Description:

An Extraordinary Fine Palatial French Louis XV Style 19th Century Coromandel Chinnoiserie Lacquer and Finely Chased Gilt-Bronze Mounted Two Drawer Serpentine Commode with Marble Top, by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919). Circa: 1880

Height: 34 inches (86.4 cm)
Width: 60 inches (152.4 cm)
Depth: 26 inches (66 cm)

Beurdeley, Alfred Emmanuel Louis (French, 1847-1919) Work at first with his father in Paris and eventually succeeded him. He kept the shop at rue Louis-Le-Grand and had worked at Nos. 20 ˆ 24 rue Dautancourt. The business continued in its traditional style with very few variations, until it was closed in 1895 and the remaining contents of the company were sold at the Galerie Geroges Petit. Beurdeley exhibited at the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Ref.: A703