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Lot 216
Pair of French Neoclassical Marble Top Mahogany Diminutive Commodes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1830, mahogany veneer, oak and pine secondary, rectangular dark marble top, upper projecting single flush drawer with book-matched veneers above three recessed drawers all with book-matched veneers, fully turned columnar stiles with embossed brass upper and lower caps, front circular turned feet, straight rectangular rear feet.

First chest 32 x 32 x 21.75 in.; Second chest 32.5 x 32.75 x 21.25 in.

Private Collection, Durham, North Carolina

Taller chest: upper drawer missing lock with patch; later pulls; left and right case sides with large shrinkage split.

Shorter chest: some wear and scraping to marble top; upper drawer missing lock with patch; later pulls; large shrinkage cracks to left and right side of case.

$1,000 - 2,000