"THE ORB AND CROWN COMMODE"
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE crossbanded and inlaid overall with chevron banding, the eared rectangular top centred by a crown and orb flanked by angled sceptres, the back angles with bellflowers above a fitted frieze drawer with three drawers, trays and two secret drawers and three graduated long drawers, between stop-fluted rounded column-angles with barber pole inlay, on shaped panelled bracket feet carved with trelliswork
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE crossbanded and inlaid overall with chevron banding, the eared rectangular top centred by a crown and orb flanked by angled sceptres, the back angles with bellflowers above a fitted frieze drawer with three drawers, trays and two secret drawers and three graduated long drawers, between stop-fluted rounded column-angles with barber pole inlay, on shaped panelled bracket feet carved with trelliswork
39½in. (100.5cm.) wide; 32½in. (82.5cm.) high; 21½in. (54.5cm.) deep
39½in. (100.5cm.) wide; 32½in. (82.5cm.) high; 21½in. (54.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Percival D. Griffiths, Esq., F.S.A. (d.1937)
Geoffrey Blackwell, Esq., O.B.E. (d.1942)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Geoffrey Blackwell, Esq., O.B.E. (d.1942)
Thence by descent to the present owner