54. 54W Commode d'époque Louis XV de Pierre Fléchy, en marqueterie de bois de rose, amarante, bois satiné et bois teinté vert, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, milieu du XVIIIe siècle A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, amaranth, green-stained wood and bois satiné marquetry bombé marquetry commode by Pierre Fléchy, mid-18th century The shaped moulded brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with ribbon-tied floral and foliate sprays, the central heart-shaped cartouche inlaid with a pomegranate issuing the floral spay pattern, within C-scroll encadrements, the pierced escutcheons and pulling knobs and pierced chutes above foliate sabots, the sides conformingly inlaid with large-scale foliate and floral sprays with a pomegranate, stamped twice 'P.FLECHY' and twice 'JME', the ormolu mounts stamped with a 'C' couronné poinçon, with a small oval trade label inscribed 'ROBBIG' and numbered '377', 129.5cm wide x 64.5cm deep x 89cm high, (50 1/2in wide x 25in deep x 35in high) Provenance: With Röbbig, Munich; The Rosa Alba Collection Literature: Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maîtres Ebénistes du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1976, Vol.1, p.16 Pierre Fléchy, maître ébéniste in 1756. The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749. Pierre Fléchy (1715-1769), maître in 1756, was one of the many ébénistes working in the busy environs of the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. First working as artisan privilégié, then as maître ébéniste, Fléchy specialised in marquetry of large flowers in bois-clair which covered the entire surface of commodes, as this present commode. As many other confrères ébénistes, he produced as well a certain quantity of fashionable furniture in lacquer.