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Louis XVI Marble-top Mahogany Commode, Ferdinand Bury (1740-95; maître 1774), Paris, France...
Louis XVI Marble-top Mahogany Commode, Ferdinand Bury (1740-95; maître 1774), Paris, France, c. 1775. Large rectangular gray marble top with three-quarter-round corners overhanging conforming chest of drawers with ormolu-mounts attributed to Ravrio, the case containing three shallow drawers above two large drawers, divided by relief-molded posts and full dustboards, impressed mark 'F. BURY' on top of proper right column, 127cm wide, 60cm deep, 88cm high (50 3/4in wide, 24 3/4in deep, 35in high). Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. Galerie Wanecq, Paris, France, 22 March 2007. Literature A similar Bury commode with parquetry decoration sold at Christie's, London, Sale 6531 (13 December 2004), Lot 518. For an example at the Louvre (acc. no. OA 6495) signed by Bury and Jean-Henri Riesener, see D. Alcouffe, et. al., Le mobilier du musée du Louvre vol. 1, (Paris: Faton, 1993), p. 269. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
Louis XVI Marble-top Mahogany Commode, Ferdinand Bury (1740-95; maître 1774), Paris, France, c. 1775. Large rectangular gray marble top with three-quarter-round corners overhanging conforming chest of drawers with ormolu-mounts attributed to Ravrio, the case containing three shallow drawers above two large drawers, divided by relief-molded posts and full dustboards, impressed mark 'F. BURY' on top of proper right column, 127cm wide, 60cm deep, 88cm high (50 3/4in wide, 24 3/4in deep, 35in high). Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. Galerie Wanecq, Paris, France, 22 March 2007. Literature A similar Bury commode with parquetry decoration sold at Christie's, London, Sale 6531 (13 December 2004), Lot 518. For an example at the Louvre (acc. no. OA 6495) signed by Bury and Jean-Henri Riesener, see D. Alcouffe, et. al., Le mobilier du musée du Louvre vol. 1, (Paris: Faton, 1993), p. 269. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing