A Regence ormolu mounted violetwood parquetry commode, first quarter 18th century, the marble top above two short and one long drawer with quarter veneer and feather banded fronts having richly cast ormolu handles, escutcheons, the swept legs with scrolled lambrequin cast chutes and leaf cast sabots. Height 83 cm, width 105 cm, depth 56.5 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, fine French furniture, 21 May 1992, lot 63, Mr J. Smiley, Woollahra