THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN IVORY-INLAID WALNUT BEDSIDE COMMODES, mid-18th Century
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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN IVORY-INLAID WALNUT BEDSIDE COMMODES, mid-18th Century
Each inlaid overall with birds amongst foliage and flowers and with baskets of flowers, crossbanded overall, the shaped top with low gallery above a tapering body and frieze drawer with shaped outset cornice, above a cupboard door simulated as two drawers, the moulded base above short cabriole legs, one with later prie-dieu platform, losses to the marquetry, the back feet re-supported, one previously a pot-cupboard with hinged lid, now converted into a drawer, with old label inscribed in black ink 13804 7027 2, probably Venetian
20in. (51cm.) wide; 25½in. (64.5cm.) high; 14½in. (37cm.) deep (2)
Each inlaid overall with birds amongst foliage and flowers and with baskets of flowers, crossbanded overall, the shaped top with low gallery above a tapering body and frieze drawer with shaped outset cornice, above a cupboard door simulated as two drawers, the moulded base above short cabriole legs, one with later prie-dieu platform, losses to the marquetry, the back feet re-supported, one previously a pot-cupboard with hinged lid, now converted into a drawer, with old label inscribed in black ink 13804 7027 2, probably Venetian
20in. (51cm.) wide; 25½in. (64.5cm.) high; 14½in. (37cm.) deep (2)