COMMODE

COMMODE,

Baroque, Piedmont, ca. 1700/20.

Walnut and burlwood, shaped and in veneer, parcel-gilt and ebonized. Protruding top with shaped edge, gilt border of lambrequins. Front with 3 drawers. Bronze mounts and knobs.

140x57x90 cm.

Provenance:
- from a private collection, Lugano.
- Koller Auction, Zurich, 24 September 2004 ( Lot No. 1096).
- from a private collection, Switzerland.

Ref: M. Griffo, Il mobile del seicento - Italia, Novara 1985; p. 21 (with an illustration of a commode with a very similar structure). A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il valore dei mobili antichi, Turin 1983; p. 42 (with an illustration of a similar commode).