AN ITALIAN ROCOCO BRASS-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

SICILY, CIRCA 1765-70

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AN ITALIAN ROCOCO BRASS-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
Sicily, Circa 1765-70
The D-shaped parquetry top above three drawers divided with parcel-gilt fluting above a shaped apron, the sides veneered with parquetry, on shaped square legs, with remains of paper label inscribed in ink No. 5 and 250, top reveneered, legs restored
38½in. (97.75cm.)high, 52½in. (133.25cm.) wide, 23½in. (60cm.) deep

Lot Essay

With its distinctive pierced brass mounts and geometric parquetry, this commode is exemplary of Sicilian eighteenth century production. A virtually identical commode of demilune form with similar fluted drawer divisions and shaped apron is illustrated in M. Giarrizzo and A. Rotolo, Mobili e Mobilieri nella Sicilia del Settecento, Palermo, 1992, p. 120, fig's. 72 and 73.

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