Louis XV chest of drawers

Height: 97.2 cm.
Width: 159 cm.
Depth: 68.6 cm.
Stamped "J.F. GARREE".
France, 18th century.

Over four cast, chased and gilded bronze sabots, the canted legs with a two-bay body over a rectangular base. Slightly overlapping frame with partly à jour ormolu applications. Circular disk handles. Trapezoidal, profiled, red and white veined marble top following the lines of the furniture.

Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, November 20, 1993, lot 193.
Formerly in the Barbara Woolworth Hutton Collection.
South German aristocratic property.

Annotation:
A similar piece of furniture offered at Sotheby's New York, May 04, 1984, lot 76 with illus. signed "J.F. Garree" (Jean-François Garrée).

Literature:
Cf. Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais Du XVIII-Siècle, Paris 1989, p. 347. (14005114) (13)



Louis XV commode

Height: 97.2 cm.
Width: 159 cm.
Depth: 68.6 cm.
Stamped "J.F. GARREE".
France, 18th century.

Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, November 20, 1993, lot 193.
Formerly collection of Barbara Woolworth Hutton.
Southern German noble estate.

Literature:
cf. Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989, p. 347.