Petit commode
Francoise Reizell
Category
Furniture
Date
1760 - 1770
Materials
Kingwood, amaranth, marble, ormolu, oak and deal construction
Measurements
91.6 x 65 x 35.5 cm
Place of origin
France
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781469
Summary
A kingwood, marble, amaranth and ormolu mounted petit commode, by François Reizell, French circa 1765 The verde antico marble serpentine top with moulded edge above five drawers, each lined inside with red velvet and with quarter veneered panels to the front and floral scroll cast handles and escutcheons. Flanked by rounded corners inlaid to mimic fluting and continuing to squat cabriole legs and sabot. The sides quarter veneered, the top stamped 'F. Reizell'
Full description
François Reizell (maître in 1764) Of German origin, Reizell started his career in the quartier des ébénistes before leaving the Faubourg Saint-Antoine for the rue des Saints-Pères. Interestingly, the young ébéniste Joseph Baumhauer, (d. 1772), who became one of the foremost ébénistes of the Louis XV period, is recorded to have worked in Reizell's atelier, whilst the marchand-ébéniste Léonard Boudin is known to have retailed Reizell’s work. The latter’s most famed patrons included Louis Joseph de Bourbon-Condé, Prince de Condé (1736-1818) for whom Reizell executed a large number of pieces for the Palais-Bourbon and the château de Chantilly. For a similar example see Christies 16-11-2008, Paris, lot 267
Provenance
Bequeathed by Miss Keelan in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
F. Reizell C.1764
Makers and roles
Francoise Reizell, furniture designer and maker