AN EMPIRE MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU MOUNTED COMMODEIN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR, CIRCA 1810Bleu Turquin marble top95cm high, 137.5cm wide, 66.5cm deepBernard Molitor (1755-1833) was born in Luxembourg, joining his cabinet making family in Paris in 1777. Molitor became a Master Cabinetmaker in 1788, and was one of the last ébénistes to work for the for the monarchy. Molitor's furniture is characterised by the use of mahogany veneers embellished with finely cast gilt bronze mounts.For a related commode see Ulrich Leben, Molitor, Ebéniste from the Ancien Régime to the Bourbon Restoration, Philip Wilson Publishers, 1990, p46, pl 32, 'commode in ... mahogany veneer with ormolu mounts. The large base, the flanking detached columns and the high frieze are characteristic of Empire furniture. Such high quality veneer and mounts were reserved for the most luxurious pieces'. See also p183, pl 33A for a commode with related ormolu mounts and form.For a related commode stamped B. Molitor see Sotheby's, Important Furniture, Paris, 22nd October 2008, lot 136. This type of plinth commode with outset columns and inset drawers was produced in several ways by Bernard Molitor. Similarities include the above form, ivy leaf motifs to some mounts and the use of bleu Turquin marble.
AN EMPIRE MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU MOUNTED COMMODEIN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR, CIRCA 1810Bleu Turquin marble top95cm high, 137.5cm wide, 66.5cm deepBernard Molitor (1755-1833) was born in Luxembourg, joining his cabinet making family in Paris in 1777. Molitor became a Master Cabinetmaker in 1788, and was one of the last ébénistes to work for the for the monarchy. Molitor's furniture is characterised by the use of mahogany veneers embellished with finely cast gilt bronze mounts.For a related commode see Ulrich Leben, Molitor, Ebéniste from the Ancien Régime to the Bourbon Restoration, Philip Wilson Publishers, 1990, p46, pl 32, 'commode in ... mahogany veneer with ormolu mounts. The large base, the flanking detached columns and the high frieze are characteristic of Empire furniture. Such high quality veneer and mounts were reserved for the most luxurious pieces'. See also p183, pl 33A for a commode with related ormolu mounts and form.For a related commode stamped B. Molitor see Sotheby's, Important Furniture, Paris, 22nd October 2008, lot 136. This type of plinth commode with outset columns and inset drawers was produced in several ways by Bernard Molitor. Similarities include the above form, ivy leaf motifs to some mounts and the use of bleu Turquin marble.
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