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A SOUTH ITALIAN SCARLET AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODE
A SOUTH ITALIAN SCARLET AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODE

SICILY, MID-18TH CENTURY, DECORATION EXTENSIVELY REFRESHED

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A SOUTH ITALIAN SCARLET AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODE
SICILY, MID-18TH CENTURY, DECORATION EXTENSIVELY REFRESHED
The serpentine-fronted faux marble top above two conforming drawers, with incurving sides, decorated ovreall with scrolling foliate floral cartouches, on cabriole legs and modified hoof feet, handles apparently original
36 in. (91 cm.) high, 53 in. (134.5 cm.) 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

拍品专文

In its form and style of decoration, this commode is typical of Sicilian mid-18th century production. A closely related example with red and polychrome decoration is is illustrated in M. Giarrizzo and A. Rotolo, Mobili e Mobilieri Nella Sicilia del Settecento, Palermo, 1992, fig. 20, p. 77.