Joseph Baumhauer (cabinetmaker) German, active c. 1749 - 1772 Chest of Drawers (commode), probably between 1767 and 1772 but possibly a decade earlier oak veneered with tulip-wood, kingwood, casuarina, and purple-wood; gilded bronze mounts; breccia marble top overall: 84 x 124.5 x 57 cm (33 1/16 x 49 x 22 7/16 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.412

From the Tour: Production of French Decorative Arts in the 1700s
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stamped on top of the carcase two times (once above each front foreleg): JOSEPH [between two fleurs-de-lys]; painted in black on top rail of the carcase at back: 1; pasted on back of carcase, the trade-card of the _marchand-mercier_ Darnault

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