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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
Lot 576 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GEORGE MCFADDEN AND MCFADDEN BROTHERS PARTNERSHIP (LOTS 559-581)

A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET

CIRCA 1775

Closed20 October 2011

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
CIRCA 1775
The demilune top with a half fan and ribbon-tied swags within a tulipwood crossbanded border over a mahogany-lined frieze drawer and two sham drawers above a central cabinet door with a fan oval and ribbon-tied husk swags, the side doors with rosettes suspended from ribbon-tied husks, on square tapering legs
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high, 46 in. (117 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

Acquired from Partridge, London, 1994.

Specialist note

The form and decoration of this elegantly restrained commode reflect the prevailing influence of neo-classical architectural motifs on furniture-makers at the end of the 18th Century. The distinctive pattern of cross-inset oval medallions flanked by floral medallions to the side panels is also found on a serpentine commode purchased by Viscount Leverhulme from M. Harris and Sons in 1919 (L. Wood, The Lady Lever Art Gallery Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p.191).