A PAIR OF ITALIAN TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD, OLIVEWOOD  AND MARQUETRY COMMODES
A PAIR OF ITALIAN TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD, OLIVEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODES

NAPLES, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD, OLIVEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODES
NAPLES, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular quarter-veneered top centred by a floral patera above three long drawers, each centred by a conforming patera on tapering square-section legs, minor variations, handles replaced, losses and repairs
38 in. (89 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 22 in. (55.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly acquired by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), whilst serving in Vienna as British Ambassador (1814-1822), and by descent.
Literature
Illustrated in situ in the boudoir, A.Oswald, ‘Great London Mansions, Londonderry House Park Lane…’, Country Life, 10 July 1937, p. 41, fig. 9.
H. Montgomery Hyde, Londonderry House and its Pictures, London, 1937, pl. XII.
Londonderry House inventory, 1939, p. 77, boudoir.
Royal Aero Club, Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 6, library.
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol.i, p. 8, drawing room.

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