PROPERTY FROM A ROMAN APARTMENT OVERLOOKING THE TIBER
AN ITALIAN WALNUT BOMBE COMMODE
LOMBARDY, MID-18TH CENTURY
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Estimate
GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000
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Condition report
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This impressive commode in is overall good condition. With the inevitable chips, marks, and scratches consistent with age and use. Some minor shrinkage cracks and movement to the joins throughout. Some minor infill repairs throughout. Some cracks to the veneers throughout. Evidence of historic woodworm, presently inactive. The green silk drawer lining to the lower drawer with some slight lifting, easily refixed. Some drawers with pencil inscriptions to the underside bearing the name 'Maino Antonio rimodernati [...?] il 21 Aprile 1881' relating to a restoration that occurred in that year. The handles and locks possibly replaced. Structurally sound and ready to place.