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Lot Essay
The commode bears a striking similarity to an example in the collection at Broadlands, Hampshire for whom Mayhew and Ince were the principal and documented suppliers (see footnote to lot 251). The commode, which features the characteristic flower-filled link frieze, is illustrated in the Saloon at Broadlands in H. A. Tipping, English Homes, London, 1926, period VI, vol. I, p. 251, fig. 393.
Of notable comparison is the pair of open bookcases of the same form with faux-fluted feet in the Royal collections at Buckingham Palace (illustrated by R. Fastnedge, Sheraton Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1983, p. 159, fig. 31). Regarding Royal commissions, the firm participated in Henry Holland's remodelling of Carlton House, London for the Prince of Wales between 1783-96, and there is single payment is recorded in Queen Charlotte's Treasurer's accounts for unspecified work in the royal nursery in 1773.
A virtually identical commode with galleried marble top was sold by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 1997, lot 359.
Of notable comparison is the pair of open bookcases of the same form with faux-fluted feet in the Royal collections at Buckingham Palace (illustrated by R. Fastnedge, Sheraton Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1983, p. 159, fig. 31). Regarding Royal commissions, the firm participated in Henry Holland's remodelling of Carlton House, London for the Prince of Wales between 1783-96, and there is single payment is recorded in Queen Charlotte's Treasurer's accounts for unspecified work in the royal nursery in 1773.
A virtually identical commode with galleried marble top was sold by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 1997, lot 359.