Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Ormolu Bombe Shape Inlaid Tulip-Wood Commode 1900 Decorative Arts painted on an ivory wafer

painted on an ivory wafer and signed "Smart" to the lower right hand side

From an 18th century chateau in the village of Meschers-sur-Gironde in the Southwest region of France

and terrain that attracted so many others

and California missions

Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Ormolu Bombe Shape Inlaid Tulip-Wood Commode 1900 Decorative Arts painted on an ivory waferA fine quality antique French Louis XV style marble top & ormolu mounted tulipwood & kingwood bombe shape commode chest, circa 1900. The serpentine shaped top having the original variegated green & rust brown marble, the chest having two deep drawers with gilt bronze rococo handles & lock plates, the top edges of the commode having ormolu brackets. The commode is of bombe form with feathered walnut & tulip woods and inlaid with satinwood stringing to