Lot Essay
The repeated use of cartouches employing borders with raised floral decoration combined with the undulating apron and the distinctively shaped cabriole hoof feet relate this spectacular cabinet to a group of decorated commodes from Naples and Sicily. A commode with similar floral cartouches and legs is illustrated in W. Odom, Italian Furniture, 1967, p. 123, fig. 147. Three other related Sicilian commodes are illustrated in M. Giarrizo and A. Rotolo, Mobili E Mobilieri Nella Sicilia del Settecento, 1992, p. 36, fig. 25, p. 77, fig. 20 and p. 79, fig. 23.