Lot Essay
A related five-drawer commode from The Moller Collection at Thorncombe Park, Surrey was sold at Sotheby's, London, 18 November l994, lot 90. A further related three drawer commode was sold from the Samuel Messer Collection, in these Rooms, 5 December l99l, lot 106. A commode of similar form is illustrated in M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture: The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London, 1953, pl. 108.