Lot 221
An Important George III Fiddle Back Sycamore, Satinwood, Burled Ash and Mahogany Metamorphic "Rudd" Commode, late 18th c., the projecting top divided with inlaid burlwood outlined with fiddled wood borders and banded in satinwood, the concave sides containing pull out and hinged drawers opening to a series of smaller drawers and open compartments, the central section containing four bowed front graduated drawers, on a shaped plinth, height 34.5in., width 49 in., depth 23.5in. E14000/18000 Note: This rare and singular form is a variation of a "harlequin" dressing chest (after the design of Hepplewhite (1788)) and is often described as possessing "every convenience which can be wanted or mechanism or ingenuity supply". It was named for a Mrs. Rudd, a notoriously popular character of the day, who was deceptively clever and personable and tried for fraud at the Old Bailey in 1775. "Rudds" remained in fashion until about 1800. Commode dressing tables of a similar form also appear in Chippendale's Director and in Ince and Mayhew's Universal System, c. 1762.
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