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ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM GOMM, CIRCA 1765 The shaped crossbanded top above four long drawers, the top drawer fitted with a slide, ratcheted mirror, inkwells and open and covered compartments, the angles carved with C-scrolls and foliate and strapwork corbels, on panelled bracket feet and castors, the handles replaced, the feet apparently original with laminated blocks, partially re-fitted including the sliding mirror 32 ? in. (82.5 cm.) high; 47 in. (120 cm.) wide; 24 ? in. (62 cm.) deep
This commode relates closely to a design from the early 1760s by the cabinet-maker William Gomm (circa 1697-1780) of Clerkenwell Close that features a serpentine front, richly carved angles and carved feet (L. Boynton, 'William & Richard Gomm', Burlington Magazine, June 1980, fig. 33). From 1763-64, Gomm was one of the principal suppliers of furniture to Edward, 5th Lord Leigh, for Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, where there were at least six 'Exceeding fine Serpentine Commode Dressing Tables....4 Long Drawers with Blocks at the Corners neatly Carv'd....’, varying in price from £12 upto £15.15s according to the bill. A pair of commodes and a single commode removed from Stoneleigh and sold by the Right Hon. Lord Leigh at Christie’s, London, 3 May 1962 (lots 53 and 54) are three of these, sharing a consistent serpentine form and distinctive carved scrolling angles.
Another pair of commodes with related carving on the angles sold Christie's, New York, 27 January 1990, lot 121 ($176,000).
Most recently closely-related commodes attributed to Gomm were sold from the John Shaffer Phipps (1874-1958) Collection, New York, at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 5 October 2016, lot 132 (£28,000 incl' premium), and another was sold from The Edward James Foundation, Christie’s, London, 15 December 2016, lot 84 (£85,000 incl' premium)
Other similar commodes include a pair sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 7-8 October 2015, lot 140 ($40,000 incl' premium) and a single commode sold Christie’s, London, 23 May 2013, lot 200 (£169,875 incl' premium).