Commode

Adrien Faizelot Delorme, c. 1750

This commode is veneered with panels of lacquer removed from a piece of Chinese furniture, probably a screen or chest. Bending the lacquer so that it could be adhered to the curved surface of the commode was not easy. The commode is an example of chinoiserie, a European style that incorporated Chinese materials and motifs. The gilt-bronze mounts are devoid of Chinese elements.

  • Artwork typefurniture, case furniture, commode
  • Object numberBK-16652
  • Dimensionsheight 89.5 cm x width 158.5 cm x depth 68.5 cm, width 158.5 cm x depth 54 cm
  • Physical characteristicseikenhout, belijmd met lakwerk en diverse houtsoorten, monturen van verguld brons, blad van brèche d'Alep marmer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Commode

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16652

  • Description

    Commode versierd met goudlak op zwarte grond op eikenhouten kern en met verguld brons. Meubel met overhoeks geplaatste S-vormige poten, afgezet met beslag. Het gebuikte front en de zijkanten zijn beschilderd met landschappen met figuren in Chinoiserie-stijl en omraamd met beslag in C- en S-curven. Het front heeft in het midden een schildvormig veld, waarin de trekkers van de twee laden verwerkt zijn, en waarvan de onderkant zich om de uitgeschulpte onderdorpel uitstrekt. Gestempeld: Delorme. Marmeren blad.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • mark: ‘C’
    • signature: ‘DELORME’
    • mark: ‘B’

Creation

  • Creation

    furniture maker (person): Adrien Faizelot Delorme, Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    eikenhout, belijmd met lakwerk en diverse houtsoorten, monturen van verguld brons, blad van brèche d'Alep marmer

  • Dimensions

    • height 89.5 cm x width 158.5 cm x depth 68.5 cm
    • width 158.5 cm x depth 54 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-33.} from whom, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 78, no. M 41, Artistic no. 21/25; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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