Royal Louis XV commode, c.1757 (ormolu-mounted tulipwood, amaranth, sycamore & marquetry)

Circa 1757, attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz and Jean-François Oeben Inlaid overall with ebony and boxwood stringing, of sinuous bombé form, with eared serpentine griotte marble top wtih molded undercut edge, with two drawers decorated sans traverse and locking by means of a single lock, with a basket of flowers within a scrolling ormolu cartouche cast with rockwork and acanthus scrolls, flanked by sunflowers, the drawers lined on the inside in blue watered-silk and veneered on the outside with amaranth, the angle mounts cast with piastres flanked by acanthus scrolls, the sides decorated with bunches of flowers issuing from leafy vases within ormolu frames, on cabriole legs with berried acanthus-scrolled sabots, inscribed in black ink with the Choisy mark C. H. and AA, R141, 1109 and in red ink R649, the marble top inscribed 3039 twice in blue ink and R.M.A. in black ink 35½in. (90cm.) high, 54in. (137cm.) wide, 23½in. (59.5cm.) deep