A NORTH ITALIAN TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE, the rectangular top centred by a starburst within a ribbon border, above one long drawer decorated with flower trails and two drawers, inlaid sans traverse with laurel swags and a circular medallion within ribbon borders, the sides with conforming decoration, on square tapering legs, late 18th Century

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A NORTH ITALIAN TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE, the rectangular top centred by a starburst within a ribbon border, above one long drawer decorated with flower trails and two drawers, inlaid sans traverse with laurel swags and a circular medallion within ribbon borders, the sides with conforming decoration, on square tapering legs, late 18th Century
47in. (119cm.) wide; 33in. (84cm.) high; 23in. (58.5cm.) deep

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The form and vocabulary of the marquetry of this neo-classical commode is inspired by the oeuvre of Guiseppe Maggiolini (1738 - 1814), the spirally foliate central medallion being a simplification of the drawing illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Intarsiato di Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, 1957, plate cxxi

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