Carlton Hobbs Organized LifeStream - tagged with 1760 http://www.carltonhobbs.org/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron blog@carltonhobbs.net AN EXTREMELY FINE POUDREUSE http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/300/an-extremely-fine-poudreuse

Of mahogany. The bow shaped top comprising three sections, each inlaid with an oval panel against a quarter veneered ground, the central section fitted with a mirror to the reverse lifting to reveal a shallow well and forming a dressing mirror when upright, the hinged flanking sections opening outwards to reveal two deeper wells each fitted with a sliding drawer, the top above a kneehole surmounted by a single drawer and flanked to each side by two smaller drawers, the whole raised on four cabriole legs each terminating in a scrolling gilt bronze foot.

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:44:00 -0400 http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/300/an-extremely-fine-poudreuse
AN UNUSUAL GILTWOOD ROCOCO COMMODE http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/301/an-unusual-giltwood-rococo-commode

Venetian. Circa 1760. Of giltwood. Of bombé form. The shaped agata amestina veneered top above a single shallow drawer edged with floral carving and a deep shaped panelled drawer, the angles carved to the shoulder with berries and leaves, the whole raised on four cabriole legs, each carved to the knee with foliate decoration and terminating in a carved foot.

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:41:00 -0400 http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/301/an-unusual-giltwood-rococo-commode
AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF KINGWOOD AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED COMMODES http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/304/an-important-pair-of-kingwood-and-gilt-bronze-mounted-commodes

Naples. Circa 1760. Of kingwood with gilt bronze mounts. The serpentine quarter veneered shaped tip with end grain ovolo edge and covered by an eight petaled floral motif composed of kingwood hearts. The bombé and serpentine front fitted with three drawers including a concealed frieze drawer. The two lower drawers fitted with complex rococo gilt bronze handles and escutcheons and centred by an eight petaled inlaid floral motif. The sides similarly inlaid and set with floral gilt bronze mounts to the corners. The whole resting on four elegantly sprayed chevron veneered legs ending in gilt bronze floral sabots.

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:35:00 -0400 http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/304/an-important-pair-of-kingwood-and-gilt-bronze-mounted-commodes
AN IMPORTANT CORNER CABINET BY JOSEPHUS MOY http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/282/an-important-corner-cabinet-by-josephus-moy

Franconian. Circa 1760. Of deal retaining its original polychrome painted decoration. The shaped cornice above the pylon shaped upper section with a glazed door opening to reveal an interior fitted with four shelves, the bow-fronted lower section with a conforming frieze fitted with a single drawer above a door centred by a cartouche filled with a bucolic rococo scene, the whole raised on three turned bun feet.

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