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FRENCH GILTMETAL MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE OF LOUIS XV DESIGN, of bombe form, with rouge flecked marble top, the two long drawers inlaid with central marquetry panel depicting a Classical ewer, the sides with further marquetry panels depicting scrolling foliage, on cabriole forelegs, 99cm wide
A George III mahogany night commode, circa 1780, with shallow drawer above two cupboard doors and a slide, 82cm high, 56cm wide, 46cm deepProvenance: From the private collection of Sir David and Lady Scholey Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some old chips and losses, the front piece of gallery is detached and has old breaks and losses - it was balanced for the photograph only. This will require some attention prior to use in a domestic setting, there are other old chips and losses tooThe slide has been converted and is leather lined, there are old marks, stains and signs of wear to this as well as old splits and cracks to this area, there are other old marks and stains to the interior of the cupboard The handle appears to occupy near enough the original site but there are old shadows and marks where another has sat.Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
A Swedish late 18th/early 19th century ormolu mounted rosewood and marquetry commodein the manner of Georg HauptThe moulded marble top above three long drawers, the two lower drawers inlaid sans traverse with a cupid's love trophy and drapery swags, each end inlaid with ribbon-tied flowers, on square tapering legs headed by guttae, 88cm wide x 50cm deep x 79cm high, (34 1/2in wide x 19 1/2in deep x 31in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late Victorian zebrawood, satinwood, purplewood and marquetry serpentine commodeCirca 1900inlaid with Neoclassical urns, a ribbon-tied festoon, laurel leaf garland, stylised scrolled foliae, flowers and a sunflower patera, with one frieze drawer above a door enclosing one shelf, on cabriole legs, 85cm wide, 48cm deep, 92cm high (33in wide, 18 1/2in deep, 36in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Italian early 19th century rosewood, ebony, purplewood, sycamore marquetry and chequer-inlaid commodes all'antica by Karl Amadeus Roos (1775-1837)Each with a rectangular top inlaid with a central compass rose oval within lozenge and feather banded surrounds, above one long drawer inlaid with a frieze of alternating palmettes, scrolled foliate cornucopiae and harpie busts, over a deep drawer inlaid with one central tablet flanked by two smaller tablets, each within a chevron border encompassed by a stylised foliate pattern, one commode with scenes depicting figures about to sacrifice a bull at a temple, a dancer playing pipes and a warrior, the other inlaid with Paris and Helen of Troy, Cerberus and figures eating and drinking, the drawer below with conforming inlay to the frieze, on square tapering legs, with identically inlaid sides centred by the figures of three dancing Muses within a tablet, with walnut-lined drawers, the reverse of each commode branded: 'ROOS', one commode with a paper label inscribed in ink: 'SIGNORA, TERESA GUGLIELMI, CASTELLAMARE DI STABBIA' 118cm wide x 59cm deep x 91cm high, (46in wide x 23in deep x 35 1/2in high) (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe present lot apparently belonged to Teresa Guglielmi some time during the latter half of the 19th century. Teresa was the daughter of, and one of five children born to, Maria Carolina Guglielmi, who was herself born with the surname Chirulli in 1831. Following her marriage to Pasquale Marzano, she became Teresa Marzano.Teresa Guglielmi evidently lived in the Castellammare di Stabbia region which is located on the bay of Naples, not far from the city of Naples itself. However it is not known how and why the offered pair of commodes, which were most likely originally produced in Rome and probably supplied for a Roman client at the beginning of the 19th century, ended up being in Naples later on in the same century.Karl Amadeus RoosRoos was born in 1775 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Following a period as an apprentice, he moved to Paris where he trained under the renowned ebeniste, Jacob. Then, at the age of 28, Roos re-located to Rome in 1804. Despite initially struggling to obtain major work, once he had done so his reputation spread rapidly and his business soon flourished. Within a short period of time, furniture by Karl Amadeus became highly fashionable among the affluent clientele of Rome, who were keen to purchase works produced by the German emigre.By 