A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

IN THE MANNER OF GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI, MILAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
In the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, Late 18th Century
The rectangular top centered with an acanthus roundel with beaded edge flanked by foliate scrolls within a beaded border, above a frieze drawer over two drawers inlaid sans traverse with scrolling foliate and floral arabesques, the sides similarly decorated, on square tapering legs, with overall tulipwood and rosewood crossbanding, inscribed T4299/57
39in. (90.5cm.) high, 50in. (128.5cm.) wide, 23in. (59cm.) deep

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The distinctive marquetry of delicate scrolling rinceau foliage issuing from flower-filled classical urns on this commode is characteristic of the work of the celebrated Milanese ebanista Giuseppe Maggiolini, (1738-1814), Intarsiatore delle Loro Altezze Reali. Similar scrolling foliage and urns appear in designs for marquetry attributed to Maggiolini's workshop, illustrated in G. Beretti, Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, 1994, p. 216, fig. 216 and p. 217, fig. 292.

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