A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU MOUNTED BOIS SANTINE AND AMARANTH PARQUETRY COMMODES

Description:

late 18th century
87 x 142 x 60 cm
Each with a later shaped and quarter veneered Breccia marble top above a pair of bombée drawers inlaid Sens-Travers with cube parquetry on cabriole legs ending in cast sabots. The drawers of one commode with red velvet liners. Rest. with a additions, minor losses to the extremities.
With the detailed trellis parquetry and the fine sculpted bronzes this outstanding pair of commodes belongs to a group which is typical for the Rome manufactory. For a comparable commode see Mobili Italiani del Settecento, G. Mondadori & Associati, Milano 1990, p. 70 and Alvar Gonzàlez-Palacios, I Mobili Italiani, Il patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, Milan 1997.