AN ITALIAN ROCOCO BRASS-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

SICILY, CIRCA 1760

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AN ITALIAN ROCOCO BRASS-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
Sicily, Circa 1760
The serpentine marble top above three conforming drawers, each simulated as two drawers with parquetry borders and divided by brass fillets, the angles with pierced c-scroll mounts, the bomb sides inlaid with parquetry roundels, above a shaped apron on cabriole legs, inscribed 44002 (five times), with a yellowed rectangular paper label A. WELTI-FURRER A.-G., ZURICH Z15984
37in. (95cm.) high, 52in. (132cm.) wide, 23in. (59) deep

Lot Essay

Closely related Sicilian commodes in Palermo collections with similar distinctive hipped angles, pierced brass mounts and geometric inlay are illustrated in M. Giarizzo and A. Rotolo, Mobilieri Nella Sicilia del Sette Cento, Palermo, 1992, pp. 74-5, figs. 15-17.

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