Lot Essay
A related Neapolitan commode with similar decoration is illustrated in A. Putaturo Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, Naples, 1977, pl. LX, fig. a.
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NAPLES, CIRCA 1790
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A SOUTH ITALIAN EBONISED FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
NAPLES, CIRCA 1790
The rectangular grey-veined marble top above a pair of doors decorated with a central oval depicting a classical vase and a scrolling vine-leaf border, enclosing two simulated panelled drawers with enamel-set drop-handles, the sides decorated conformingly, on square tapering legs terminating in anthemion-cast feet
32½ in. (83 cm.) high; 36½ in. (93 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
NAPLES, CIRCA 1790
The rectangular grey-veined marble top above a pair of doors decorated with a central oval depicting a classical vase and a scrolling vine-leaf border, enclosing two simulated panelled drawers with enamel-set drop-handles, the sides decorated conformingly, on square tapering legs terminating in anthemion-cast feet
32½ in. (83 cm.) high; 36½ in. (93 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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