Lot Essay
An example with similar mounts and parquetry design is in the Romano collection, Palermo (M. Giarrizzo and A. Rotolo, Mobili e Mobilieri nella Sicilia del Settecento, Palermo, 1992, p. 76, pl. 19.)
MID-18TH CENTURY
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A GENOESE BRASS-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
Mid-18th Century
The waved rectangular top with inset bardiglio marble and raised moulded rim, above two long drawers simulated as two drawers each and divided by a brass fillet, the waved apron with C-scroll mounts and flanked by serpentine angles with conforming mounts, on cabriole legs terminating in C-scroll sabots, the marble cracked, losses to veneer, with customs mark and, label inscribed 'ACCORSI PIETRO-ANTICHITA/.... TORINO 3059 VOO'
22¾ in. (58 cm.) wide; 32 in. (83 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep
Mid-18th Century
The waved rectangular top with inset bardiglio marble and raised moulded rim, above two long drawers simulated as two drawers each and divided by a brass fillet, the waved apron with C-scroll mounts and flanked by serpentine angles with conforming mounts, on cabriole legs terminating in C-scroll sabots, the marble cracked, losses to veneer, with customs mark and, label inscribed 'ACCORSI PIETRO-ANTICHITA/.... TORINO 3059 VOO'
22¾ in. (58 cm.) wide; 32 in. (83 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep