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A North Italian walnut, tulipwood-banded and marquetry commode, in the manner of Guiseppe Maggiolini with quarter-veneered banded rectangular top above a frieze drawer inlaid with classical bust roundels, foliate scrolls and mythical beasts, with two further drawers below inlaid sans traverse with roundels of classical figures, the sides with similar frieze and oval figural roundel, all flanked by foliate uprights with composition backgrounds on square tapering legs, the top badly damaged, probably Milanese, late 18th century - 46½in. (118cm.) wide, 22¾in. (58cm.) deep, 36in. (91½cm.) high.
C.f.A similar commode sold in these rooms, lot 466, 18th November 1992.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A related commode with similar composition uprights, classical bust, roundel frieze and quarter veneered drawers and distinctive oval marquetry to the front and sides of Classical maidens, one with a staff, one with a hooked implement, illustrated in Il Mobile Intarsiato di Giuseppe Maggiolini, G. Morazzoni, Gorlich Editore Milano, 1953, Tav. LXXII (.)
c.f. Related examples sold at Phillips Bond Street, lot 152, 26th November 1991 and a pair of bedside commodes sold at Christie's house sale, Southwick House, Purbrook, lot 123, 17/18th October, 1988, all with similar composition borders in imitation of the ebony backgrounds often used by Maggiolini.
C.f.A similar commode sold in these rooms, lot 466, 18th November 1992.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A related commode with similar composition uprights, classical bust, roundel frieze and quarter veneered drawers and distinctive oval marquetry to the front and sides of Classical maidens, one with a staff, one with a hooked implement, illustrated in Il Mobile Intarsiato di Giuseppe Maggiolini, G. Morazzoni, Gorlich Editore Milano, 1953, Tav. LXXII (.)
c.f. Related examples sold at Phillips Bond Street, lot 152, 26th November 1991 and a pair of bedside commodes sold at Christie's house sale, Southwick House, Purbrook, lot 123, 17/18th October, 1988, all with similar composition borders in imitation of the ebony backgrounds often used by Maggiolini.
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