VENETO, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN PEN-ENGRAVED IVORY-INLAID WALNUT COMMODE
VENETO, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with foliate sprays, the inverted breakfront rectangular top centred by a parrot amidst interlaced floral sprays, above three conformingly-decorated moulded drawers centred with grotesque masks, the sides centred by lozenges, with moulded plinth base
36½ in. (93 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.); 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the current owner in Florence in 1912.

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Lot Essay

The general shape, inverted breakfront façade and sparse scrolling foliate decoration relate the present commode to several cassettoni in the Museo Civico di Padua, Veneto and illustrated in C. Santini, Mille Mobili Veneti, L'Arredo domestico in Veneto dal sec. XV al. sec. XIX', vol. II, Le Province di Verona, Padova e Rovigo (see fig.103, p.64) and in. C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto, Milan, 1980, pp.124-5, fig.163.

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