A SOUTH GERMAN CREAM-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND FAUX MARBLE COMMODE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A SOUTH GERMAN CREAM-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND FAUX MARBLE COMMODE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With faux marble top above three drawers, each with two oval medallions carved variously with bearded men and a lady, centered by a trellis, on scroll feet, the sides with reeded panel and an urn, restorations to decoration, two pulls replaced,
33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) high, 48 in. (123 cm.) wide, 22 1/2 in. 957 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

While certain constructional characteristics of this commode such as the use of wooden pegs point to a German origin, its extraordinary design, with the portrait-like relief-carved masks flanking the drawers and the almost mannerist vases to the sides, appears to be unprecedented.

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