CIRCA 1715

Name: A LATE LOUIS XIV BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD COMMODE
Brand: CIRCA 1715
Price: 18000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 22,500

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A LATE LOUIS XIV BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD COMMODE

CIRCA 1715

Price Realised GBP 22,500

The brass moulded rectangular top with rounded corners and central interlaced geometric pattern above six short drawers mounted with foliate drop handles and escutcheons within brass lined reserves, flanked by straight supports terminating in volutes, the sides inlaid with lozenges, on hoof feet
31 1/2 in. (80 cm.) high; 39 1/4 in. (101 cm.) wide; 22 1/2 in. (57 cm.) deep

Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord Berners (1883-1950), Faringdon House.

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Lot Essay

Immortalised as Lord Merlin in Nancy Mitford's semi-fictional novel The Pursuit of Love, Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, painter, diplomat, writer and celebrated eccentric. His Palladian villa in Oxfordshire, Faringdon House was in its heyday photographed by Cecil Beaton and played host to an array of artistic and society figures including the Mitfords, Stravinsky, Dali and Gertrude Stein. The house contained a suitably diverse collection of pictures and furniture inherited and acquired by Lord Berners over his lifetime.