A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED EAST INDIAN SATINWOOD, INDIAN ROSEWOOD, SYCAMORE, HAREWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PAINTED DEMI-LUNE COMMODES

Lot 30
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 151 200
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Lot 30 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED EAST INDIAN SATINWOOD, INDIAN ROSEWOOD, SYCAMORE, HAREWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PAINTED DEMI-LUNE COMMODES
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£ 100 000 – 150 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED EAST INDIAN SATINWOOD, INDIAN ROSEWOOD, SYCAMORE, HAREWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PAINTED DEMI-LUNE COMMODES

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM INCE AND JOHN MAYHEW, CIRCA 1775-80

Each crossbanded top with a trailing foliate border centred by an oval batwing medallion surrounded by husk swags and flanked by scrolling acanthus, the frieze with ribbon-tied beaded swags hung with husks and alternating flowerheads, the main panel centred by a roundel painted with cherubs to one and cherubs and a maiden to the other, hung with floral garlands, surmounted by a palmette and foliate scrolls and flanked by anthemion, the corners inlaid with anthemion, the side doors inlaid with neoclassical urns draped with asymmetric husk swags, on leaf-carved turned baluster feet with beaded collars, the lower sections of the feet replaced below the leaf carving, inscribed in chalk 'NASSAU' and 'ME120', and in pencil '2152'

34 1/2 in. (87.5 cm.) high; 42 1/2 in. (108 cm.) wide; 19 3/8 in. (49 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Collection of A.C. Worswick and his wife, Mrs D.E. Paul; sold Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1968, lot 125.



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