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LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, ROSEWOOD AND AMARANTH BANDED AND MARQUETRY DEMI-LUNE COMMODE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The top decorated with a fan, ribboned garlands and five portrait medallions, the frieze with circular paterae and a central drawer above a door with ribbon-tied laurel swags around a medallion depicting a musician, enclosing a shelf, on square tapering legs, with chalk inscription to the underside 148/ 30-6-66
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The top decorated with a fan, ribboned garlands and five portrait medallions, the frieze with circular paterae and a central drawer above a door with ribbon-tied laurel swags around a medallion depicting a musician, enclosing a shelf, on square tapering legs, with chalk inscription to the underside 148/ 30-6-66
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
'Property of Major J.M.E. Askew, removed from Ladykirk, Berwick-upon-Tweed', sold Christie's, London, 30 June 1966, lot 148.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
This commode was in the collection of Major J.M.E. Askew, and removed from Ladykirk, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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