- A PAIR OF GEORGE III DEMI-LUNE GONÇALO ALVES COMMODES
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English, circa 1780
Height: 34¾ in; 88.5 cm
Width: 47¾ in; 121 cm
Depth: 22½ in; 57 cm
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Ref. 4474631
Price Range: £50,000 + -
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A rare pair of late 18th century Hepplewhite period gonçalo alves and satinwood demi-lune commodes, each having a semi-circular satinwood banded moulded top above a frieze with a single drawer to the front and dummy drawers to either side with later brass plate handles, above a single door veneered in a diamond pattern with fixed shelf behind and flanked by conforming faux doors; on square tapering legs terminating in block toes with brass castors.
Literature:
Illustrated:
The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition handbook, 1958, p. 57; with R. F. Lock Ltd., London.
Exhibitions: The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition, London, 1958; with R. F. Lock Ltd., London.
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Provenance
Robgill Tower, Dumfriesshire.
R. F. Lock Ltd., London.
Private collection, England.
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