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THE ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE MAHOGANY COMMODE
W: 43” / 109.2cm
D: 24.5” / 62.2cm
Further images
Provenance
With L. Loewenthal, London, 1951 (by whom photographed and published)
Sir Robert Victor Cooke (1902-78), Athelhampton House, Dorsetshire
Exhibitions
The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition, 1951 with L. Loewenthal
Literature
Bowett, A. and Lomax, J., Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779:A Celebration of British Craftsmanship and Design (2018), pp. 84-95
Gilbert, Christopher, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Vol. 1 (London, 1978), pp. 108-24
Publications
The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition Catalogue, 1951, p. 63
THE ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE COMMODE
English, circa 1765
A very fine early George III serpentine mahogany commode, the moulded serpentine top above four graduated cockbeaded drawers, the top drawer fitted with a hinged writing slope and lidded compartments and dividers with secret drawers, the canted stiles carved with imbricated corbels hung with husks, acanthus foliage and a ribbon-tied oval patera issuing further husks, standing on shaped bracket feet, the back incised 89S, the handles and S-shaped escutcheons original
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