The Property of the late DR. DANIEL McLEAN McDONALD Sold by Order of the Executors (Lots 133 - 135)
A GEORGE III LACQUERED-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, TULIPWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE inlaid overall with flowerhead-filled trellis-pattern and crossbanded in kingwood, the earec top centred by an oval panel inlaid with a basket of fruit, above a fitted mahogany-lined frieze drawer with green leather-lined slide, above two doors enclosing a later shelf, flanked by keeled angles headed by foliate mounts and on splayed bracket feet with acanthus-cast scroll mounts, restorations and some patching

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A GEORGE III LACQUERED-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, TULIPWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE inlaid overall with flowerhead-filled trellis-pattern and crossbanded in kingwood, the earec top centred by an oval panel inlaid with a basket of fruit, above a fitted mahogany-lined frieze drawer with green leather-lined slide, above two doors enclosing a later shelf, flanked by keeled angles headed by foliate mounts and on splayed bracket feet with acanthus-cast scroll mounts, restorations and some patching
39¼in.(101cm.) wide; 33½in.(85cm.) high; 21¼in.(54cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This type of serpentined commode, with brass ribbon-banded top and husk-festooned angles terminating in foliate scrolls, evolved from the French marquetry commodes popularised by the Tottenham Court Road workshops established by the ébéniste Pierre Langlois (d. 1765) in the 1750's (see: P. Thornton and W. Reider, 'Pierre Langlois, Ebéniste', Apollo, April 1972, p. 32), and adopted by London cabinet-makers such as John Cobb (d. 1778). While the form of this commode relates to one supplied by Cobb for Corsham Court, Wiltshire, in 1772 (Thornton and Reider, op.cit, p. 31), its refined geometric flowered-trellis marquetry reflects the more refined style of the 1780's, as illustrated in A. Hepplewhite & Co., Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788.

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