LOUIS XV PERIOD COMMODE TOMBEAU Stamped by Jean-Baptiste Hedouin Amaranth veneer, chased and varnished bronze ornamentation, red Rance marble top, the front opening out into four drawers in three rows, the curved uprights decorated with leafy satyr masks, stamped (...) HEDOUIN on the two front uprights; small accidents and restorations to the veneer. H. 84 cm (33 in.) l. 133 cm (52 ¼ in.) P. 64 cm (25 ¼ in.) Jean-Baptiste Hedouin, master in 1738 Provenance: Sale in Versailles, Me Martin, 23 February 1975, lot 171; Acquired during the latter sale; Then by descent to the present owner. A Louis XV gilt-varnished bronze mounted and amaranth commode tombeau, stamped by Jean-Baptiste Hedouin