Lot Essay
With its characteristic waved apron and scalloped eight-foiled parquetry roundels, this commode typifies the elegant Neapolitan Louis XV style of the 18th century. Similar examples are illustrated in A. Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, Naples, 1977, Ill. XXI (b) and in E. Basseschi, Mobili Italiani del Meridioni, Milan, 1966, pp. 81 and 84.
A virtually identical commode was sold from the property of the late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Christie's House Sale, 25-26 October 1993, lot 7. A further related pair, with identical angle mounts and hoof sabots, was sold from the property of the late Countess of Brecknock, Wherwell Priory, Sotheby's House Sale, 2 may 1990, lot 309.
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A virtually identical commode was sold from the property of the late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Christie's House Sale, 25-26 October 1993, lot 7. A further related pair, with identical angle mounts and hoof sabots, was sold from the property of the late Countess of Brecknock, Wherwell Priory, Sotheby's House Sale, 2 may 1990, lot 309.
See illustration and front cover