Lot 1142
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A SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE BOMBE COMMODE
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A SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE BOMBE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE BOMBE COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY
The serpentine shaped green Swedish marble top above three long crossbanded bombe-shaped drawers, the angles, apron and front feet headed by pierced ormolu rockwork mounts, with parquetry sides
32.5 in. (82 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 24 in. (81 cm.) deep
Provenance
Purchased from O. F. Wilson Ltd.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This commode can be related to the work of the Swedish furniture maker Lars Andersson Bolin. A comparable bombé commode is illustrated in Torsten Sylvén, Mästarnas Möbler , Stockholm, 1996, p. 70, and another, signed Friedrich Kruus, op.cit., p.218. A related commode was sold anonymously, Christie's, Amsterdam, 14-15 December 2004, lot 584.

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