A GENOESE KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BEDSIDE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GENOESE KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BEDSIDE COMMODE
Mid-18th Century
Inlaid overall with tulipwood banding and fruitwood cross-banding, the bow-fronted liver marble top with three-quarter shaped gallery, above a recess and two bomb doors and shaped apron, the sides and back conformingly inlaid above cabriole legs terminating in upswept foliate sabots, the sides originally fitted with handles, the marble cracked
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) wide; 14 in. (37 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Estate of the late L. Grandchamp des Raux.

Lot Essay

The shape and the veneers used in this bedside commode are typically Genoese. Even though it is generally assumed that all the mid-18th Century Genoese furniture production always displays the typical lobed central medallion (see lot 90), plainer models were current as the one dated circa 1760 which is illustrated in L. Caumont Caimi, L'Ebanisteria Genovese del Settecento, Parma, 1995, p. 160, n. 119. Other related models are illustrated in L. Canonero, Barocchetto Genovese, Milan, 1962, plates LIX, XCVII.

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