SMALL COMMODE that can be used as a bedside table, rectangular shape in veneered marquetry, opening in front with two drawers, resting on fluted tapered legs. Gilt bronze trim and openwork copper gallery on the top. Bears a needlepoint inscription under the base: "Brullé Ebéniste, (...) Paris 1771/77" (?). Louis XVI style, 19th century. Height 90 cm; Width 85 cm; Depth 47 cm (Transformations, missing veneer, accidents and restorations)

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