Regency commode a pipee des oiseaux by Charles Cressent

French Louis XV Regency style ormolu-mounted parquetry commode after the model by Charles Cressent by Maison Millet circa 1720, Paris, known as "commode a pipee des oiseaux", with serpentine marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid with trellis parquetry, centered by an urn flanked by reclining putti and courting doves, the angles with crossed oak branches with a putto to each angle holding a bird, on tapering legs with ormolu oak branch cast sabots. Ref#CC43R 130 x 85 x 50 cm