A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY PIER COMMODES FORMING A BACK-TO-BACK LIBRARY DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT AND ELWICK, CIRCA 1765
Formed of two library commodes with bow-breakfronts joined by hinged tops supported on 'Chinese' paling angle brackets, each commode front with a slide with reading-easel, on pull-out steel supports, above four simulated graduated drawers flanked by C-scroll and rockwork ovals, with four graduated deep drawers to one side and four graduated shallow drawers to the other side, some drawers with dividers, on a plinth base with recessed castors, with chamfered tapering drawer stops and short-grain drawer kickers, inscribed in chalk twice 261 and with labels inscribed Ex Lady Meux
Each commode: 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep;
As a desk: 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 65 ¾ in. (167 cm.) wide, excluding slides; 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) deep