Lot 143
143
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE, the rectangular grey-veined white marble top above three long drawers, each with lion-mask and ring handles, flanking a central lozenge mount with hinged umbrella central section concealing a key-hole, the sides with tapering pilasters headed by Egyptian busts, on paw feet, the reverse chalked, with paper label and inscribed in ink Barker

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE, the rectangular grey-veined white marble top above three long drawers, each with lion-mask and ring handles, flanking a central lozenge mount with hinged umbrella central section concealing a key-hole, the sides with tapering pilasters headed by Egyptian busts, on paw feet, the reverse chalked, with paper label and inscribed in ink Barker
52in. (132cm.) wide; 37in. (94cm.) high; 24¾in. (63cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This ormolu-enriched commode with lozenge-framed paterae and bacchic-lion feet relates to a pattern for a commode antique, published by La Mésangère in his, Meubles et Objects de Goût, 1802, pl. 49; reflacting the early 19th Century antique manner popularised by C. Percier and P. Fontaine's, Receuil de decorations interieures, 1801.

These features, together with the nymph-herm pilasters and lion-masks handles, appear in a closely related commode pattern of 1804 plublished by F.G. Bertuch and G.M. Kraus, Journal des Luxus und der Moden, Weimar, (1786-1827) no. 2; 6.

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