A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND JAPANNED COMMODES

Lot 52
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Lot 52 | A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND JAPANNED COMMODES
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND JAPANNED COMMODES

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE LANGLOIS, CIRCA 1765

Each serpentine top centered by a flowerhead within a foliate wreath and flanked by foliate sprays to each corner, the bombé cases fitted with a pair of doors decorated with Chinese landscapes opening to red nashiji interiors fitted with shelves, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty inventory labels

32 ½ in. (83.6 cm.) high, 32 ½ in. (83.6 cm.) wide, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep





Provenance

One acquired from Mallett, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1982.

The other by repute from the Collection of H.R.H. The Duke of Kent (1902-1942) (one of a pair).

The Collection of John Tillotson (1913-1984), The Old Rectory at Pertenhall circa 1966.

With Mallett, London.

The Collection of Edward and Kiyi Pflueger; Christie's, New York, 27 October 2006, lot 158.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

J. K. Browne, 'Living in a Late Palladian Rectory: Pertenhall, Bedfordshire' The Connoisseur, London, January 1966, pp. 155-156 (one).

A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, fig. 334.

L. Synge, Mallett's Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 71, fig. 70.
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