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Lot 99TP
A rare George III satinwood, burr yew and tulipwood crossbanded serpentine 'harlequin' writing/dressing commode Circa 1785
5 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A rare George III satinwood, burr yew and tulipwood crossbanded serpentine 'harlequin' writing/dressing commode
Circa 1785
With ebonised and boxwood stringing, the quarter segmented top inlaid with a central oval, opening to reveal a mahogany and fruitwood banded surface inset to the rear with a catch-activated and concealed pop-up superstructure comprised of four arched pigeon holes and two short mahogany lined drawers flanking a central open compartment, with a hinged adjustable ratcheted surface to the front, over one long mahogany lined frieze drawer, enclosing a central open compartment flanked by two hinged lidded compartments, over a pair of of quarter segmented and oval tablet inlaid doors, enclosing four long graduated beech lined drawers, with a shaped apron below, on splayed feet, 89cm wide x 58cm deep x 87cm high, (35in wide x 22 1/2in deep x 34in high)
With ebonised and boxwood stringing, the quarter segmented top inlaid with a central oval, opening to reveal a mahogany and fruitwood banded surface inset to the rear with a catch-activated and concealed pop-up superstructure comprised of four arched pigeon holes and two short mahogany lined drawers flanking a central open compartment, with a hinged adjustable ratcheted surface to the front, over one long mahogany lined frieze drawer, enclosing a central open compartment flanked by two hinged lidded compartments, over a pair of of quarter segmented and oval tablet inlaid doors, enclosing four long graduated beech lined drawers, with a shaped apron below, on splayed feet, 89cm wide x 58cm deep x 87cm high, (35in wide x 22 1/2in deep x 34in high)
Footnotes
A related George III 'harlequin action' dressing/writing table, most likely dating to approximately the same period as the present lot, was offered Bonhams, New Bond Street, 4 November 2015, Britain - Defining the Interior, lot 222. A further comparable worthy of note is a satinwood and burr yew Pembroke table in the manner of Henry Kettle, one with a similar harlequin feature, also circa 1785, which sold Christie's, London, 19 January 2021, Apter-Fredericks: 75 Years of Important English Furniture, lot 48.