An Italian walnut commode, Venetian mid 18th Century

of bombé serpentine form, with three drawers, on cabriole legs, handles replaced, originally with drop handles, with an ink label marked N.53

Collection Tullio Silva, Milan

S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Vol.I., ed. Görlich, Milan, 1964. Tav. 103.

Giuseppe Mazzariol, Mobili Italiani del Seicento e del Settecento, ed. Vallardi, Milan, 1964, pl.C., p.56

Giuseppe Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del'700, ed. Görlich, Milan, 1958, Vol. II, fig. CCCXCVa. illustrated.

The pair to this commode was recorded in the Enrico Chiari Collection, Venice.

In otherwise good conserved condition. Old marks, chips and scratches to top which has staining and a restored horizontal crack which has been filled in the past and is opening up again. There are also various vertical cracks down the sides which have been filled previously and are opening up again and would benefit from some attention. Evidence of old minor worm which appears to be no longer active. The internal lockplate has been changed. The handles and escutcheons are tarnished.
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