1808, the same year in which Roos married a Roman called Felicita Mazzotti, he had already established a thriving workshop on the Via Condotti. Two years later he participated in an exhibition of Roman decorative arts held in the Campidoglio to mark the occasion of Napoleon's name day, winning the silver medal with a mahogany bureau housing various secret compartments, a Neoclassical 'Etruscan' style pier table with pietra dura top and a dressing box.From 1811, Roos started to supply furnishings for the Palazzo Imperiale del Quirinale following the instructions of the architect Raffaele Stern (1774-1820). Stern appears to have been ultimately responsible for the refurbishment and renovation of three rooms at the Palazzo: the Sala Gialla, the Sala di Augusto and the Sala degli Ambosciatori. Among the various artistic and architectural figures involved in this Quirinale project Roos was evidently the pre-eminent cabinet maker. This was due not only to the quality and quantity of the furniture executed in the Roos workshop between 1811 and 1813 but also because of its renowned beauty and practicality.A detailed list appears in Il Palazzo del Quirinale, Il Mondo Artistico a Roma nel Periodo Napoleonico, Vol II, ed. by M. Natoli and M.A. Scarpati, of all the furnishings supplied to the Quirinale by Roos during the Napoleonic Imperial period. This record, which is both extensive and highly varied, totals a vast number of pieces including: 86 commodes, 76 tables, 36 gueridons, 36 bureaux, 36 items of seat furniture and 25 secretaires among other assorted items.Following the restoration of the Papal States to the control of the Vatican, Roos resumed his work for the Quirinale, now called the Sacro Palazzo Apostolico (as it had in fact been known prior to the Napoleonic era), once again under renewed orders from Raffaele Stern. During the period 1815-17 Roos prepared the interiors of the apartments for the rulers of Austria in advance of their proposed visit to Rome, which didn't actually take place until 1819.At roughly the same time Roos was commissioned to provide furniture for the Villa Borghese, the then recently built residence of Princess Paolina Borghese, among which a bookcase, a circular table with a porphyry top and a chiffonier were perhaps the most significant examples of his oeuvre at that time. His business was evidently flourishing at this point since in 1817 Roos purchased two adjacent properties on the Via della Mercede. This would remain the location of his workshops for the last twenty years of his life.Following his death in 1837, an inventory of items reveals the prolific stature of Roos as a cabinet maker, along with the wide variety of his output. This inventory also possibly includes a reference to the present pair of commodes in the following passage, Ibid:'La varieta di legni, tipica dell' epoca, e legata anche al rinnovato gusto per gli intarsi, che infatti sono ben rappresentati nell'Inventario a decorazione di alcuni dei pezzi piu importanti: 'due commod di noce a 3 tiratori con meandro intarsiato, non finiti' (sc. 28)'LiteratureIl Palazzo del Quirinale, Il Mondo Artistico a Roma nel Periodo Napoleonico, Vol II, ed. by M. Natoli and M.A. Scarpati, 1989, Rome, pp.'s 80-3.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Irish George III satinwood, sycamore, kingwood, tulipwood, purplewood and marquetry demi-lune commodein the manner of William Moore of DublinCirca 1780, the top inlaid with a sand shaded oval fan patera encompassed by two berried flowerhead roundels, a scrolled foliate-issuing palmette, a demi-lune sunflower rosette and two fan angles, above a rosette roundel and anthemia inlaid frieze centred by an oval fan, with flute inlaid angles, incorporating one long mahogany-lined drawer, over a pair of doors each inlaid with a sand shaded oval fan patera, enclosing one shelf, flanked by two panels each inlaid with a patera within an oval, interspersed by projecting pilasters, terminating in square tapering feet, 111cm wide x 51cm deep x 80cm high, (43 1/2in wide x 20in deep x 31in high)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe offered lot was purchased at Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd. by Carlos Sartorius y Diaz de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis de Marino for the Spanish Embassy in London, 22 August 1947. The 3rd Marquis himself was the grandson of Don Luis Jose Sartorius y Tapia, 1st Count of San Luis. Thence the commode passed by descent within the family of the Counts of San Luis.Elements of the inlay on the offered lot such as: palmettes and anthemia, sand shaded oval fans, simulated