Commode
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1670
Materials
Walnut, pine carcass, paper drawer linings
Measurements
91.5 x 90 x 51 cm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 1205865
Summary
A carved walnut four-drawer commode, North Italian, Genoa, circa 1670. The edge of the overhanging top carved with foliate lunette detail, the drawers flanked by projecting bearded caryatids and bambocci, the drawer handles modelled as human heads, standing on a gadrooned apron with projecting front feet carved as gargoyles, blue paper lining inside the drawers.