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Maker: Vile, William (Probably)
Mahogany commode, veneered in rosewood, with applied pinewood decoration. The lifting top with moulded border enclosing a recess. Serpentine shaped front and curved sides, the front with panelled doors enclosing two long drawers. The canted angles with corbels and moulded columns on shaped bracket feet. The panels to the doors are decorated with applied carved and gilt berried foliage, and wheat ears tied by ribands in moulded scroll and foliage borders. The sides with moulded foliage, and oval borders to the panels, the angles with pendant foliage and husks to the corbels and acanthus leaves. The frieze with wave ornament, the lower border egg and tongue ornament, and the bracket feet with foliage and wave ornament.
The top is inset with Chinese black lacquer decorated in gold and colours with pagoda buildings, trees, and rockwork in a river landscape. The angles have fan pattern medallions. The border has a vandyck and floral design on a gold ground. Mounted with ormolu rope pattern loop handles at the sides, suspended from berried laurel foliage bosses
History note: The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, PC, GCVO; sold Christies' 22 October 1953, lot 101; sold for 1200 guineas to F. Partridge, 144 New Bond Street, W1.
Purchased with the Marlay Fund
Height: 35 in
Width: 44 in
Method of acquisition: Bought (1953-11-26) by Partridge, Frank
18th Century, Mid-Late
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Made for St Gile's House, Dorset, the home of 4th Earl of Shaftesbury.
Top
composed of
lacquer
( Chinese)
Moulding
composed of
gilding
pine
Handles
composed of
ormolu
Cabinet
composed of
mahogany
Doors And Sides
composed of
rosewood
Decoration, Columns
Decoration
Rosewood
Accession number: M.6-1953
Primary reference Number: 95789
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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