AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE

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AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
With a slide above four graduated drawers, the canted angles with ribbon-tied drapery, on shaped bracket feet with concealed leather castors, the handles original
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The pier-commode conceals a dressing-table slide beneath its top, which is bowed with canted angles in the manner of a 'French commode Table' pattern issued in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754. The veil drapery drawn up to the sides recalls Chippendale's pattern for a 'Lady's Dressing Table' in the Director, 3rd ed., 1762 (pl. CXVIII). Similar drapery featured on a commode sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 24-25 April 1992, lot 457.
The handles on this commode are the same pattern as those on lot 117 in this sale.

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