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THE NEW EDITION
JUMBO COLLECTION HAS NOW REVIVED THIS HISTORIC
PIECE OF ART, CREATED BY HAND BY ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN,
WITH MARBLE TOP, AN ELABORATE PARQUETRY INLAID
WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS, AND LOST-WAX CASTED
BRONZES MARVELOUSLY CHISELED AND THEN GILDED.
IN THE NEW EDITION, ON THE TWO CENTRAL DOORS, THE
MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES INSIDE THE OVAL MEDALLIONS
WILL HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH LIGHT FLORAL
DECORATIONS. THE COMMODE-MÉDAILLIER WILL BE
PRODUCED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 30 COPIES.
THE ORIGINAL
A REGENCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED
TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE,
DESIGNED BY THE SLODTZ BROTHERS AND
EXECUTED BY ANTOINE GAUDREAUX.
THE PRECIOUS COMMODE-MÉDAILLIER WAS
DESIGNED AND CREATED IN 1739 FOR THE
KING’S USE IN LOUIS XV’S CABINET À PANS
AT VERSAILLES. IT IS NOW IN THE CABINET
DES MÉDAILLES AT THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE
NATIONALE.
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