AN AUSTRIAN WALNUT BURR-BIRCH, CHERRYWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN AUSTRIAN WALNUT BURR-BIRCH, CHERRYWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with fruitwood and ebony lines with figured burr-birch simulated panels, the eared moulded rectangular top surmounted by a conforming superstructure with tambour-shutter, inlaid with simulated fluting, enclosing a fitted interior with six small drawers, above three long drawers the angles inlaid with similar flutes, on later short ring-turned fluted legs terminating in moulded feet, minor restorations
52in. (132cm.) wide, 44in. (112cm.) high, 26in. (60cm.)deep

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Lot Essay

Conceived in the Austrian neo-classical or 'Josephinian' style of the 1780's. This elegant commode is embellished with various burr figured veneers and simulated fluting. A related Aufsatzshrank with identical ribbon tied handles in illustrated in in M. Zweig, Wiener Burgermobel aus Theresianischer und Josephinischer Zeit (1740-1790), Vienna, 1921, p.28, fig. 71
Previously lot 302 8th November sale 9266, also previously King Street sale april 9061 lot 267

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