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George III Mahogany Commode

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Description
Very Fine George III Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Commode, having a moulded rectangular bowed center above three graduated cockbeaded drawers above the arched center & flanked on either side by a shaped paneled door and short drawer mounted with gilt bronze rococo handles cast with foliage and cabochons, on plinth bases. Attributed to the cabinetmakers Wright & Elwick. English circa 1760.
Provenance: Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (d.1782), thence by descent, The Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire.
Literature: F. Lewis Hinckley, ‘A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture’, 1971, p. 238, illus. 429. Please see July 1948 Burlington Magazine advertisement illustrated herewith.
F. Lewis Hinckley, "Metropolitan Furniture of the Georgian Years," 1987, p. 123, illus. 192.Sold Christie's London (Spencer House) July 15, 1948, Lt 110, M. Harris & Son, London, Sold Christie's London, November 18, 1982, Lot 174, Philip Colleck of London, Ltd., New York, Private Collection, USA.
This commode is attributed to the London trained "Upholders" Richard Wright and Edward Elwick of Wakefield, Yorkshire (fl. 1745-1771) who were commissioned by the Marquess of Rockingham from the late 1740's

Height: 32 1/2" Width: 40" Depth: 21 3/4".

Stock#: 5044

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