A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

IN THE MANNER OF GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI, MILAN, CIRCA 1780

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A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
In the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, Circa 1780
The quarter-veneered and crossbanded rectangular top centered by a circular panel decorated with a ribbon-tied quiver, torch, and laurel trophy, flanked by shaped panels of scrolling acanthus, above a frieze drawer decorated as two short drawers and two large drawers decorated as a single drawer centered by a flaming urn and by lions flanked by scrolling acanthus, the sides quarter-veneered, crossbanded and with similar scrolled-acanthus decoration, on tapering square legs, stamped EDWARDS & ROBERTS (acting as retailers in the 19th Century) the locks replaced
35¾in. (91cm.) high, 50¾in. (129cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep

拍品专文

The distinctive marquetry of a ribbon-tied quiver and torch trophy and scrolling rinceau foliage on this commode is characteristic of the work of the celebrated Milanese ebanista, Giuseppe Maggiolini, (1738-1814) Intarsiatore delle Loro Altezze Reali. (see G. Beretti, Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, 1994.) A closely related commode but with variations to the scrolled foliage and with a medallion to the top was sold in these Rooms, 29 September 1999, lot 269 ($29,900).