A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE

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11.02.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1536693
Los 62 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1765
The top with a moulded edge above three graduated drawers, the cabriole angles carved with moulded C-scrolls and foliage hung with tapering husks continuing to scrolled feet, the apron carved with rockwork, C-scrolls and foliage centred by a foliate clasp, the apron and legs to each side with pelta-shaped profile, with Chinese style back legs, the drawers with rococo gilt-brass handles, the sides with gilt-brass carrying-handles, the drawers with concave fillets
33 ½ in. (85.1 cm.) high, 42 ¼ (107.3 cm.) in. wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep




Provenance

With R. A. Lee, Ormeley Lodge, Ham Common, Surrey.
Acquired from the above by Mr. Henry Grunfeld on 4 August 1954.
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 26 April 2001, lot 148.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above.



Literature

The Connoisseur Coronation Book, London, 1953, ill. p. 54 (advertised by R. A. Lee).
O. Rock, 'Cobb and Chippendale', Christie's Magazine, March/April 2001, pp. 42-43.
C.R. Howell, 'English Furniture', Art and Auction, June 2001, p. 86.
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