A pair of George III satinwood commodes (4480901) (1785 England)

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98.00cm wide    81.00cm high    49.50cm deep (38.58 inches wide  31.89 inches high  19.49 inches deep)

The 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
Judge Irwin Untermeyer, New York;
Private collection, London.

Yvonne Hackenbroch, ‘English Furniture with some Furniture of other Countries in The Irwin Untermeyer Collection,’ 1958, illus plate 287, p. 70.

Price: £50,000 +

An elegant and fine pair of late 18th century Sheraton period satinwood and mahogany commodes, the D-shaped crossbanded and ormolu-banded tops inset with foliate half patera, above a frieze with fielded panels of mahogany, the central doors centred with mahogany ovals enclosing a single shelf with conforming panels to the sides, on square tapering legs.