Commode
Unknown
ca. 1740–50 · Carved, gilded and painted pinewood, gilt bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The decoration, gilded carving on a milky white ground, would have corresponded closely with the carved woodwork décor of the room in which it stood, for such commodes, like console tables, were made to complement their surroundings. A French-trained architect, François de Cuvilliès (1695–1768) provided designs of similar commodes intended for Bavarian rococo palaces.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1740–50
- Medium
- Carved, gilded and painted pinewood, gilt bronze
- Culture
- Southern German
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
