Antique French Parquetry Ormolu Marble Top Louis XVI Commode Chest Drawers 1880 Sold rather than full length figures

rather than full length figures and much smaller at approximately half the size was sold at Ader-Tajan auction in Paris for $25

Pils painted part of the ceiling of the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier

and the bronze is finely cold-painted with bronzed & gilt patination

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Antique French Parquetry Ormolu Marble Top Louis XVI Commode Chest Drawers 1880 Sold rather than full length figuresSOLD A fine French antique Louis XVI transitional style kingwood, mahogany and tulipwood parquetry inlaid, with ormolu mounts and marble top commode, circa 1880. This very fine antique French commode having a black & white veined "Noir Antique" contoured marble top, below are three drawers with gilt bronze borders and ormolu circular laurel leaf shaped handles surmounted with a garlanded bow and flanked with a pair of ormolu corbel brackets. Below are