A SOUTH ITALIAN ROCOCO ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY, NAPLES

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A SOUTH ITALIAN ROCOCO ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
Mid-18th century, Naples
The bowed and molded Spanish brocatelle marble top above a bombé serpentined case with two long drawers, each side and drawer-front inlaid with interlaced Greek-key border around a checkered field centered by an eight-point star, with hipped angles above a waved apron and splayed tapering feet, the pulls replaced
36¼in. (92cm.) high, 56¼in. (143cm.) wide, 27¾in. (70.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A commode with similar marquetry is in the Museo Correale di Terranova, Sorrento and illustrated in E. Baccheschi, Mobili Italiani del Meridione, Milan, 1966, p. 85, while a further example in the same museum is illustrated in A.P. Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, Naples, 1977, pl. XXV.a.

A related commode was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 4 November 1992, lot 135, and another at Christie's London, 14 December 1995, lot 88.

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