Italian Neoclassical Parquetry and Marquetry Commode , late 18th/early 19th c., molded top, frieze drawer with tulip and wave inaly, two long drawers centering urn inlay, acanthine tapered legs, h. 39 1/4 in., w. 50 1/4 in., d. 25 in Provenance: Demetrius S. Spanos, MD Collection, Jonesboro, AR. Note: The detailed marquetry vignettes and borders seen on this commode show the influence of Lombard neo-classical intarsiatore, Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814). The son of a forester for the Cistercian monastery of Sant'Ambrogio della Vittoria, Maggiolini opened his own workshop in 1758 in Milan. In addition to commissions from Archduke Ferdinand, the Hapsbug governor of Lombardy, the workshop produced cabinets for Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Maria Luisa Bonaparte. The naturalistically shaded urns with elaborate wave borders centering the drawers of this commode show the influence of the Maggiolini workshop and recall urns on a games table attributed to Maggiolini exhibited at the Fondazione Carla Musazzi in Parabiago, Italy. Ref.: Giuseppe Beretti. Giuseppe Maggiolini, L'Officina del Neoclassicismo. Milan: Edizioni Libreria Malavasi, 1994.

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