A Louis XV Kingwood parquetry commode, circa 1750

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS ANNA THOMSON DODGE, MICHIGAN

veneered in kingwood à quatre faces, crossbanded and with fillets, the sides of serpentine form with recessed back angles and inlaid with lozenge-shaped panels to the sides, containing two drawers and a shaped apron in the serpentine front, on shaped cabriole legs, the handles and lock plates to the drawers in ormolu finely cast and chased with scrolling foliage and rococo motifs, the apron mount as a scrolled and foliate asymmetrical shell and the mounts to the knees and the sabots cast and chased as cabochons, scrolling foliage and overlapping scale motifs, surmounted by a rouge royale marble slab veined with white and grey and with shaped moulded borders 87.6 cm high, 151 cm wide, 63.5 cm deep

• Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
• $37,500 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mrs Anna Thomson Dodge, Michigan, United States of America
Partridge Fine Arts Ltd, London, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 13 February 1978 for £4,500

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Specialists
	Patricia Kontos Senior Specialist Jewels ; Melbourne ; T: 61 (0)3 9508 9900  E: Patricia Kontos		Emma Finn Administrator Jewels ; Sydney ; T: 61 (0)2 9302 2402  E: Emma Finn