A pair of Russian brass-banded mahogany commodes, after a design by Heinrich Gambs

the stepped top above two drawers decorated with cartouches and central roundel with lion's head, flanked by fluted pilasters, on tapering legs

A. Chenevière, Russian Furniture , London, 1989, pp. 155-177

In overall good condition, with the inevitable minor dents, marks and scratches, minor restorations to the veneer, minor soiling to the brass.
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This elegant pair of commodes has been made after a design by Heinrich Gambs (1765-1831), cabinet-maker to the Russian court, following designs by the court architect and designer Andrei Voronikhin (1759-1814), notably to their pieces supplied to Pavlovsk around 1803-04