AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, OLIVEWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY, ROME

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AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, OLIVEWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
Mid-18th Century, Rome
The ormolu-banded serpentine-shaped diaspro di Sicilia marble top above a bombe and serpentine case decorated overall with parquetry and fitted with a pair of drawers, the hipped angles with foliate rocaille mounts extending to splayed legs terminating in rocaille sabots, the back with printed exhibition label, 'Mostra nazionale dell'antiquariato esposto alla mostra nazionale dell'antiquariato/Milano 19 novembre-11 dicembre 1960, restorations to legs and veneers, previously with central escutcheons to drawers
35in. (89cm.) high, 52in. (132cm.) wide, 24¾in. (63cm.) deep

Exhibited

Mostra nazionale dell'antiquariato, Milan, 1960.

Lot Essay

With its characteristically hipped and molded frieze and trellis parquetry to the drawers, this bold Roman commode relates to a small group that includes one sold anonymously in these Rooms, 18 September 1993, lot 154 ($92,700) and one illustrated in M. Agnelli, ed., Mobili Italiani del Settecento, Milan, 1990, p. 80. A further commode of nearly identical dimensions and square trellis rather than the more typical diamond-shaped trellis, albeit with brèche d'Alep marble top was sold anonymously, Christie's Monaco, 19 June 1988, lot 87.

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