The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
An Early George III Brass-Mounted Carved Mahogany Commode attributed to John Bradburn, Circa 1765
Live auction begins on:
February 8, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Bid
120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the rounded rectangular top with serpentine shaped central section, above a pair of doors with an acanthus- and rosette-carved central circular roundel, opening to an arrangement of six short and two long drawers, flanked with an egg-and-dart moulded panelled cupboard door with rosettes to the corners, enclosing five drawers to the left and three shallow and one deep drawer to the right, the sides with flame-veneered oval panels, the whole raised on a moulded plinth base
height 34 ½ in.; width 66 ⅝ depth 30 ⅛ in.
87.5 cm; 169.5 cm; 77.5 cm
With Norman Adams Ltd, by 1964;
With Devenish Antiques, New York;
With Hotspur Antiques, London;
Private Collection, Zurich;
acquired from the above by Ronald Phillips Ltd., London;
acquired from the above by Jeremy Ltd., at the Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, 2003;
From whom acquired by Aso O. Tavitian, 7 April 2004.
Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture. The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge 1983, p.382-83
Anthony Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London 1968, p.212 and fig. 389
Comparative Literature
Helena Hayward and Pat Kirkham, William and John Linnell. Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, London 1980
Margaret Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture. The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London 1950
Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Woodbridge 1954 Vol. II
H. Clifford Smith, Buckingham Palace, London 1931
