Commode ca. 1765 German, Franconia The undulating lines of the front and sides suggest that its creator had seen the swell-fronted painted or lacquered commodes made in Venice in the mid-eighteenth century. The carved motifs are thought to have been carried out in the studio of Ferdinand Tietz (1708–1777). He is known to have provided large stone figures for the gardens of Seehof Castle, whence came this Commode 205743

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