Lot 250
250
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODES
THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE MR. PETER MICHALLAT (LOTS 246-250)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODES

CIRCA 1765

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODES
CIRCA 1765
Each with a shaped rectangular top above four graduated drawers, the canted angles with ribbon-tied drapery swags on shaped bracket feet, restorations, one with handwritten paper label 'MRS R ANSELL UPPER BILLESLEY HALL IN STRATFORD ON AVON TO BE CALLED FOR', the metalwork largely replaced
32½ in.(83 cm.) high; 42¼ in. (107 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Possibly Mrs. R.Ansell, Upper Billesley Hall, Warwickshire.

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Lot Essay

The pier commode of bowed outline with canted angles relates to a design for a 'French commode Table' issued in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, while the veil drapery on the angles 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, and another Christie's, London, 10 July, 2003, lot 14.

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