Commode marquetry ormolu bronze by F.Linke

Very beautiful Napoleon !!! chest of drawers in marquetry inlaid and ormolu bronze with marble top. It has three drawers on the front ,the bronze falls on the side are magnificent ,i...

Magnificent desk in marquetry and ormolu bronze bear the mark of F.Linke transitional style XV, XVI.

A very beautiful marquetry chest of drawers in the transitional style .Three drawers in the upper section signed of very high quality, two large drawers below without a central divid...

Gueridon in marquetry with ormolu bronze, marble top. This gueridon with a central motif in the center that connect the four feet of rare elegance .this gueridon can be used both as...

Louis XV period kingwood and marquetry commode inlaid with flowers and with panels of burl walnut with original handles and on splayed feet

An elegant French mid 19th century Louis XV st. marquetry and ormolu, three drawer chest. This bombe shaped chest is raised on cabriole legs ornamented by ormolu sabots and inlaid wi...

A very fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry commode After the design by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener, supplied to Princess Adélaïde for Versailles. Constructed from amaranth with veneered tulipwood "en semelle" and dressed with a profusion of finely cast & hand-chased ormolu mounts, with a Sarrancolin marble platform, atop a breakfront frieze, set with three drawers, over a unified central panel divided in two drawers depicting a 'bois de bout' marquetry floral still life within a gilt-bronze frame, flanked by panels of quarter-cut tulipwood with ormolu handles suspended from lover's knot bows, with conforming matched panels to the concave sides. The apron is mounted with a finely cast central scroll, and the canted corners dressed with cascading ormolu foliate mounts terminating in lion's paw feet. French, circa 1910 Madame Adélaïde's commode The design for this commode was one of the earliest royal commissions awarded to Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), the master craftsman who was later appointed cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and his court in 1774. The commode, with its architectural features, extensive ormolu mounts and immaculate marquetry work, was ordered in 1776 and delivered that same year for Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), the daughter of king Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska. The commode was later moved to château de Bellevue when it was given to her by king Louis XVI. The famous commode was later part of the Earl of Carnarvon's collection, who also bought furniture made for Napoleon. Carnarvon's wife, Lady Elmina Wombwell, was the child of Alfred de Rotschild, which may explain the post-revolutionary history of the royal commode. In 2018, the Riesener commode was bought for the nation for the sum of 3.5m€ and returned to Versailles.

A French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and end-cut floral and fruit marquetry two-drawer serpentine-shaped bombé commode by François Linke (1855-1946), Index number 720, the mounts d...