Lot Essay
Related designs to the ones on the side of this commode are illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Intarsiato di Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, 1952, pl. IX and XIX
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
4A NORTH ITALIAN FRUITWOOD, WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE in the manner of Giuseppe Magiolini, the moulded rectangular top inlaid with a central quiver, torch and laurel circular medallion flanked by foliate-arabesques on a quarter-veneered ground and within a crossbanded border, the frieze with an arabesque-inlaid long drawer simulated as two drawers and above two further graduated drawers inlaid sans traverse with a circular scene of courting peasants flanked by further arabesques, the pilaster-strips inlaid with foliate-trails, the sides centred by flower-filled urns, on volute-headed square tapering legs and square feet, with chalk inscription to the reverse, late 18th Century
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4A NORTH ITALIAN FRUITWOOD, WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE in the manner of Giuseppe Magiolini, the moulded rectangular top inlaid with a central quiver, torch and laurel circular medallion flanked by foliate-arabesques on a quarter-veneered ground and within a crossbanded border, the frieze with an arabesque-inlaid long drawer simulated as two drawers and above two further graduated drawers inlaid sans traverse with a circular scene of courting peasants flanked by further arabesques, the pilaster-strips inlaid with foliate-trails, the sides centred by flower-filled urns, on volute-headed square tapering legs and square feet, with chalk inscription to the reverse, late 18th Century
49½in. (126cm.) wide; 35¾in. (90.5cm.) high; 22¾in. (58cm.) deep
49½in. (126cm.) wide; 35¾in. (90.5cm.) high; 22¾in. (58cm.) deep