LOMBARDY, CIRCA 1790-1800, IN THE MANNER OF GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI

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A NORTH ITALIAN KINGWOOD, ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE
Lombardy, Circa 1790-1800, in the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini
Cross-banded overall, the rectangular top decorated with a central elyptic panel depicting doves on a water bowl flanked by scrolling foliage, above a walnut-lined frieze drawer and two conformingly inlaid further drawers, the panelled sides inlaid with a vase with flowers issuing from foliate scrolls, on waisted square tapering legs terminating in turned feet, restorations to the veneers, the top reveneered
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This finely inlaid commode, relates to the oeuvre of the celebrated Milanese cabinet-maker Giuseppe Maggiolini (1793-1814), Intarsiatore delle Altezze Reali. Consistent with his production of the late 1790s, this commode belongs to a group of pieces which depict a large contrasting central motif of lozenge or elyptic shape some of which are illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Intarsiato di Giuseppe Maggiolini, Milan, 1957, pl. VII, ill. b, pl. IX, pl. LXIV and pl. LXIX; and in G. Beretti, Giuseppe e Carlo Francesco Maggiolini, L'Officina del Neoclassicismo, Milan, 1994, pp. 90-91.

The motifs on the sides of our commode are very similar to those on a secretaire by Giuseppe Maggiolini at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, which is illustrated in ibid. p. 118. This motif derives from a drawing of the bottega Maggiolini (R.M. Inv. B coll. 589) illustrated ibid. p. 119, fig. 144.

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