A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
English, circa 1780

A fine George III demi-lune satinwood and marquetry commode after a design by Hepplewhite, cross-banded overall in kingwood and inlaid with boxwood and ebonized lines; the semi-elliptical top with central half-circle inlaid on an amaranth ground with geometric laurel swags; the top inlaid with floral swags suspended from ribbon-ties inlaid partly in the cross-banding; the front with central frieze drawer inlaid with a wheat-ear, flanked by hinged drawers above a pair of swag-inlaid doors enclosing three mahogany-fronted drawers in turn flanked by doors enclosing shelves and with conforming swag inlay; on splayed bracket feet.

Height: 36 ½ in (96 cm)
Width: 47 ¾ in (74 cm)
Depth: 23 ½ in (43 cm)

Provenance: With Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd., 1957 Literature: C. Musgrave, Adam and Hepplewhite and other Neo-Classical Furniture, London, 1966, pl. 127

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