fluting, bellflowers, paterae and berried rosettes are recurrent characteristics of the output of William Moore, who flourished as a cabinet maker during the last quarter of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century. Also typical of Moore's output is the segmental veneering which is evident on the front panels as well as to the top of the present example.Moore trained, evidently as a marqueteur, under the renowned partnership of Mayhew and Ince until moving to 22 Abbey Street in Dublin, circa 1779, from where he established his own firm and supplied 'Inlaid Work' in the elegant Neoclassical style of the time. By 1791 Moore had moved to an adjacent location on the fashionable Capel Street, where he worked until his death in 1815. Moore developed a reputation as the foremost cabinet maker and provider of marquetry in Ireland at the end of the 18th century, whilst the furniture he produced was directly influenced by, and often closely comparable to, the exceptional oeuvre of Mayhew and Ince. Moore incorporated similar ornament and conforming classical motifs in his inlay to much of the marquetry designs found on the work of Mayhew and Ince. Although Moore's idiosyncratic approach differs from the latter's in that his decoration tends to be purposefully more two dimensional and restrained.Although evidently highly prolific, only one piece of furniture can be definitively attributed to Moore and that is a demi-lune commode, circa 1782, which was supplied to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (d. 1809) while he was Viceroy of Ireland. Among the various models sold at auction, a pair of marquetry demi-lune commodes and a pair of marquetry pier tables, both attributed to Moore, sold Christie's respectively London, 19 November 2015, The English Collector, lot 600 and New York, 500 Years: Decorative Arts, 19-20 October 2011, lot 567.On 26 April 1782 an advertisement in the Dublin Evening Post proudly proclaimed: 'To the Nobility and Gentry... William Moore, most respectfully acknowledges the encouragement he has received, begs leave to inform those who may want Inlaid Work, that by his close attention to business, and instruction to his men, he has brought the Manufacture to such perfection... with every article in the Inlaid Way, executed on the shortest notice, and hopes from his long experience, at Messrs. Mayhew and Ince, his remarkable fine coloured woods, and elegant finished work, to meet the approbation of all who shall please to honour him with their commands', Country Life, 31 May 1946. In conclusion, the view of Glin and J. Peill is that Moore is 'By far the most important cabinet-maker who reflected the new taste for Neoclassicism and the Adam style. Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven, 2007, p. 162.Don Luis Jose Sartorius y Tapia, 1st Count of San Luis (1820-1871), was an aristocrat, statesman and journalist who served Spain as Prime Minister between 1853-54, while Queen Isabella II was on the throne. As a prominent moderate during a period referred to as the 'Moderate Decade' (1844-1854), the Count of San Luis held the important position of Minister of the Interior three times before becoming Spain's political leader. Don Luis Jose Sartorius, who was actually of German descent, married Maria de los Remedios Chacon y Romero de Cisneros and together they had seven children.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19TH CENTURY AND LATER PAINTED FRENCH COMMODEWith ebonised top over four drawer base, 129cm wide; 91cm highCondition report:Overall in good decorative and functional order. Recently painted. Later handles.Top probably originally marble and now replaced with an ebonised wood version. No obvious signs of worm, although holes could be concealed by later paint. Oak drawer linings, with some minor shrinkage. Some scuffs and chips commensurate with use and age.
AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH WALNUT SERPENTINE COMMODEWith two long drawers on scroll supports, 135cm wide; 86cm highCondition report: Overall in good, functional condition. Old worm, some at the front which has now been treated, together with the other odd worm holes in places. Some minor shrinkage as to be expected. A few old marks to them top, scuffs and scratches in places, commensurate with use and age. Surfaces have been clean and polished at some point. Some coloured filler / polish used to disguise some marks on the drawer fronts near the handles. This chest looks to have been through a restorer’s Worksop at some point and tidied up.Later handles.One key..

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