A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE IN THE MANNER OF HENRY HILL OF MARLBOROUGH, CIRCA 1770 95cm high, 117cm wide, 57cm deepProvenance: Private Collection, BerkshireThis 'commode' chest-of-drawers, with top and frame serpentined in the French manner relates to a chest-of-drawers, also incorporating a dressing-table slide, that the Marlborough cabinet-maker Henry Hill (d. 1778) is likely to have included in his furnishings totalling £1,300 supplied to Corsham Court, Wiltshire between 1760 and 1778 (L. Wood, 'Furniture for Lord Delaval: Metropolitan and Provincial', Furniture History, 1990, p. 206, fig. 24). Among related commodes is one from the Samuel Messer Collection, sold Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 118; and another with slide-fitted drawer acquired in 1937 by the Victoria and Albert Museum (M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 180; inv. no. W.55-1937).For a commode closely related to the example shown here see, Sotheby's, New York, Kentshire, 18th October 2014, Lot 319 ($34,375). For a commode of related outline and attributed to Henry Hill see, Christie's, New York, 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets, 22nd October 2010, Lot 10 ($64,900).