A PAIR OF MALLORCAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR-YEW AND BIRCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODES

MID 18TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF MALLORCAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR-YEW AND BIRCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODES
Mid 18th Century
Each with rectangular serpentine-fronted moulded top inlaid with an oval-shaped cartouche with scrolling borders, above two short drawers and three long drawers inlaid sans traverse with a heart- shaped panel framed by interlaced foliate scrolls, the sides inlaid with asymetric cartouches framed by conforming scrolls above a waved apron and on splayed feet, the frieze-drawers later, restaurations
36 in. (92 cm.) high; 48 in. (124 cm.) wide; 24 in. (62 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The fashion for the Louis XV bomb commode also spread to the Balearic islands and stimulated local furniture-makers to emulate the fashionable French models. This pair of commodes, which was executed in Mallorca, relate to a similar bomb example, which is illustrated in M.J. Massot Ramis d'Ayreflor, EL Moble A Les Illes Balears Segles XIII-XIX, Barcelona, 1995, p. 146.

More from The Lucas Collection

View All