Commode (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Unknown

ca. 1772 · Marquetry of various woods, bronze and gilt-bronze mounts · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Fuhrlohg, a Swedish-born cabinetmaker, trained in Paris before moving in 1767 to London, where he made marquetry decorated furniture strongly influenced by French transitional forms. Sets of three commodes are extremely rare in eighteenth-century English furniture; this is the only known set by Fuhrlohg. The central medallion, showing a seated muse, is based on The Triumph of Venus by Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1772

Medium

Marquetry of various woods, bronze and gilt-bronze mounts

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

From the Marion E. and Leonard A. Cohn Collection, Bequest of Marion E. Cohn, 1966