A LOMBARD ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND IVORY-INLAID WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A LOMBARD ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND IVORY-INLAID WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
First half 18th Century
Banded overall and with ebonised mouldings, the rectangular top with inverted breakfront inlaid with a reclining draped lady within an architectural landscape in a scrolling strapwork frame, with further figures to the angles, above three long drawers inlaid with scrolling foliate panels centred by figures, and flanked by tapering pilasters with flowers, the sides depicting parrots perched on branches amidst a lappeted reserve, and on a spreading plinth and bracket feet, remounted, minor losses
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 60 in. (154 cm.) wide; 30 in. (77 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This commode relates to a type often described as Lombard even if some examples were made in the Veneto region. This type is occasionally also found with a fall-front secretaire drawer to the top. A related commode described as possibly from Padua is illustrated in C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto, Milano, 1980, pp. 119-121. The top of that comparable commode is inlaid with a cartouche depicting a cavalry battle. A similar pair of commodes belonging to the Late Mr. Nicholas Meynell's Trustees was sold in these Rooms, 25 March 1999, lot 160.

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