Lot 84
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A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE SMALL COMMODE
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A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE SMALL COMMODE

IN THE MANNER OF JOHN COBB, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE SMALL COMMODE
In the manner of John Cobb, third quarter 18th Century
The shaped moulded top inlaid with flowered trellis above a pair of doors enclosing two shelves, between keeled angles, on outswept legs with pierced foliate sabots, previously with castors
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide; 17¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The antique flowered trellis parquetry of the commode's elegantly serpentined doors recalls the flowered-lozenge coffering of Rome's Temple of Venus. Its bombéd form relates to commodes by the Royal cabinet-maker John Cobb, such as that supplied to Paul Methuen for Corsham Court in 1772 (L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p. 91, figs. 75-77).

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