Lot Essay
Designed in the Louis XVI 'antique manner', this commode is closely related to that illustrated in C. Alberici, 'ii Mobile Veneto', Milan 1980, p.208, fig. 282
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND PARQUETRY BOWFRONT COMMODE crossbanded overall with fruitwood, the eared serpentine moulded top carved with foliage, above three drawers between canted angles and concave sides inlaid with a parquetry panel, above a stiff-leaf-carved moulded plinth and fluted apron centred by an acanthus spray, on rosette-headed turned tapering fluted legs and toupie feet, late 18th Century
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AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND PARQUETRY BOWFRONT COMMODE crossbanded overall with fruitwood, the eared serpentine moulded top carved with foliage, above three drawers between canted angles and concave sides inlaid with a parquetry panel, above a stiff-leaf-carved moulded plinth and fluted apron centred by an acanthus spray, on rosette-headed turned tapering fluted legs and toupie feet, late 18th Century
53½in. (136cm.) high; 35½in. (90cm.) high; 21in. (53cm.) deep
53½in. (136cm.) high; 35½in. (90cm.) high; 21in. (53cm.) deep