Commode , ca. 1745–49 Charles Cressent (French, 1685–1768) Pine and oak veneered with purplewood, mahogany, and bois satiné (bloodwood), ...
Commode, ca. 1745–49
Charles Cressent (French, 1685–1768)
Pine and oak veneered with purplewood, mahogany, and bois satiné (bloodwood), gilt-bronze mounts, portor marble top; H. 34 1/2 x W. 55 x D. 22 3/4 in. (87.6 x 139.7 x 57.8 cm)
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982 (1982.60.56)
Charles Cressent is known to have made a group of commodes of this kind over the years, all with a serpentine facade, shaped doors in the sides, rounded forecorners, and extraordinary sculptural mounts. This commode can be dated to 1745–49 because of a tax stamp for that period found on the gilt-bronze mounts that were, against guild regulations, cast, chased and gilded in Cressent's own workshop.
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