This is a gorgeous antique French Louis XVI revival demi lune commode with beautiful hand painted decoration in the manner of Francois Boucher, Circa 1920 in date.
The half moon satin wood top features hand-painted winged cherubs with floral garlands. This is above a pair of panels depicting courting couples flanked by a satinwood panel on each end, each painted with a bouquet of flowers with floral banding, on a luxurious pastel green ground.
The commode has a central drawer with four doors below and each door opens to reveal a cupboard with a central shelf.
Add a touch of elegance to a special room in your home with this superb commode
With original working locks and keys.
Condition:
In excellent original condition having only been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 89 cm x Width 152 cm x Depth 57 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot,
...11 inches x Width 5 feet x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches
Franēois Boucher
was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century.
Satin wood
is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia.
The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satinwood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys and the West Indies.
It has long been valued for furniture. It is also used for musical instruments, veneers, and other purposes. Satinwood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae.
Our reference: A3919a
Internal Reference: A3919a
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1076197
Dateline of this antique is 1920
Height is 89cm (35.0inches)Width is 152cm (59.8inches)Depth is 57cm (22.4inches)
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