£420
AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN WALNUT AND PARQUETRY/MARQUETRY INLAID MARBLE TOPPED BOMBE COMMODE CHEST
serpentine marble top (possibly Rosso Levanto) over three serpentine front drawers inlaid with six pointed star within crossbanded border flanked by similarly inlaid sides on splayed supports joined by shaped aprons, 78cm high x 67cm wide x 35cm deep. Chest was formerly own by a Dr Essel Mitchell who was on of the first qualified female physiotherapists in Scotland and may have obtained it while studying from the Miss Cranston's Tearooms
Chest is in a good relative condition to age and use with minor chips to edges of serpentine marble top, cracking to veneers on sides and drawer facings with losses to bottoms of supports, back panel appears to be a later replacement for original, drawers run with little difficulty.
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