- Kommode
auction 931, Lot 1204
SPECIAL AUCTION HIDDEN TREASURES FROM THE HOUSE OF WÜRTTEMBERG
on 30 March 2022
Kommode
Differenzbesteuerung
A commode
Paris, stamp probably of Roger Vandercruse Lacroix (1728-1799), circa 1770
Rosewood, amaranth, and other kinds of wood veneer. Gilt bronze mounts. Restored, shrinkage crack to each side. Original marble top missing. Please note: The top illustrated is NOT part of lot 1204, but is on offer as lot 1205!. 93 x 149 x 55 cm.
Additional: test report by graduate chemist Elisabeth Kühn, Munich, 24 June 1986.
Label "Herrschaft Carlsruhe O/S Nr. 223". Stamped (difficult to read): "JME" and "R. LACROIX" (?) on the front bar. Handwritten inscription "...IIIIII de SAR .../Montbeliard" on the back wall. Remnants of a label "Die ... Marmor/ ... im Besitz/ (Kö)nigin Marie A(ntoinette)/(F)rankreich .../Herzogin Do(rothea)/(Herzog) Friedrich Eugen/Verzeichnis (?) .../ und nebst Meubles Württ..." and "... Du Roy/Rue de la Monnaye à Pa(ris)" on the underside.
