUE and JME, the marble broken and restored, minor restorations
87cm. high x 114cm. wide x 52.5cm. deep
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Lot Essay

Claude Pierre Lebesgue, maître in 1750.

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