CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
Circa 1770
The moulded top above canted angles headed by carved acanthus leaves and four long graduated drawers, each with S-shaped keyholes, on splayed feet, originally mounted with oval plate handles
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 45 3/8 in. (105.4 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The commode, with reed-banded tablets of fine figured mahogany, is elegantly serpentined with a bowed front and Grecian-scrolled feet. Like a related commode sold Christies King Street on 24th November 2005 (lot 113), it is fitted with fine locks intended for S-bitted keys, that appear to have been a speciality of the Gascoigne family, whose St.James's firm flourished from the 1770s to the 1790s. Their locks, which are sometimes stamped, have been recorded on furniture by leading London makers such as Thomas Chippendale (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, vol. 1, p.253 and vol. 11 fig. 267).

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