NAPLES, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A SOUTH ITALIAN TULIPWOOD, EBONY, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
NAPLES, MID-18TH CENTURY
The Spanish brocatelle top above two long drawers, the sides inlaid with a centered eight-point star, the handles replaced
36¼ in. (92 cm.) high, 56¼ in. (143 cm.) wide, 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous Sale; Christie's New York, 18, October, 2002, lot 554.

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Lot Essay

A commode with similar marquetry is in the Museo Correale di Terranova, Sorrento and illustrated in E. Baccheschi, Mobili Italiani del Meridione, Milan, 1966, p. 85, while a further example in the same museum is illustrated in A.P. Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, Naples, 1977, pl. XXV.a.

A related commode was sold anonymously at Christie's, New York, 4 November 1992, lot 135, and another at Christie's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 88.

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