Monumental French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Commode After a Jean-Henri Rieseners Creation for Marie-Antoinette Versaille

Description

This splendid piece is a tribute to or a re-creation of a commode created by Jean-Henri Riesener for Marie-Antoinette's Grand … more This splendid piece is a tribute to or a re-creation of a commode created by Jean-Henri Riesener for Marie-Antoinette's Grand Cabinet Intérieur at Versailles in 1783. See Reiseners original piece which is on view at The Met in Gallery 524 (Commode Secrétaire à abattant).

This spectacular French commode will make a stunning statement in your home.

Jewelry consisting of weighty swags and interlaced garlands of naturalistic flowers, these decorative mounts incorporate the queen’s monogram initials (MA) the in the center of the top drawer. The veneer inlay on 2 drawers below displays a vase with tumbling flowers. It wears an extensive amount of ornate bronze ribbon details on the front and sides of the chest. Its raised on square acanthus leaf bronze feet and is topped with green marble. 3 drawers in all. An outstanding heirloom piece in excellent and fully restored condition.

We have dismantled this treasure piece by piece, restored, and refinished the entire.

DIMENSIONS

59ʺW × 20ʺD × 36ʺH in

CONDITION NOTES

In excellent well preserved, and newly refinished condition. No parts missing. Fully hand detailed before we ship. less