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Commode

ca. 1775–79 with later alterations
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Commode
  • Artiste: David Roentgen, Allemand, 1743–1807, maître à partir de 1780
  • Date: v. 1775–1779
  • Technique: Placage de tulipier, de buis, d'amarante, de sycomore, de poirier et d'érable sur bâti de chêne, de pin, de tilleul et de cerisier ; garniture de tiroirs en acajou ; ferrures de bronze doré ; mécanismes d'acier et de laiton ; plateau de brocatelle rouge catalan (non d'origine)
  • Dimensions: 89,5 x 135,9 x 69,2 cm
  • Crédits: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Accession Number: 1982.60.81
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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