Bernard II van Risenburgh (maître in 1730) - Important commode 1745 - 1750 84 x 88 x 51 cm With double drawer without cross-piece. In mahogany, bois de rose and amaranth wood. Floral marquetry using cross-grained plating with broadly traced garland and raceme motifs. Inserts in green-dyed horn. The central rocaille bronze decoration depicts a reclining putto within a broad ornamental frame with plant motifs. Upper top in Aleppo breccia. Central body composed of two drawers without cross-piece resting on four sinuous high legs with bronze finials. Fire-branded stamping on three side uprights BVRB and JME (Jurande de Maître Ébénistes).Reference bibliography:P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier francais du XVIIIeme siècle, Paris, 2002, p. 142, table b;Les ébénistes du XVIIIeme siècle francais, Paris, 1963, p. 78, table 2;A. Pradère, French Furniture Makers, London, 1989, p. 190, table 176.The furniture can be viewed by appointment