Lot 180
180
The Property of
A DANISH WALNUT EBONSIED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE, the convex-shaped crossbanded rectangular top with a carved moulded foliate frieze on a pounced ground, above two concave-fronted drawers divided by a lozenge and bead border and flanked by rounded angles adorned with scrolling foliage, with foliate panels to each side, above a pierced foliate-carved shaped apron and on scrolled cabriole legs headed by foliage and scrolled feet, mid-18th Century, restorations, minor losses

Details
A DANISH WALNUT EBONSIED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE, the convex-shaped crossbanded rectangular top with a carved moulded foliate frieze on a pounced ground, above two concave-fronted drawers divided by a lozenge and bead border and flanked by rounded angles adorned with scrolling foliage, with foliate panels to each side, above a pierced foliate-carved shaped apron and on scrolled cabriole legs headed by foliage and scrolled feet, mid-18th Century, restorations, minor losses
35¼in. (89.5cm.) wide; 30¾in. (78cm.) high; 18in. (45cm.) deep

Lot Essay

With its characteristic pouncing and lozenge and bead border, pierced assymmetrically flowering apron and concave front, this commode belongs to a group of related pieces produced by the Köster family workshops in Altona in the 1760s (see A-I. Kratz, Altonaer Möbel, Hamburg, 1988, pp.214-224, figs.37-53.)

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