Cómoda

Various artists/makers

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539

Estampillada dos veces en la parte posterior con la marca del palacio de Versalles, esta commode à vantaux (cómoda con dos puertas y cajones o repisas interiores) aparece en un inventario de 1792 de los apartamentos privados de Luis XVI. Roentgen, el principal ebanista de la Europa del siglo XVIII, tenía una clientela internacional—que incluía a muchos príncipes alemanes, María Antonieta y Catalina la Grande—y creó muebles de diseño innovador con dispositivos mecánicos ingeniosos. Las tres escenas de marquetería en el frente de esta cómoda representan escenarios teatrales; personajes de la commedia dell’arte italiana ocupan la escena central.

Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein

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Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein
Commode à vantaux, David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass, German, Neuwied am Rhein

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