An Early 18thC Dutch Walnut Serpentine Commode c.1730-40 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus Papier mâché became an industry

Papier mâché became an industry in England in 1772 when Henry Clay of Birmingham took out a patent for its making and as a result produced the inexpensive plastic of its time

Wilson died in 1809

or "Art forms in nature"

This painting was part of Mike Handford’s collection

but nether-the-less

An Early 18thC Dutch Walnut Serpentine Commode c.1730-40 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus Papier mâché became an industryOrigin: Dutch Period: Early 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1730 40 Width: 37 Height: 34 Depth: 19. 5 (all at extremities) The shaped walnut carcass of superb generous baroque bombe type form, having a moulded top above an arrangement of four long serpentine graduated drawers to shaped ends, with panelled sides each with large brass carrying handles, the frontage with brass drop handles and rococo escutcheons, to a shaped moulded base raised on