ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1770-80

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, KINGWOOD, ROSEWOOD, HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1770-80
The rectangular top centred by a fan medallion, above a frieze drawer inlaid with scrolling foliate tendrils, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a single shelf, on square tapering legs with foliate gilt-metal caps
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 42 ½ in. (108 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Provenance

With De Haviland Antiques.
Christie, London, 18 November 1982, lot 86.
With Norman Adams.

Special notice

This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Lot Essay

The 'boxy' nature of the present commode is a characteristic of the firm that can be seen on other commodes executed by them. These include most notably the pair of Croome Court commodes supplied in 1764 to the 6th Earl of Coventry, the Douglas commode, circa 1773, now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, and the pair of commodes at Burghley, supplied to the house in 1767 with a pair of corner cupboards en suite (L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes, 1994, pp. 15, fig. 12; pp. 195-201, figs. i – x, and pp. 189-192). Other distinctive Mayhew & Ince features include the use of fine veneers, ebony stringing against a satinwood ground, the central fan medallion, fine foliate scroll marquetry, and the very idiosyncratic gilt-metal mounted feet.

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