A 19th CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED COMMODE AFTER JEAN-HENRI RIESENER

A 19th CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED COMMODE AFTER JEAN-HENRI RIESENER France, Circa 1880 In the Louis XVI style using mahogany, kingwood and fruitwood, mounted with fine quality ormolu mounts. The two-drawer and two-side door "D" shaped commode fitted with a brèche grise de Serraveza marble top resting on the base with four armorial bronze figures emblematic of courage, force, Prudence and Tempérence. The centre marquetry panel with a floral still life and vase design flanked on each side by cherubs emblematic of Bienfaisance and Justice, below a sunburst mask ormolu mount; the lower apron cantered with a silvered sphere with fleur-de-lis applications surmounted by two floral cornucopias. The rounded sides each fitted with a cupboard door. Dimensions Height: 38.5"  (97.8 cm) Width: 81"  (205.7 cm) Depth: 29"  (73.6 cm) This commode is after of the celebrated model delivered in 1775 by Jean-Henri Riesener to King Louis XV for his private apartments at the Château de Versail