Art/ Collection/ Art Object
Search
{{img.publicCaption}}

Commode

Maker:
Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799)
Date:
ca. 1755–60
Culture:
French, Paris
Medium:
Oak veneered with tulip-, rose-, and end cut kingwood, gilt bronze, rouge griotte marble
Dimensions:
32 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (81.9 x 71.8 x 42.5cm)
Classification:
Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line:
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.60.59
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539
This small two-drawer sommode, made about 1755–60, appears to be an early work of Roger Vandercruse Lacroix. The two drawers are treated as a single decorative unit with continuous floral marquetry of endcut kingwood framed by scrolled and foliated mounts. Few pieces of furniture by Lacroix in the Louis XV style are known, and the present example belongs to no established group of his furniture. The mounts were used in varing combinations on commodes by a number of contemporary cabinetmakers—e.g., Charles Chevallier le jeune (maître before 1738–1771), Pierre Macret (1727–1796), Nicolas Petit (1732–1791), Adrien Faizelot Delorme (maître 1748, retired 1783), and Matthieu Criaerd (1689–1776)—and were probably commercially available in Paris in the 1750s.

[Bill Rieder, 1984]
Signature: Stamped beneath right side: R.V.L.C. JME
Jack and Belle Linsky (until 1982; to MMA)

Timelines
France, 1600–1800 A.D.

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Related Objects

Writing table

Artist: Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799) Date: third quarter 18th century Medium: Tulipwood, kingwood, harewood, purplewood, holly veneered on oak Accession: 50.145.48 On view in:Not on view

Writing table

Artist: Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799) Date: ca. 1760–70 Medium: Kingwood, tulipwood, holly, purplewood on oak and pine, gilt bronze Accession: 45.60.48 On view in:Not on view

Writing table

Artist: Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799) Date: ca. 1760–70 Medium: Oak, veneered with rosewood, endcut kingwood, banding of holly, gilt-bronze Accession: 1982.60.62 On view in:Gallery 539

Oblong table

Artist: Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799) Date: ca. 1765 Medium: Tulipwood and satiné wood with oak and walnut substrate; brass mounts; leather Accession: 1974.356.193 On view in:Not on view

Oval table

Artist: Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799) Date: ca. 1770–75 Medium: Satinwood and stained wood, gilt bronze, leather Accession: 1974.356.190 On view in:Not on view
A curatorial staff member looks at an ink drawing using a magnifying lens

Who Cares for the Collection?

Learn more about the curatorial staff and the scientists and conservators who collaborate to study, exhibit, and care for the objects in The Met collection.

Connections

New Works to Discover

MetCollects celebrates works of art new to the Museum's collection through the fresh eyes of photographers and the enthusiastic voices of leading scholars and artists.

Drawing of a writer at his desk

The Met's Blogs

Read articles about the Museum's exhibitions, collection, and events written by hundreds of authors—including curators, conservators, librarians, digital professionals, and senior staff.

Book cover and selected pages from "The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings"

The Met Store

Explore publications and products inspired by The Met collection, which spans 5,000 years of culture from around the world.