Commode

Various artists/makers

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539

Cette commode à vantaux, qui porte au dos deux estampilles du château de Versailles, figure dans un inventaire des petits appartements de Louis XVI, dressé en 1792. Roentgen, l’ébéniste le plus sollicité du XVIIIe siècle, en Europe, exécuta pour une clientèle internationale — dont de nombreux princes allemands, Marie-Antoinette et Catherine de Russie — des meubles aux formes novatrices dotés de curieux mécanismes. Les trois panneaux marquetés à l’avant illustrent des scènes de théâtre, celle du centre accueillant des personnages de la commedia dell’arte.

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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