The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse

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An Early George III Carved Mahogany Serpentine Commode, Circa 1765

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

the serpentine shaped top above a fitted dressing drawer above three further long graduated drawers between vine- and grape-carved canted angles, carved to the sides with foliate tendrils, on bold moulded bracket feet with concealed brass and leather castors, with brass carrying handles to the sides, the metalwork apparently original


height 31 ½ in.; width 55 in.; 24 ½ in. deep

80 cm; 139.5 cm; 62 cm

Possibly Charles Fairfax, d. 1772;

Captain Fairfax-Cholmeley, Gilling Castle, Yorkshire;

James Thursby Pelham, Esq., London, purchased 1917;

Christie's London, 22 November 2007, lot 640;

Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.

J. Thursby Pelham's Album.

P. Macquoid & R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1924, vol. II, p. 66, fig. 37 (also in the revised edition, 1954).

R. W. Symonds, The Present State of Old English Furniture, London 1927, fig. 98.

R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1964, p. 207, fig. 29.