A George III mahogany serpentine commode, circa 1770, attributable to Henry Hill of Marlborough, the crossbanded and moulded top above three long graduated drawers, the top drawer opening to a sliding baize inset surface, flanked overall by projecting angles, above a shaped apron and outswept bracket feet, 160cm wide, 83cm high, 160cm wide, 56cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, Gloucestershire Purchased from Mallett This 'commode' chest-of-drawers, with top and frame serpentined in the French manner relates to a chest-of-drawers, also incorporating a dressing-table slide, that the Marlborough cabinet-maker Henry Hill (d. 1778) is likely to have included in his furnishings totalling £1,300 supplied to Corsham Court, Wiltshire between 1760 and 1778 (L. Wood, 'Furniture for Lord Delaval: Metropolitan and Provincial',Furniture History, 1990, p. 206, fig. 24). Among related commodes is one from the Samuel Messer Collection, sold Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 118; and another with slide-fitted drawer acquired in 1937 by the Victoria and Albert Museum (M. Tomlin,Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 180; inv. no. W.55-1937).
A George III mahogany serpentine commode, circa 1770, attributable to Henry Hill of Marlborough, the crossbanded and moulded top above three long graduated drawers, the top drawer opening to a sliding baize inset surface, flanked overall by projecting angles, above a shaped apron and outswept bracket feet, 160cm wide, 83cm high, 160cm wide, 56cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, Gloucestershire Purchased from Mallett This 'commode' chest-of-drawers, with top and frame serpentined in the French manner relates to a chest-of-drawers, also incorporating a dressing-table slide, that the Marlborough cabinet-maker Henry Hill (d. 1778) is likely to have included in his furnishings totalling £1,300 supplied to Corsham Court, Wiltshire between 1760 and 1778 (L. Wood, 'Furniture for Lord Delaval: Metropolitan and Provincial',Furniture History, 1990, p. 206, fig. 24). Among related commodes is one from the Samuel Messer Collection, sold Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 118; and another with slide-fitted drawer acquired in 1937 by the Victoria and Albert Museum (M. Tomlin,Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 180; inv. no. W.55-1937).
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