Louis XVI-style Tulipwood and Mahogany-veneered Marble-top Commode

Description:

Louis XVI-style Tulipwood and Mahogany-veneered Marble-top Commode, France, 19th century, oak secondary wood, marble top, two doors with bookmatched veneers open to interior with removable shelf, cut front corners with satinwood and ebonized wood inlay, squared feet with gilt-bronze ferrule, ht. 28 1/2, wd. 30 1/2, dp. 13 1/2 in.

Literature: This lot, and others from the same collection, are contextualized in Imagining Ichabod: My Journey Into 18th-Century America Through History, Food, and a Georgian House, by Paula Bennett, Bauer and Dean: New York, 2016. Imagining Ichabod is described as a "warm, personal account of life in an eighteenth-century house and the search for its first inhabitants... [which offers] a fascinating glimpse into [the United States'] colonial period and its years as a fledgling republic."
Estimate $300-500

Age expected wear. minor lossess to veneers.


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