COMMODE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

This commode follows the influence of Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814), the most famous cabinetmaker of the neoclassical period in Italy. The commode is rectangular in shape. The top of the commode is plain except for a border in different colored woods. The front and ends are made from elaborate marquetry. The front has one long shallow drawer at the top with a vine scroll in marquetry against wood-stained green. Below are two large drawers with the marquetry design running across them. In the center is a large rosette in light wood against a greenish ground. To the left and right are rectangular panels with leaf and floral scrolls in light wood against a light design. The ends have across the top the same scroll as on the front. Below this are rectangular panels with acanthus scrolls in light woods on a greenish ground. The back is covered with red velvet. It stands on four legs. They are shaped like tapered pyramids with the small point at the bottom.

Object name:

COMMODE

Made from:

Wood -- metal -- velvet

Made in:

Milan, Italy

Date made:

Late 18th c.

Size:

87 × 128.3 cm (34 1/4 × 50 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

33.9

Class:

FURNITURE

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973