Lot 256
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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY DEMI-LUNE COMMODE
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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY DEMI-LUNE COMMODE

CIRCA 1775, THE MAJORITY OF THE MARQUETRY ADDED

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY DEMI-LUNE COMMODE
CIRCA 1775, THE MAJORITY OF THE MARQUETRY ADDED
The crossbanded top with a sunflower paterae surrounded by a foliate and beribboned border, above a pair of quarter-veneered panelled doors with ribbon-tied husk garlands above a two-handled urn in an oval, enclosing a two adjustable later mahogany shelves, the conforming sides with musical trophies in an oval, on square tapering legs, the reverse marked '55128_53' and marked in white chalk '29/MJ', the husk inlay on the uprights and legs original, the remainder of the marquetry added, probably in the late 19th/early 20th century
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 39¼ in. (100 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Property of Miss F.M. Compton, formerly part of the Collection of the late Alfred Stern Esq., Christie's, London, 27 October 1960, lot 83.
Literature
M. Harris & Sons, Old Furniture & Works of Decorative Art, Vol. III, p. 361.
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Lot Essay

This window-pier 'commode table', with its geometric elliptic form and 'Roman' medallion-inlaid tablets, reflects the George III 'antique' manner popularised by The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam (1773). Its 'poetic' ornament of a Palmyreen sunflower with laurelled sacred urns, appropriate to Robert Adam's 'columbarium' or vase-chamber fashion, can be found on a 1784 pier-table pattern in the Gillow archives (see L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig.9).
Another George III satinwood and marquetry commode from Mr Stern's collection was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 16 April 2002, lot 286 ($71,700).

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