CIRCA 1760

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A Swedish ormolu-mounted walnut and fruitwood marquetry commode
CIRCA 1760
Crossbanded and banded overall, the moulded, eared and serpentine fronted Swedish green marble top above three bombé drawers inlaid with cube parquetry, above a waved apron, on splayed feet
82 cm. high x 115 cm. wide x 60 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

This parquetry commode is conceived in the Swedish Louis XV style of the 1760s and 1770s, during the reign of King Adolf Frederick. The earliest Swedish rococo commodes gererally have a frieze drawer seperated from the two lower drawers by a ridge, whereas the present type of bombé commode with three drawers divided by brass channels, probably emerged in the early 1760s, and derive from French Regence examples.

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