FRENCH COMMODE TO BE SOLD AT BONHAMS IN LONDON FOR ESTIMATED £60,000
Published June 25th, 2007
A stunning Louis XV commode thought to be made by Pierre II Migeon (1701 – 1758), who supplied furniture to Madame de Pompadour, has been shipped from Sydney, Australia, to be sold at Bonhams’ sale of Fine Continental Furniture and Works of Art at 101 New Bond Street, London, on 10 July. Having travelled roughly 12,000 sea miles, it is expected to fetch up to £60,000 at the auction.
Tim Goodman, CEO of Bonhams & Goodman in Australia, came across the commode in the private collection of an important family in Sydney, who decided that, with the current buoyancy of the international market, it was time to sell. It is extremely rare to find such fine examples of European furniture in Australia, and it was felt that it was certainly worth shipping the commode the 12,000 miles or so to the UK for Bonhams’ London sale
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