Bidspirit auction | A pair of commodes

A pair of commodes - D. José I, King of Portugal (1750-1777) darkened Brazilian mahogany with carvings bronze mounts en relief, marble tops Portuguese restoration, missing corner of one of the drawers, cracks on the sides, other minor faults and defects, marble missing back corners and chips Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 84,5 x 128 x 61 cm Notes: vd. similar copy in PINTO, Maria Helena Mendes - ”Os Móveis e o seu Tempo - Mobiliário Português do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga - Séculos XV-XIX”. Lisbon: Portuguese Institute of Cultural Heritage, 1985-1987, p. 78, No. 56.