Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection

A George III Mahogany Serpentine Commode Attributed to John Cobb, Circa 1765

Auction Closed

June 18, 08:33 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

the crossbanded and quarter-veneered top with a moulded edge above three graduated drawers, the cabriole angles carved with moulded C-scrolls and foliage hung with tapering husks continuing to scrolled feet, the apron carved with rockwork, C-scrolls and foliage centred by a foliate clasp, the apron and legs to each side with pelta-shaped profile, the drawers with original rococo gilt-brass handles, the sides with gilt-metal carrying-handles, inscribed in pencil ‘1863’

height 34 ¼ in.; width 42 ¼ in.; depth 25 in.

87 cm; 107.3 cm; 63.5 cm

The Collection of Lord and Lady Weinstock;

Christie's, London, 22 November 2022, lot 89.

A. Coleridge, 'Sir Lawrence Dundas and Chippendale', Apollo, September 1976

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