Antique French Regence Carved Walnut Provincial 3 Drawer Commode Chest Lyon 1730 Sculpture Antique Oil on Canvas Painting

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894)

He studied in Paris with French history painter Thomas Couture (1815–1879) for one and a half years

The silver basket is in very good condition

The figurines are very finely modeled as Adam and Eve

by one of the early exponents of the style

Antique French Regence Carved Walnut Provincial 3 Drawer Commode Chest Lyon 1730 Sculpture Antique Oil on Canvas PaintingA good & substantial antique French Lyonnaise carved walnut Provincial three drawer commode chest, in the Regence style, Lyon, France, circa 1730. The commode being of serpentine form and having three large drawers, each drawer is carved with Rococo scrolls and shell motifs, the drawers with gilt bronze handles and escutcheons. The commode is raised on short cabriole feet, as is common with these chests from Lyon, they are larger in size and have