A Magnificent Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, After Antoine Gaudreaux's 'Commode Mdallier'

A Magnificent Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, After Antoine Gaudreaux's 'Commode Médallier'. The serpentine Vert MauriParquetry n marble top above a conforming case set with two cupboard doors each decorated with lozenge parquetry. The interior fitted with four drawers with quarter veneering, ebonised banding and scrolled handles. The swept legs heading by rams' masks. The front and sides set with oval panels decorated with a blue tole ground depicting relief-sculpted figural scenes of Dionysus riding a panther (front right); the Goat Amalthea and Infant Jupiter (front left); Hercules (left side); the crowning of Athena (right side). The magnificent commode is based on a priceless original which was supplied by Antoine Gaudreaux, the King’s ébéniste, in 1739 to Versailles for the Cabinet Interieur of Louis XV, and employed mounts by the renowned sculptor Jacques Caffiéri. The iconography is derived from the Greco-Roman world, replete with symbolism relating to the Altar of Dionysos. Read More at France, Circa 1880. Height : 91 cm 36 inches Width : 173 cm 68 inches Depth : 64 cm 25 inches