A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood parquetry commode, second quarter 18th century, the serpentine rouge Languedoc moulded marble top above two quarter-panelled long drawers with featherband border and scrolled foliate handles centred by cartouche-shaped escutcheons, with pierced foliate-cast chute mounts, on cabriole legs with cabochon-cast sabots; restorations, partly remounted, 82.5cm high, 130cm wide, 61.5cm deep Provenance: Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1983, lot 107. Christie's, London, The Collector, 17 November 2020, lot 574. Photographs: © Christie's Images

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