BY FELIX FAUCON, PARIS, AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, CIRCA 1870

Described by Cressent as the commode 'à palmes et fleurs', the original model is known to have several variations to the marquetry. One example is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1982.60.56) and another is in the Louvre (inv. no. OA10900). The latter was exhibited at the 1888 Exposition de l'art français du XVIIe au XVIIIe siècle as a exceptional example of 18th century decorative arts and was almost certainly the basis for the present copy by the ébéniste Felix Faucon. First recorded at 9, faubourg Saint-Antoine in 1844, Faucon is known to have shown at the 1878 Paris Exposition, where he exhibited copies of 18th-century meubles célèbres. Although he was listed at the Exposition by the name Felix, there are several known pieces stamped with the initial 'E', as seen in the present lot (C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The luxury market of the 19th century, 2018, pp. 136).