AFTER DESIGNS BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, 20TH CENTURY, THE CHINESE LACQUER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH PARCEL GILT CHINOISERIE COMMODES INCORPORATING CHINESE LACQUER
AFTER DESIGNS BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, 20TH CENTURY, THE CHINESE LACQUER 19TH CENTURY
Each with japanned top and sides decorated with chinoiserie boats, figures, birds, landscape and architecture, the three mahogany-lined frieze drawers and cupboard doors veneered in Chinese lacquer (the doors also veneered in this lacquer to the reverse), enclosing a shelf in each cupboard, the pilasters headed by rams' masks, possibly re-gilt
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high; 74 in. (188 cm.) wide; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Related commodes by Thomas Chippendale, using a combination of Chinese lacquer and English japanning, were made for Harewood House, Yorkshire. Another Chippendale chinoiserie commode, with similar rams' mask-headed stiles, is at Osterley Park in Middlesex.

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