| Lot: | 33 |
JEAN-HENRI RIESENER (1734 – 1806) – NAAR antieke museale commode naar de “commode aux guerriers”, gerealiseerd door Riesener in 1775 voor Louis XVI, in marqueterie met bijzonder rijk beslag in brons met ondermeer op de vier hoeken grote beelden met de voorstelling van mythologische mansfiguren, met militaire trofeeën en met onderaan een blauwgelakte bronzen globe met “fleurs de lys” en met poten in brons versierd met acanthusbladeren – met twee deuren en twee laden en een dik marmeren blad – 96 x 210 x 80 cm De originele commode, gemaakt voor Louis XVI, wordt bewaard in het ‘Musée Condé’ van het kasteel van Chantilly
exceptional late 19th century commode ‘Aux Guerriers’. This chest of drawers is made after the 1775 model of the great cabinetmaker Riesener for Louis XVI’s bedroom in Versailles. In marquetry of amaranth and colored wood, mounted with bronzes. It presents two large drawers with a hidden support crossbeam centered by a large panel of marquetry of flowers and ewer in a frame of trellis, foliated garlands and cherubs in chased and gilded bronzes. The side leaves, also inlaid with trelliswork, are placed under imposing military trophies in gilded bronze. The corners are decorated with four mythological figures: Prudence (wisdom) and Temperance (moderation),
Mars, holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and Hercules, holding his club. On both sides of the body in the middle of the chest of drawers sit two children in bas-reliefs, one representing Justice and the other Beneficence (charity). The low belts are centered by a blue, fleur-de-lysed globe on a bed of acanthus leaves and leafy horns of plenty. A memoir by Riesener, dated 1777, allows us to affirm that a globe with fleurs-de-lys was indeed on the original piece of furniture. It rests on four large hoofed legs with acanthus base.
Mars, holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and Hercules, holding his club. On both sides of the body in the middle of the chest of drawers sit two children in bas-reliefs, one representing Justice and the other Beneficence (charity). The low belts are centered by a blue, fleur-de-lysed globe on a bed of acanthus leaves and leafy horns of plenty. A memoir by Riesener, dated 1777, allows us to affirm that a globe with fleurs-de-lys was indeed on the original piece of furniture. It rests on four large hoofed legs with acanthus base.
| Auctionday | 28/02/2026 |
| Estimation | 1000-25000 euro |