Antique 18thC French Louis XV Ormolu Inlaid Kingwood Marble Commode Chest 1780 Drawings & Prints This unusual antique baroque cabinet

This unusual antique baroque cabinet having a stepped crown with carved 'egg & dart' molding below

” Hurson used his considerable gift for figurative drawing and his wit and humor to create works that seemed aimed at deflating the seriousness with which much painting was imbued up to that time

’ And he disappeared in the dark of the night

A fine German classical oil on canvas by the genre and portrait artist Albert Friedrich Schröder (1854-1939)

They made the rim of the chair a lighter-gauge wire and doubled it for stability to achieve strength requirements

Antique 18thC French Louis XV Ormolu Inlaid Kingwood Marble Commode Chest 1780 Drawings & Prints This unusual antique baroque cabinetA fine antique 18th century French Louis XV Kingwood and parquetry inlaid commode, with ormolu mounts and marble top, circa 1780. The commode of gentle serpentine form with a black & white veined Brche marble top, below are six drawers with checkered inlay, to each side is a gilt bronze maidenhead corbel. Each drawer is lavishly mounted with large ornate gilt bronze handles, the central panel in between the drawers is mounted with three gilt bronze