Each with an eared reeded top above four graduated drawers between reeded tapering angles, on amphora feet, one chest with part mahogany-lined drawers, the handles apparently original
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 48½ in. (123 cm.) wide; one 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep, the other 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep (2)

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 2003, lot 88.
Anonymous sale, Christies, London, 23 May 2012, lot 288.

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Lot Essay

Messrs Gillows of London and Lancaster provided a number of similar commodes, with 'tower-cornered' tops supported on Pompeiian reed-enriched columns, such as featured in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and General Artist's Encyclopaedia, 1804, pl. 2. In 1811, as part of a large consignment of furniture, Gillows supplied a closely related commode with vase-capped pillars to the Rev. Mr. Twemlow of Peats Wood, Market Drayton (offered anonymously, Christie's London, 10 April 1986, lot 127).
Another closely related commode was sold anonymously, Christie's South Kensington, 30 September 1998, lot 186 (£7,475).