Commode (commode à vantaux) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler

Maker

Adam Weisweiler

Date

ca. 1790

Medium

Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels; gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original)

Dimensions

H. 38-3/8 in. (97.5 cm); W. 58-5/8 in. (148.9 cm); D. 22-1/4 in.(56.5 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Culture

French, Paris

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1977.1.12

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977