Lot 106
106
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COMMODE of serpentine outline, the top edged with foliage and with re-entrant angles, fitted with three long drawers, mounted with pierced foliate gilt-lacquered brass rococo handles and key-plates, the horizontal divisions dividing the drawers extending in relief to the sides, the shaped stand centred by a crisply carved foliate cabochon, edged with foliate scrolls and incised with trellis ornament, on cabriole legs carved with foliage sprays and ending in scrolled feet

Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COMMODE of serpentine outline, the top edged with foliage and with re-entrant angles, fitted with three long drawers, mounted with pierced foliate gilt-lacquered brass rococo handles and key-plates, the horizontal divisions dividing the drawers extending in relief to the sides, the shaped stand centred by a crisply carved foliate cabochon, edged with foliate scrolls and incised with trellis ornament, on cabriole legs carved with foliage sprays and ending in scrolled feet
42¼in. (107.5cm.) wide; 23¾in. (60.5cm.) deep; 32½in. (82.5cm.) high
Provenance
Bought from Partridge, 20 May 1963, for #7000

Lot Essay

A commode with very similar horizontal bands dividing the drawers was sold from the collection of Mrs St John Plevins, Christie's, 1 April 1971, lot 84. Another commode of very similar form is illustrated in M. Jourdain, English Furniture, The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London, 1953, pl.108

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