MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PORTUGUESE WALNUT AND SIMULATED ROSEWOOD COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY
The serpentine-fronted moulded top above two short and one long panelled drawers, above a shaped apron centred with a flowerhead flanked by foliate sprays, the sides decorated with scrolling foliage, on floral-headed cabriole legs terminating in scrolled feet, metalwork later
38¼ in. (97 cm.) high; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide; 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep

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19TH CENTURY.

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Lot Essay

Closely related examples of mesa de encostar are illustrated in F. Castra Freire, G. Pedroso & R. Pereira Henriques, Mobiliário, Móveis de Conter, Pousar e de Aparato, vol II, Lisbon, 2002, pp.173-5, and in J.A. Levinson, The Age of the Baroque in Portugal, Lisbon, 1993, p.198. Amongst the related examples sold at auction, a side table was sold at Christie's, New York, 22 May 2002, lot 438 while a jacaranda commode en console was sold more recently at Sotheby's, New York, 9 April 2008, lot 288.

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