拍品 98
98
AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MILANESE

The rectangular-inset peach marble top above a frieze drawer inlaid with scrolling foliage above two further drawers inlaid sans traverse, the sides similarly inlaid on square tapering legs ending in sabots, back replaced
36¼in. (92cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep

拍品專文

The distinctive inlay and overall design of this commode relates closely to the documented oeuvre of Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814), Intarsiatore delle Loro Altezze Reali. The frieze of scrolling acanthus and flowerheads is clearly inspired by a drawing by Maggiolini now in the Civica Raccolta della Stampe, A. Bertarelli, Milan, illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Intarsiato di Giuseppe Maggiolini, 1957, plate CIV. A commode attributed to Maggiolini with a frieze of this design was sold Christie's London, 14 December 1995, lot 270. The marquetry of the uprights with classical urns issuing foliage, is a simplified version of several drawings by Maggiolini illustrated in Morazzoni, op.cit., plates CIII-CIV.