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Lot 94^TP

A George III mahogany and chequer inlaid serpentine commode
1765-1780

Fine Decorative Arts

1 July 2025, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

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A George III mahogany and chequer inlaid serpentine commode

1765-1780
With boxwood and ebonised stringing, the satinwood crossbanded top with projecting eared front angles and an ogee moulded edge, above a brushing slide, over four long graduated tablet-inlaid drawers with chequered featherbanding, flanked by engaged cluster column angles, the top drawer mahogany and oak lined, on shaped and eared bracket feet, the uppermost drawer originally having a sliding top and possibly also a fitted interior which are now missing, with a 19th century oval brass plaque impressed: 'S. & H. JEWELL, 29, 30 & 31 LITTLE QUEEN ST., HOLBORN, W.C.' 116cm wide x 56.5cm deep x 92cm high, (45 1/2in wide x 22in deep x 36in high)

Footnotes

Related commodes of a similar date and with comparable cluster column angles to those on the present lot include; an important pair of padouk dressing chests from the Geoffrey Blackwell collection, sold Christie's, London, 7 June 2007, lot 90; a single mahogany example sold Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 131; and a further commode which was originally supplied to Whittington Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, on behalf of Thomas Haworth Esq., sold Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2003, lot 47.

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