The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Commode

Date:: 1764
Culture:: British
Medium:: Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilt bronze
Dimensions:: H. 35 x W. 59 3/4 x D. 27 1/8 in. (88.9 x 151.8 x 68.9 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1959
Accession Number:: 59.127

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 514

Description

This commode was supplied to the sixth Earl of Coventry for a bedroom at Croome Court, Worcestershire, in 1764. The bill, dated July 20, 1764, gives the price of the commode as fifty-five pounds and specifies that iut was intended for storing clothing. Trained in Paris, Langlois was a leading cabinetmaker in London in the 1750s and 1760s. He specialized in commodes in the French manner, decorated with floral marquetry and gilt-bronze mounts.
Provenance

Croome Court, Worcestershire, EnglandEarls of Coventry , Croome Court, Worcestershire (1764–1948) ; [sale, Sotheby's, London , June 25, 1948, no. 170, to Jetley] ; [ G. Jetley, Ltd. , 1948–after 1953] ; Mrs. A. H. Soames , London ; Brian Jenks , Astbury House, Erdington, Shropshire (until 1959)
See also
Who
Peter Langlois (2)
What
Metal (59,369)

Copper alloy (16,630)

Bronze (11,628)

Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

Plate (2,675)

Woodwork (2,582)

Ormolu (1,683)

Softwood (1,177)

Oak (1,089)

Mahogany (974)

Pine (890)

Case furniture (874)

Satinwood (117)

Chests of drawers (84)

Violet wood (42)
Where
Europe (148,590)

United Kingdom (25,558)

England (9,102)

Staffordshire (4,248)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1800 A.D.