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Commode

Date

portions of carcass and gilt-bronze mounts about 1735; finished carcass and veneer late 19th or 20th century

Medium

White oak, maple and fir veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth and other unidentified woods; gilt-bronze mounts; brass and iron lock; brèche d'Alep top

Culture

French

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

Getty Museum

Technical analysis indicates that while some elements of this commode’s carcass and the majority of the gilt-bronze mounts are original to the 1700s, much of it has been significantly altered. The current appearance of the commode must be the result of one or more restoration campaigns with the piece being completely re-veneered in the late 1800s or at some point during the 1900s.

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