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Commode superposée

1740–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 748
La commode superposée avec fronton à volutes, qui combine le coffre anglais sur piètement et le fronton brisé, est propre à l’Amérique coloniale. Ce genre de meuble apparut à Boston vers 1730. Les plus beaux exemplaires étaient japonisés, c’est-à-dire peints de manière à imiter les laques asiatiques. Celui-ci, exceptionnel en ce qu’il nous est parvenu avec coiffeuse et miroir assortis, a été couvert d’un vernis imitant l’écaille de tortue, puis décoré de chinoiseries dorées (figures fantastiques et pavillons de jardin). Fabriqué pour Benjamin Pickman, un marchand de Salem, au Massachusetts, il illustre à merveille l’élégance cosmopolite de la Nouvelle-Angleterre de l’époque coloniale.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Commode superposée
  • Date: 1730–1760
  • Aire géographique: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Technique: Érable, bouleau, pin blanc, peinture, enduit de plâtre doré
  • Dimensions: 219,7 x 101,6 x 54,6 cm
  • Crédits: Achat, legs de Joseph Pulitzer, 1940
  • Accession Number: 40.37.1
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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