AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

LATE 18TH CENTURY, MILANESE

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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
Late 18th Century, Milanese
The rectangular top inlaid with a central medallion above a frieze drawer with ribbon-tied floral garlands and two drawers with a central medallion depicting two classical figures, the sides similarly inlaid, on square tapering legs
34¾in. (88cm.) high, 48¾ in. (124cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep

Sale room notice

Please note the caption for this photograph reads incorrectly as lot 433

Lot Essay

The classically inspired marquetry and overall design of this commode relate it to the work of the celebrted Milanese intarsiatore Giuseppe Maggiolini. For a further discussion of Maggiolini's work, see footnote to lot 157, a commode with identical classical figural panels.