拍品 203
203
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 198-202)
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
The shaped rectangular crossbanded and banded top above four graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the top drawer fitted with a later mirror and two lidded compartments, two later blocks
43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

拍品專文

Patterns for related French-fashioned 'commode chest of drawers' with serpentined fronts and bracket feet featured in William Ince and John Mayhews' The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 (pl XLiii). A related chest, fret-cut and canted angles, bearing the 1760s label of Philip Bell is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds 1996.