A rare Louis XVI ormolu-mounted ebony and Japanese black and gilt lacquer commode (meuble d'appui) circa 1765, stamped Carlin JME with later Portor marble top, the frieze mounted with ormolu scrolling ribbon-tied rinceaux and large rosettes at the corners above two cupboard doors inset with ormolu-framed seventeenth-century Japanese lacquer panels depicting landscapes with figures and cranes opening to an amaranth and tulipwood interior featuring two slides and two drawers framing a coffre-fort, the concave sides inset with ormolu-framed seventeenth-century Japanese lacquer panels showing birds in landscapes, the front chamfered angles of the sides mounted with scrolling acanthus, the back ones mounted with ribbon-tied floral festoons, set on tapering feet mounted with ormolu acanthus; the back with metal placque with the letters DM or VM. Martin Carlin (c. 1730-1785), maître in 1766 height 37 3/4 in.; 5 ft. 1 in.; depth 26 in. 96 cm; 155 cm; 66 cm
A rare Louis XVI ormolu-mounted ebony and Japanese black and gilt lacquer commode (meuble d'appui) circa 1765, stamped Carlin JME with later Portor marble top, the frieze mounted with ormolu scrolling ribbon-tied rinceaux and large rosettes at the corners above two cupboard doors inset with ormolu-framed seventeenth-century Japanese lacquer panels depicting landscapes with figures and cranes opening to an amaranth and tulipwood interior featuring two slides and two drawers framing a coffre-fort, the concave sides inset with ormolu-framed seventeenth-century Japanese lacquer panels showing birds in landscapes, the front chamfered angles of the sides mounted with scrolling acanthus, the back ones mounted with ribbon-tied floral festoons, set on tapering feet mounted with ormolu acanthus; the back with metal placque with the letters DM or VM. Martin Carlin (c. 1730-1785), maître in 1766 height 37 3/4 in.; 5 ft. 1 in.; depth 26 in. 96 cm; 155 cm; 66 cm
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