A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO NOEL GERARD, CIRCA 1725
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL COMMODE** ATTRIBUTED TO NOEL GERARD, CIRCA 1725 The rectangular top inlaid with a central oval medallion with a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, of King Midas, Pan, Apollo and Bacchus amid trees with a pewter-inlaid pond with swans, within a surround of strapwork, trellis, and scrolling foliate arabesques, and with squirrels, birds, and flower-filled baskets, above a bombe case with two short drawers over a long drawer and two further short concave drawers inlaid with further strapwork and scrolls and with escutcheons cast with addorsed dolphins, shells and masks, the sides similarly inlaid, with pierced lion, shell and trailing floral angle mounts, the shaped scalloped sides mounted with a feather-backed lion's issuing scrolled foliage, on splayed cabochon and scrolled acanthus-cast-mounted splayed legs, restorations to Boulle marquetry, mounts re-gilt and probably originally lacquered 35 in. (89 cm.) high, 51 in. (131 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66.5 cm.) deep
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO NOEL GERARD, CIRCA 1725
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL COMMODE** ATTRIBUTED TO NOEL GERARD, CIRCA 1725 The rectangular top inlaid with a central oval medallion with a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, of King Midas, Pan, Apollo and Bacchus amid trees with a pewter-inlaid pond with swans, within a surround of strapwork, trellis, and scrolling foliate arabesques, and with squirrels, birds, and flower-filled baskets, above a bombe case with two short drawers over a long drawer and two further short concave drawers inlaid with further strapwork and scrolls and with escutcheons cast with addorsed dolphins, shells and masks, the sides similarly inlaid, with pierced lion, shell and trailing floral angle mounts, the shaped scalloped sides mounted with a feather-backed lion's issuing scrolled foliage, on splayed cabochon and scrolled acanthus-cast-mounted splayed legs, restorations to Boulle marquetry, mounts re-gilt and probably originally lacquered 35 in. (89 cm.) high, 51 in. (131 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66.5 cm.) deep
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