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BY NICOLAS-JEAN MARCHAND, CIRCA 1740-45 Of bombé form, the moulded pink and white mottled rose des Pyrénées marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse, with polychrome black ground lacquer depicting to the front an extensive landscape and seascape with figures and riders, fenced garden, luxurious palatial pagoda and a rockwork island to the forefront interspersed by nashiji type separating borders, the right hand side with lavish vegetation, trees and floral sprays with an exotic tiger to the upper right side, the left side panel depicting a hunt scene with riders, within gilt frames, the pierced rocaille escutcheons and naturalistically shaped handles above an acanthus apron centred by a flowerhead, on cabriole legs terminating in pierced foliate and upswept acanthus wrapped sabots, headed by conforming pierced foliate and C-scroll chutes, stamped 'MARCHAND' 33? in. (86 cm.) high, 50? in. (128 cm.) wide, 24? in. (63 cm.) deep
Nicolas-Jean Marchand (Ma?tre ébéniste before 1738)
Nicolas-Jean Marchand (circa 1697-1757), who received his ma?trise before 1738, was born into a family of bronze casters.
Little is known from his life other than having executed luxurious and well-executed Louis XV furniture including commodes, encoignures, occasional tables and secrétaires in his rue Saint Nicolas atelier. Born into family of bronze casters family, Marchand ormolu mounts feature prominently on his pieces; these mounts in rocaille style were applied discretely in some cases but also profusely on his most ambitious pieces. Alexandre Pradère suggests that it is most likely Marchand himself - in contradiction to guild regulations – who oversaw the finishing of these superb foliate and rocaille mounts that adorn some of his commodes, such as the Chinese lacquer commode he supplied to by the Fournisseur du Garde Meuble, Gilles Joubert for the bedroom of Queen Marie Leczinska at Fontainebleau on 11 December 1755. (Christie’s London, 10 December 2009, lot 770, £713,250).
Nicolas-Jean Marchand is best known for his use of superb exotic lacquer, working largely with Gilles Joubert (1689-1775) who in his official capacity supplied furniture to Louis XV, most notably the pair of petites commodes for Chateau de Fontainebleau, one mentioned above, the other now in the Wallace Collection, London. He is also recorded to have worked with the Marquis de Paulmy, governor of the Arsenal, and as well for the celebrated ébéniste Gaudreaux - Joubert’s predecessor - who he assisted in executing commissions for the Garde-Meuble.