AFTER THE MODEL BY MARTIN CARLIN, CIRCA 1880

This cabinet is closely related to a splendid Japanese lacquer-mounted commode by Martin Carlin delivered in 1785 to Madame Victoire, daughter of Louis XV, for her use in the grand cabinet at the Château de Bellevue and today in the collections of the Louvre (OA 5498). This commode was part of a larger suite of lacquer furniture the princess received at Bellevue including a console table, a writing table, an occasional table and a pair of encoignures, most of which are also in the collections of the Louvre. A related pair of lacquer commodes, circa 1870, were in the collection of Baron Mayer de Rothschild or his daughter, Hannah, later Countess of Rosebery at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, and sold from the property, Sotheby's, 18 May 1977, lot 57. Another similar commode by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley was sold Sotheby’s, New York, 14-15 April 2008, lot 404 ($277,000).