Hubert-Joseph Heubes
Hubert-Joseph Heubes
A Fine Louis XVI Style Lacquer Commode à Vantaux
FRANCE, Circa 1870
REF No. B72532
The carcass stamped 'HEUBES' and bearing a pseudo 'JACOB JME' stamp. The bronze mounts stamped to the reverse 'HB'.
dimensions
Height :114 cm | 44⁷/₈ in
Width :159 cm | 62⁵/₈ in
Depth :53 cm | 20⁷/₈ in
Width :159 cm | 62⁵/₈ in
Depth :53 cm | 20⁷/₈ in
description
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany And Lacquer Commode à Vantaux, After The Model By Weisweiler, By Hubert-Joseph Heubès.
This elegant mahogany commode is surmounted by a brocatelle jaune d'Espagne marble top. The central door is inset with a fine Japanese gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer panel on a black ground, depicting buildings in a stylised landscape by the shore, with wading cranes.
This elegant mahogany commode is surmounted by a brocatelle jaune d'Espagne marble top. The central door is inset with a fine Japanese gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer panel on a black ground, depicting buildings in a stylised landscape by the shore, with wading cranes.
maker
The cabinet maker Heubes exhibited at the Paris 1867 Exposition Universelle and was recorded as specialising in furniture mounted with brass inlay in the Boulle maurquetry style and cabinets mounted with porcelain.
