A Late 19thC French Painted Pine Commode c.1880 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus if looked after

if looked after

in the designs for Sion House which was the seat of the Duke of Northumberland in the county of Middlesex which shows the ‘chimney piece of the anti-room with the panel over it’ – (see photographed scan)

It is rare to find examples such as this from this period

the better

A Late 19thC French Painted Pine Commode c.1880 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus if looked afterOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 33. 5 Width: 52 Depth: 24 Of desirable roomy proportions and being very decorative, the late nineteenth century painted pine chest of drawers or commode in the Empire style and in a later distressed painted finish in aged white with charcoal being used to pick out the feet, moulding and top; the whole comprising of three short and two graduated long drawers, each with lion