A late 18th Century Directoire Mahogany Commode still life A substantial Louis XV Green

A substantial Louis XV Green and Gilt Mirror

1891-1952)

The cylindrical drum shade constructed entirely of closely set horizontal reeded oak staves bound within circular end-rings of darker tone

Height:100cm Width: 131cm Depth: 60cm

A late 18th Century Directoire Mahogany Commode still life A substantial Louis XV GreenA late 18th Century Directoire commode, the top with shaped ends above three long panelled drawers, all mounted with brass lion mask handles and crown escutcheons, between fluted column ends and all raised upon turned tapering feet. The Directoire style was essentially born of the architects and designers Charles Percier (17641838) and Pier Franois Lonard Fontaine (17621853). The Directoire Period in the arts, ran concurrently with the post Revolution