A NEAPOLITAN WALNUT AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 88-89)

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A NEAPOLITAN WALNUT AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY

Banded overall with tulipwood and inlaid with stars, the serpentine top above two long drawers between keeled angles and a waved frieze, on cabriole legs, restorations, the top possibly partially re-veneered, repair to one front leg
54¾in. (139cm.) wide; 37in. (94cm.) high; 25¼in. (64cm.)deep

Lot Essay

A commode with similar marquetry is in the Museo Correale di Terranova, Sorrento and illustrated in E. Baccheschi, Mobili Italiani del Meridione, Milan, 1966, p. 85, while a further example in the same museum is illustrated in A.P. Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, Naples, 1977, pl. XXV.a.

A related commode was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 4 November 1992, lot 135

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