ID 1357912 
Lot 14  | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
Valeur estimée
$ 60 000 – 100 000 
ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT AND ELWICK, CIRCA 1760-65
The shaped rectangular 'arc-en-arbalette' top with leaf-carved edge above three part-mahogany-lined drawers, the top drawer with two divisions and originally with a long slide and a smaller slide or mirror, with gadrooned and foliate-carved lower edge, on scrolled legs carved with foliage, flowerhead-filled concave-corner side panels, the handles original, the underside of the front-rail with nails possibly for packing, with circular blue-bordered paper label inscribed 'I' on the interior of the top drawer, and with an applied rectangular label printed 'LEEDS CITY ART GALLERY/ AND/ TEMPLE NEWSOME HOUSE/ EXHIBITION' to the reverse
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 49 ½ in. (125.7 cm.) wide, 24 ¼ in. (61.6 cm.) deep
Provenance
Bought from W. Waddingham, Harrogate, in the 1950's, and by descent until sold;
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 17 October 2008, lot 100.
Private Collection.
Exhibited
Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) A Festival of Britain Exhibition, 8 June - 15 July 1951, no. 66, pp. 26-27, illustrated (attributed to Thomas Chippendale).
London, Christie's and Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Treasures of the North, 13 January - 9 April 2000, no. 97, p.132.
| Matériel: | Bois naturel | 
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| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre, Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes | 
| Matériel: | Bois naturel | 
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| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre, Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York Etats-Unis | ||||||||||||||
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