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A PAIR OF ENGLISH SCARLET-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODES
Lot 468 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOT 468)

A PAIR OF ENGLISH SCARLET-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODES

20TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2011

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH SCARLET-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODES
20TH CENTURY
Each of serpentine form, with a frieze drawers above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, decorated overall with Chinoiserie landscapes
37 in. (94 cm.) high, 61½ in. (156 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

These commodes are nearly identical in design to a green-japanned dressing commode supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Harewood House for the Chintz Bedroom, c. 1769-70 (see C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 122, pl. 216).