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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SABICU AND KINGWOOD PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE

IN THE STYLE OF PIERRE LANGLOIS

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A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SABICU AND KINGWOOD PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
In the style of Pierre Langlois
With quarter-veneered serpentine top banded overall, above three graduated drawers with parquetry panels between shaped angles, the sides with shaped rectangular parquetry panels, on square tapering splayed feet, restorations
42½in. (108cm.) wide; 33¼in. (84.5cm.) high; 22½in. (57.5cm.) deep

拍品專文

This serpentined commode reflects the mid-18th Century fashion for curvacious 'French' furniture embellished with exotic veneers and ormolu mounts. This was popularised by Thomas Chippendale's, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754-1762 and Mayhew and Ince's, The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, whose plate XLIII illustrates a 'Commode Chest of Drawers' with this shape of top. This particular type of serpentined commode was often made by the Tottenham Court Road ébéniste Pierre Langlois (d. 1767) whose trade-card displayed a marquetry commode and announced that he made 'Fine...commodes...inlaid in the politest manner'.