Apter-Fredericks

A George III Harewood & Marquetry Commode in The French Manner

Height: 32" 81.5cm
Width: 39" 100.5cm
Depth: 21" 53cm

The rectangular commode has a finely shaped front with concave and convex doors in contrasting woods and inlaid with a spray of flowers to each side door and a vase of flowers to the centre door. The top is decorated with a central vase with a draped swag suspended on patarae. The commode standing on cabriole legs.

This commode forms a group with four other examples from the same workshop. Each is of identical form with much of the marquetry repeated. One of the four came from the collection of the Duke of Leinster at Carton, Maynooth. Another was sold at Christies in 1970 along with a matched pair in 1971.

English, Circa 1770

The form of this commode owes a great debt to the style prevalent in France at the time. However, unlike the commodes of the similar shape attributed to Fuhrlohg or the commodes from Stanmer Park and Ham House, this commode has not been embellished with ormolu mounts. Consequently it has a far more English feel.

Illustrated in Mallett Millenium plate 213
Catalogue of Commodes by Lucy Wood. No. 9. & 13.

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