Live Auction 3017European Noble and Private Collections
An ormolu-mounted walnut and figured walnut commode
Lot 97

An ormolu-mounted walnut and figured walnut commode

MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS

Closed13 December 2012

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EUR 6,500

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An ormolu-mounted walnut and figured walnut commode
Mid-18th century, probably Swiss
The later grey mottled and serpentine-shaped marble top above three shaped long drawers, each with C-scroll mounts, cast with Chinese figures, flanked by shaped angles with pierced foliate-cast mounts
91 cm. high x 132 cm. wide x 65 cm. deep

Specialist note

A Swiss commode of similar outline and with similar orientalist handles is illustrated in T. Loertscher Zürcher und Nordostschweizer Möbel, Zürich, 2005, pp. 178-180.