LOUIS XV KINGWOOD MARBLE TOPPED COMMODE, BY ANTOINE CRIAERD
MID 18TH CENTURY
£6,300
Auction: Day 2 - Thurs 15th May from 10am | Lots 314 to 602
Description
the serpentine rouge marble top with a moulded edge above a pair of short drawers and two long bombe drawers, with gilt bronze rocaille mounts and chutes to the angles, raised on bracket feet, the mounts stamped with 'C couroné poinçon', the carcass stamped ‘A CRIAERD’ in four places
Dimensions
135cm wide, 88cm high, 62cm deep
Provenance
Christies, London, The European Connoisseur, 4 Jun 2014, lot 622, as 'The Property of a Gentleman', where purchased by the current vendor
Footnote
Antoine Criaerd was active from 1720-1750 although the date he was made maitre is unknown. He was the eldest brother of the foremost ébéniste Matthieu Criaerd with whom he collaborated. During the Régence and early Louis XV period the two brothers appear to have specialised in commodes en tombeau inlaid with discrete geometric parquetry as illustrated by a closely related commode stamped by Matthieu Criard and featuring virtually identical shape, parquetry and chutes (sold Tajan, Paris, 16 December 2010). A further related example, featuring closely related bronzes occupies a prominent position in the State Bedchamber Room of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, (National Trust Inventory Number 108627). The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.