François Mondon - A parquetry commode

Date	1730
Period	Régence period
Origin	France, Paris
Medium	Oak, Walnut, Amaranth, Bronze
Dimensions	86 x 154.5 x 64.5 cm (33⁷/₈ x 60⁷/₈ x 25³/₈ inches)
Gallery	Röbbig München

Description
Technical

Paris, Régence period,
Carcase: oak, walnut
Veneers: bois satiné, amaranth
Mounts: bronze, cast, chased, gilded
Top: reddish-brown, white-veined marble (campan mélangé)

Published:
Alexandre Pradère, French Furniture Makers. The Art of the Ébéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, London, 1989, p. 202.

For comparison:
Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, inv. no. 10055/3050 (published in Margrit Bauer, Peter Märker, and Annaliese Ohm, Europäische Möbel von der Gotik bis zum Jugendstil. Museum für Kunsthandwerk. Frankfurt am Main, 1976, p. 98, cat. no. 122).

Date: 1730
Period: Régence period
Origin: France, Paris
Medium: Oak, Walnut, Amaranth, Bronze
Signature: Stamped “FMD” (on the left front stile)

Dimensions: 86 x 154.5 x 64.5 cm (33⁷/₈ x 60⁷/₈ x 25³/₈ inches)
Categories: Furniture