A VENETIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT BOMBE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A VENETIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT BOMBE COMMODE
Mid-18th Century
Framed overall with gilt foliate mouldings, the moulded shaped simulated verde antico top above a moulded border and two shaped bombe drawers decorated with floral and foliate branches, the sides with relief decoration of foliate swags and branches within conforming foliate scrolled borders, the apron centred by a scallop shell and on small cabriole legs, the polychrome decoration and the gilding largely refreshed, probably originally with inset marble top, the drawers with later linings, the back with trade label inscribed 'ORLANDO PETRENI FIRENZE'
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 45 in. (116 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This spectacular Venetian commode combines relief-carved polychrome decoration and parcel-gilt details with floral japanned lacquer-decorated surfaces to give a remarkably rich effect. A virtually identical commode, evidently from the same workshop, but with cupboard doors instead of a drawer, is illustrated in G. Morrazoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Milan, 1958, colour plate XIV. Similar raised floral decoration with palm fronds features on a commodino in Ca' Rezzonico, Venice (illustrated in G. Mariacher, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, 1967, fig. 46).

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