AN UNUSUAL GILTWOOD ROCOCO COMMODE

June 15 2009, 4:41pm

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.