A PAIR OF GEORGE III GONÇALO ALVES COMMODES, English, circa 1780
Height: 34 ¾ in; 88.5 cm
Width: 47 ¾ in; 121 cm
Depth: 22 ½ in; 57 cm
Width: 47 ¾ in; 121 cm
Depth: 22 ½ in; 57 cm
4474631
£100,000 +
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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...
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.
Provenance
Robgill Tower, Dumfriesshire;
R. F. Lock Ltd., London;
Private collection, England.
Exhibitions
The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition, London, 1958; with R. F. Lock Ltd., London.Literature
Illustrated:
The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition handbook, 1958, p. 57; with R. F. Lock Ltd., London.
