Lot n° 85
Estimation :
5000 - 7000
EUR
Grave chest of drawers in violet wood veneer, decorated with - Lot 85
Grave chest of drawers in violet wood veneer, decorated with friezes in butterfly wing frames. It opens with four drawers, two of which are in the first row. Gilded bronze trim such as lock escutcheons, large handles, falls and sabots. Paris, Louis XV period.
Stamped MM. Michel Marllerot (1675-1753), cited Master in 1740.
Stamped M.B EVALD. Maurice Bernard Evald, cited Master on October 5, 1775.
Dimensions: 85.5 x 129 x 65 cm. Minor restorations.
Grey breccia marble, later and repaired.
Expert : Stéphane Pépe
Maurice Bernard EVALD became a fashionable cabinetmaker. His clients included the Duc d'Orléans, the Ducs d'Aumont and de Luynes, the Duchesses de Chaulnes and de Chevreuse, the Viscount de Montmorency-Laval, the Marquise de Bussy, the Countess de Périgord, the Counts de Narbonne, de Maurepas and d'Haussonville.
This master mainly made furniture, which he trimmed with copper cast by Leriche, place de la Bastille, and gilded by Jean Lantru, rue du Vieux-Colombier.
*A similar commode stamped M M was sold in Pau on January 28, 2023, lot 63 Etude CARRIERE&LABORIE.
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