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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COMMODE ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB
Width: 55.5” / 141cm
Depth: 26.75” / 68cm
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Provenance
Partridge (Fine Arts) Ltd., London,
Literature
L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes (London: 1994), pp. 43-53
G. Beard and C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 (London: 1986), pp. 181-4
Publications
L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes (London: 1994), p. 52, fig. 8
Partridge, Recent Acquisitions 1986, no. 20
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COMMODE
Attributed to John Cobb,
English, circa 1764
A George III serpentine mahogany commode, the shaped top above two short and two long graduated drawers, each retaining their original pierced gilt-metal handles and escutcheons. The angles with female masks above elongated foliate mounts, above splayed legs terminating in gilt-metal cloven hoof feet.
William Vile and John Cobb were appointed cabinet-makers to George III in 1761. Following Vile’s retirement, Cobb continued the business and became closely associated with serpentine and Rococo furniture of this type.
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