COMMODE (CHEST OF DRAWERS) WITH FLORAL MARQUETRY
Creator(s): Jean-Henri Riesener (Attributed to)
On view in: Entry Hall
About this object
The top is covered with a slab of white mottled marble. Three shallow drawers across the top of this commode are faced with a guilloche-and-rosette design in gilt bronze. The rest of the front is split to accommodate two large drawers and divided vertically into three panels with pictorial marquetry. A large basket of flowers decorates the central panel that protrudes ever so slightly from the surface. Urn-shaped vases, created to look like jasper, contain flowers on the side panels. A trellis pattern enclosing acanthus quatrefoils covers the end panels. The canted forecorners are mounted with a classical bust of a bearded figure. A bearded mask is situated at the center of the apron and the commode's four feet are mounted with lions' paws in ormolu.
- Object name:
- COMMODE (CHEST OF DRAWERS) WITH FLORAL MARQUETRY
- Made from:
- Oak --Wood marquetry -- gilt bronze -- marble
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1775-1780
- Size:
- 35 1/2 × 56 1/4 × 22 1/2 in. (90.2 × 142.9 × 57.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.10
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973