Comò

Various artists/makers

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539

Contrassegnato due volte sul retro con il marchio del castello di Versailles, questo comò ad ante (commode à vantaux) fa parte dell’inventario del 1792 degli appartamenti privati di Luigi XVI. Roentgen, il più importante ebanista europeo del Settecento, serviva una clientela internazionale, tra cui diversi principi tedeschi, Maria-Antonietta e Caterina la Grande, creando mobili dal disegno innovativo dotati di astuti dispositivi meccanici. Le tre scene ad intarsio sulla parte anteriore di questo mobile raffigurano palcoscenici e la scena centrale mostra personaggi della commedia dell’arte italiana.

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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