A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
In the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, Circa 1780
The quarter-veneered and crossbanded rectangular top centered by a circular panel decorated with a ribbon-tied quiver, torch, and laurel trophy, flanked by shaped panels of scrolling acanthus, above a frieze drawer decorated as two short drawers and two large drawers decorated as a single drawer centered by a flaming urn and by lions flanked by scrolling acanthus, the sides quarter-veneered, crossbanded and with similar scrolled-acanthus decoration, on tapering square legs, stamped EDWARDS & ROBERTS (acting as retailers in the 19th Century) the locks replaced
35¾in. (91cm.) high, 50¾in. (129cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep
A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
In the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, Circa 1780
The quarter-veneered and crossbanded rectangular top centered by a circular panel decorated with a ribbon-tied quiver, torch, and laurel trophy, flanked by shaped panels of scrolling acanthus, above a frieze drawer decorated as two short drawers and two large drawers decorated as a single drawer centered by a flaming urn and by lions flanked by scrolling acanthus, the sides quarter-veneered, crossbanded and with similar scrolled-acanthus decoration, on tapering square legs, stamped EDWARDS & ROBERTS (acting as retailers in the 19th Century) the locks replaced
35¾in. (91cm.) high, 50¾in. (129cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep