Commode
manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738 - 1814)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770 - 1790
Materials
Tulipwood, palisander, maple, holly, harewood, boxwood, brass handles, pine carcass
Measurements
84 x 133 x 57 cm
Place of origin
Milan
Order this imageCollection
Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 617640
Summary
A tulipwood, palisander and marquetry commode, North Italian, circa 1770-1790. In the manner of Guiseppe Maggiolini. The friezes, borders and uprights profusely inlaid with strapwork and floral rosettes in maple, holly, harewood and boxwood, the rectangular top, sides and front each with a panel of scrolling foliate tendrils and a central classical urn inlaid into a palisander background, containing three long drawers and standing on square tapering legs.
Full description
Guiseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814), became the pre-eminent cabinet maker in Milan at the end of the 18th century, specialising in Neo-classical marquetry panels within complex borders. His signature rectangular commodes were copied extensively but today they are still referred to as in the manner of Maggiolini. He signed very few examples of his work, but one such commode is in the Museo Civico d'Arte del Castello Sforzesco in the city of Milan. He was born in and died in Parabiago, near Milan.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Dame Joan Evans DBE in 1978.
Makers and roles
manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738 - 1814), cabinetmaker