Object Description
A fine French provincial burr walnut veneered three drawer Louis XVI commode. The sides have fluted pilasters above turned tapering fluted legs. Having a Nero Portoro marble top.
Stamped COURTE.
France circa 1780
Height 34 inches, width 49 inches, depth 22 inches.
Jean Baptiste Courte (20 September 1749 – 28 April 1843), cabinet maker, he achieved his master status on the 20 September 1777 in Dijon.
A marquetry commode of comparable form by Courte is preserved in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.
His work is mentioned in several books;
L’ébénisterie provinciale en France au XVIIIe siècle et Abraham Nicolas Couleru – Bernard Deloche et Jean-Yves Mornand – Éditions faton – 2011
Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle – Pierre Kjellberg – Les Editions de l’Amateur – 2002
Demoulin et Courte, Ebénistes Dijonnais – Catherine Gras – L’Estampille, juin 1980