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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
The shaped rectangular crossbanded and banded top above four graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the top drawer fitted with a later mirror and two lidded compartments, two later blocks, restorations, reduced in depth
43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
Sale room notice
The commode is 19 in. (48 cm.) deep and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

3atterns for related French-fashioned 'commode chest of drawers' with serpentined fronts and bracket feet featured in William Ince and John Mayhews' The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 (pl XLIII). A related chest, bearing the 1760s label of Philip Bell, is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds 1996.

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