A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE

Lot 89
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 50 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 848570
Lot 89 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1765

The crossbanded and quarter-veneered 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, the drawers with original rococo gilt-brass handles, the sides with gilt-metal carrying-handles, inscribed in pencil ‘1863’

34 1/4 in. (87 cm.) high; 42 1/4 in. (107.5 cm.) wide; 25 1/8 in. (64 cm.) deep





Literature

A. Coleridge, 'Sir Lawrence Dundas and Chippendale', Apollo, September 1976.



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