Lot 64: Louis XV/XVI ormolu mounted bois satiné armaranth and fruitwood marquetry commode, circa 1775, stamped F. Reizell

with a later shaped brèche d'alep marble top of breakfront outline above two drawers inlaid sans traverse centering a musical trophy flanked by classical vases and drapery swags, raised on hipped cabriole legs. Bearing the French & Co. inventory number 31257. Formerly with mounts . François Reizell, maître in 1764

measurements height 35 3/4 in.; width 50 1/2 in.; depth 24 in. alternate measurements 91 cm; 128 cm; 61 cm

Collection of Mrs. J.W. RiserFrench & Company, New York (in 1927) from whom acquired

François Reizell was an ébéniste of German extraction who first established his workshop on the faubourg Saint-Antoine. In 1770 he left the neighborhood which housed so many of his colleagues and moved to the rue des Saints-Pères. Reizell's principal client was the prince de Condé for whom he supplied pieces at the Palais Bourbon and for the country houses at Chantilly and Villegenis. A similarly decorated, smaller, commode by Reizell is illustrated, Comte F. de Salverte, Les Ebénistes du XVIII Siècle, 1923, p. 265, pl. LIII.