A MALLORCAN BONE-INLAID AND SILVER-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD BOMBE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A MALLORCAN BONE-INLAID AND SILVER-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD BOMBE COMMODE
Mid-18th Century
Inlaid overall with scrolling lines, the shaped serpentine-fronted moulded crossbanded top decorated with shaped simulated cartouches, above two short drawers and three long drawers, each inlaid conformingly and mounted with a shaped foliate mask escutcheon, flanked by keeled shaped angles, the sides inlaid with an oval cartouche, above a waved apron and on shaped scrolling feet, minor losses to the veneer
44¾ in.(112 cm.) high; 60¾ in.(152 cm.) wide; 29¼ in.(73 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The bold outline of this striking commode with its dramatic use of radiating rosewood veneers and combination of bone inlay and silver mounts, typifies the distinctive Mallorcan interpretation of the rococo style. A closely related Malloran commode is illustrated in J. Massot Ramis d'Ayreflor, El Moble a les Illes Balears Segles XIII-XIX, Barcelona, 1995, p. 146. Similar silver key escutcheons on a group of Mallorcan rosewood commodes of an earlier date were sold from Ca'n Puig and Castillo de Bendinat, Mallorca, Christie's House sale, 24-25 May 1999, lots 261-262.

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