A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODES

Lot 21
07.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1357898
Lot 21 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODES
Valeur estimée
$ 100 000 – 200 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODES
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM GOMM, CIRCA 1763-4
The tops veneered with cross-banded mahogany borders, each serpentine-form front fitted with four long drawers mounted with ormolu scroll and foliage handles, the handles probably replaced in preparation for Queen Victoria's 1858 visit to Stoneleigh Abbey, the canted angles with scroll buttresses in relief carved with pendant foliage, wave ornament and molded and beaded panels partly on a pounced ground, raised on bracket feet with casters
36 in. (91.4 cm.) high, 54 in. (137.2 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep




Provenance

Almost certainly two of six ‘Exceedingly fine Serpentine Commode Dressing Tables’ supplied by William Gomm to Edward, 5th Lord Leigh, for Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth, Warwickshire (listed in a series of furniture bills by Gomm dated from 12 May 1763 to 6 October 1764).
Thence by descent at Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth, Warwickshire until sold;
Property of the Right Hon. The Lord Leigh, removed from Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire; Christie's, London, 3 May 1962, lot 53 (to Manks, 1300 Gns.).
Private Collection and thence by descent.



Literature

Country Life, 15 May 1906, p. 630.
C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Early Georgian, pp. 37-39.
A. Heal, London Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, p. 30.
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