PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GEORGE MCFADDEN AND MCFADDEN BROTHERS PARTNERSHIP (LOTS 559-581)

A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET

CIRCA 1775

Details

A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
CIRCA 1775
The demilune top with a half fan and ribbon-tied swags within a tulipwood crossbanded border over a mahogany-lined frieze drawer and two sham drawers above a central cabinet door with a fan oval and ribbon-tied husk swags, the side doors with rosettes suspended from ribbon-tied husks, on square tapering legs
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high, 46 in. (117 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Partridge, London, 1994.

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Lot Essay

The form and decoration of this elegantly restrained commode reflect the prevailing influence of neo-classical architectural motifs on furniture-makers at the end of the 18th Century. The distinctive pattern of cross-inset oval medallions flanked by floral medallions to the side panels is also found on a serpentine commode purchased by Viscount Leverhulme from M. Harris and Sons in 1919 (L. Wood, The Lady Lever Art Gallery Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p.191).

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