A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE CIRCA 1770
The upper drawer fitted with an arrangement of lidded compartments with harewood crossbanding and further storage, below a baize lined slide
83cm high, 173cm wide, 60cm deep
Provenance:
Purchased from Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd, Harrogate, 27th September 1976 (£4,250). The original invoice and accompanying photograph is available with this lot.
The elegant serpentine form of this commode is directly comparable to a number of commodes from some of Thomas Chippendale's most notable commissions, including Harewood House, Nostell Priory and Osterley Park. Further comparisons can be made to commode designs from The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762; two particular sketches by Chippendale share close form to the present lot and it can be argued that these two sketches combine to create the outline and drawer arrangement of this commode (V&A Museum D.720-1906; P. Ward-Jackson- English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, 1958, pl.106).
A black lacquer commode attributed to Chippendale that also shares the same outline as the present lot can be seen, Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 7th & 14th May 1993, Lot 150.
See also The Nostell Priory Commode, Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire, from the workshop of Thomas Chippendale (NT 959751) for a green lacquered example of similar form and outline.
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE CIRCA 1770
The upper drawer fitted with an arrangement of lidded compartments with harewood crossbanding and further storage, below a baize lined slide
83cm high, 173cm wide, 60cm deep
Provenance:
Purchased from Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd, Harrogate, 27th September 1976 (£4,250). The original invoice and accompanying photograph is available with this lot.
The elegant serpentine form of this commode is directly comparable to a number of commodes from some of Thomas Chippendale's most notable commissions, including Harewood House, Nostell Priory and Osterley Park. Further comparisons can be made to commode designs from The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762; two particular sketches by Chippendale share close form to the present lot and it can be argued that these two sketches combine to create the outline and drawer arrangement of this commode (V&A Museum D.720-1906; P. Ward-Jackson- English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, 1958, pl.106).
A black lacquer commode attributed to Chippendale that also shares the same outline as the present lot can be seen, Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 7th & 14th May 1993, Lot 150.
See also The Nostell Priory Commode, Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire, from the workshop of Thomas Chippendale (NT 959751) for a green lacquered example of similar form and outline.
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