Lot 137
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A TRANSITIONAL ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

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A TRANSITIONAL ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
The later breakfront fleur-de-pêche marble top above three lozenge-inlaid frieze-drawers and two long drawers inlaid with panels, the pendant apron centred by a lion-mask and foliate mount, flanked by canted angles headed by drapery mounts and on cabriole legs with foliate sabots, restorations and re-mounted, possibly not French
49in. (124.5cm.) wide; 32¼in. (82cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This commode is closely related to a commode in Huis Doorn, Utrecht, where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile from World War I until his death in 1941. Most of the contents of Huis Doorn were extracted from Hohenzollern palaces.

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