Live Auction 6717The Sunday Sale
A SWISS WALNUT AND FIGURED WALNUT COMMODE
Lot 61

A SWISS WALNUT AND FIGURED WALNUT COMMODE

CIRCA 1730/35, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF MATHAUS FUNK, BERN

Closed16 September 2012

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GBP 5,000

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A SWISS WALNUT AND FIGURED WALNUT COMMODE
CIRCA 1730/35, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF MATHAUS FUNK, BERN
The quarter-veneered top with moulded edges and serpentine profile, above three long drawers, each with sylised shell drop handles flanking a foliate cartouche escutcheon, between rounded corners
32¼ in. (81.9 cm.) high; 54 in. (137.2 cm.) wide; 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A comparable example attributed to Mathäis Funk (1697-1783) with similar shaped apron and rounded ears is illustrated in: Hermann von Fischer, Fonck a Berne, 2001, p. 84, pl. 108.