A PAIR OF GEORGE III SATINWOOD COMMODES, English, circa 1785
Height: 31 ¾ in 81 cm
Width: 38 ½ in 98 cm
Depth: 19 ½ in 49.5 cm
Width: 38 ½ in 98 cm
Depth: 19 ½ in 49.5 cm
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An elegant and fine pair of late 18th century Sheraton period satinwood and mahogany commodes, the D-shaped crossbanded and ormolu-banded tops inset with foliate half patera, above a frieze with...
An elegant and fine pair of late 18th century Sheraton period satinwood and mahogany commodes, the D-shaped crossbanded and ormolu-banded tops inset with foliate half patera, above a frieze with fielded panels of mahogany, the central doors centred with mahogany ovals enclosing a single shelf with conforming panels to the sides, on square tapering legs.
Provenance
The 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
Judge Irwin Untermeyer, New York;
Private collection, London.
Literature
Illustrated:
Yvonne Hackenbroch, English Furniture with some Furniture of other Countries in The Irwin Untermeyer Collection, 1958, illus plate 287, p. 70.
