Commode

anonymous, c. 1730 - c. 1745

A commode was the most important piece of furniture for storage in an 18th-century French interior. The form of this commode, with its slightly bent legs and curving sides, is typical of the years 1720 to 1740. The pagoda-shaped mount on the upper middle drawer is an example of the popularity of Chinese motifs.

  • Artwork typecase furniture, commode
  • Object numberBK-16651
  • Dimensionsheight 82 cm x width 136 cm x depth 63 cm, width 127.5 cm x depth 54 cm
  • Physical characteristicsnaald- en eikenhout, belijmd met violethout, monturen van verguld brons, blad van rouge de Languedoc-marmer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Commode

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16651

  • Description

    Commode versierd met marqueterie in violethout op vurenhouten kern. Het meubel heeft S-vormige, overhoeks geplaatste voorpoten met beslag en koperen banden. Het gebuikte front heeft in het bovenveld drie laden, waarvan de middelste beslag met een Chinese tempel draagt. De lade in het benedenveld heeft in het midden een nis, doorlopend tot aan de onderdorpel. Beide velden zijn gedecoreerd met overwegend bloem- en bladertakken en bladvoluten in verguld brons. Het dekblad is van rood-bruin geaderd marmer.

Creation

  • Creation

    furniture maker (person): anonymous, Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1730 - c. 1745

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    naald- en eikenhout, belijmd met violethout, monturen van verguld brons, blad van rouge de Languedoc-marmer

  • Dimensions

    • height 82 cm x width 136 cm x depth 63 cm
    • width 127.5 cm x depth 54 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Peter Pavlovich Durnovo (1835-1919) St Petersburg, 1913;{Note RMA; Roche I 1913, plate XII.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, pp. 110-113, no. 21.} purchased from his estate, 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.

Documentation

  • Alexandre Pradère, 'Le Maître aux pagodes, un ébéniste mystérieux', L'Estampille/ L'objet d'art 256 (1992) mrt., p. 40, cat.nr. 9.

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