POSSIBLY BOLOGNA, CIRCA 1740

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AN ITALIAN BLUE AND CREAM-PAINTED COMMODE
POSSIBLY BOLOGNA, CIRCA 1740
Painted overall with acanthus and flowerheads, the eared shaped and molded top above three graduated bowed drawers decorated sans traverse, on slight cabriole legs, the right back upright with label inscribed '11', the top drawer constructed in pine while the others in poplar possibly indicating that it is relined
37 in. (94 cm.) high, 60 in. (153 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 15 December 1994, lot 519.

Literature

Florence de Dampierre, Best of Painted Furniture, n.d., pl. 59.

Sale room notice

Please note that a technical analysis of the decoration that was received after the catalogue was printed has revealed that the commode has been redecorated over the original decoration. Please contact a member of the European furniture department for a condition report with the more detailed analysis.

Lot Essay

The curvy, yet somewhat restrained form of this commode, with its triple drawer configuration, is distinctive to mid-18th Century commodes from the Bologna region. Related commodes are illustrated in G. Manni, Mobili Antichi in Emilia Romagna, Modena, 1993, p. 137, figs. 283 and 285.

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