Lot Essay
An almost identical commode sideboard with slightly different arrangement of drawers was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 27 November 1980, lot 95.
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Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
The shaped crossbanded top above three short drawers, with tambour shutter below, framed by stop-fluted quadrant angles and surmounted by a shaped frieze carved with foliage, flanked on the left by a door simulated as two drawers, and flanked on the right by two drawers, the lowest drawer with a division and previously further fitted, the sides with carrying-handles, the handles probably replaced, the arrangement of door and drawer altered
38½ in. (98 cm.) high; 62 in. (157 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm) deep
The shaped crossbanded top above three short drawers, with tambour shutter below, framed by stop-fluted quadrant angles and surmounted by a shaped frieze carved with foliage, flanked on the left by a door simulated as two drawers, and flanked on the right by two drawers, the lowest drawer with a division and previously further fitted, the sides with carrying-handles, the handles probably replaced, the arrangement of door and drawer altered
38½ in. (98 cm.) high; 62 in. (157 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm) deep
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