Lot 226
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AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE DRESSING-COMMODE, the moulded shaped rectangular top above a deep central drawer simulated as two drawers and flanked by a further deep drawer and a door enclosing a plain interior, above two further doors each simulated as three graduated drawers and enclosing a fitted interior of one shelf, on moulded spreading plinth, with chalk inscription to the reverse Marcusson

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AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE DRESSING-COMMODE, the moulded shaped rectangular top above a deep central drawer simulated as two drawers and flanked by a further deep drawer and a door enclosing a plain interior, above two further doors each simulated as three graduated drawers and enclosing a fitted interior of one shelf, on moulded spreading plinth, with chalk inscription to the reverse Marcusson
52½in. (133.5cm.) wide; 36½in. (92.5cm.) high; 22½in. (57cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Related plinth-supported and serpentine-fronted chests-of-drawers feature in a room elevation of the early 1760's, which survives amongst the designs of Messrs. William and John Linnell, cabinet-makers of Berkeley Square (see: H. Hayward, 'Drawings of John Linnell', Furntiure History Journal, Leeds, 1969, fig. 162)

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