Live Auction 16023Interiors including Faringdon House, Oxfordshire
A WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND EBONISED MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE
Lot 125 PROPERTY FROM FARINGDON HOUSE, OXFORDSHIRE, LOTS 1-145

A WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND EBONISED MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE

MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALTESE

Closed12 April 2018

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GBP 22,500

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A WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND EBONISED MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALTESE
Decorated overall with bands of scrolling foliage and panels, ink inscribed numerals '1877' and initials 'G.G.' to the reverse, remounted
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 25 ½ in. (64.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

For a near identical commode see J. Galea-Naudi and D. Micallef, A Guide to Maltese Furniture, Malta, 1993, p. 160, fig. 104.