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.

F992

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