AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

Property from the Estate of ALFRED L. LOOMIS, JR.

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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

The rectangular top with central circular medallion of classical figures above a frieze drawer inlaid with scrolling foliage and lion's mask and two further drawers inlaid sans traverse with scrolling foliage and classical figures flanked by foliate inlaid uprights, the sides similarly inlaid, on square tapering legs, Milanese --35½in. (90cm.) high, 46½in. (118cm.) wide, 23in. (58cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The floral marquetry and inlaid medallions of mythological figures found on this commode in combination with the distinctively inlaid uprights on a composition ground is typical of the work of the Milanese cabinetmaker, Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814). Similarly inlaid commodes attributed to Maggiolini are illustrated in S. Colombo, L'Arte Del Legno E Del Mobile in Italia, 1981, fig. 568.