A rare mid 18thc. North Italian carrubo (carob) commode
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A rare mid 18th century North Italian carrubo (carob) wood and walnut commode en arbalète
Inlaid with fruitwood bands, the shaped moulded and quarter-veneered top above three long drawers on shaped bracket feet, with indistinct paper labels to the reverse, Veneto region, 140cm wide, 67cm deep, 94cm high.
Provenance:
Sir Roger Fray Greenwood Ormrod, PC (1911-1992) the British Lord Chief Justice of Appeal.
Thence by decent and purchased by current owner.
See C.Santini, Mille Mobili Veneti, L'arredo domestico in Veneto dal sec.XV al sec. XIX, fig 149 for a bureau crossbanded in carrubo. For an Italian 18th century carrubo commode of very similar form see Bonhams, Bury St. Edmunds, Summer Athenaeum sale, 13 June 2007, lot 601.
Inlaid with fruitwood bands, the shaped moulded and quarter-veneered top above three long drawers on shaped bracket feet, with indistinct paper labels to the reverse, Veneto region, 140cm wide, 67cm deep, 94cm high.
Provenance:
Sir Roger Fray Greenwood Ormrod, PC (1911-1992) the British Lord Chief Justice of Appeal.
Thence by decent and purchased by current owner.
See C.Santini, Mille Mobili Veneti, L'arredo domestico in Veneto dal sec.XV al sec. XIX, fig 149 for a bureau crossbanded in carrubo. For an Italian 18th century carrubo commode of very similar form see Bonhams, Bury St. Edmunds, Summer Athenaeum sale, 13 June 2007, lot 601.
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A rare mid 18thc. North Italian carrubo (carob) commode
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000
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