Chest of Drawers (commode)
mid-18th century, possibly 1743/1744
Artist, French, 1696 - 1768
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G12
Artwork overview
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Medium
veneered on oak stained black with tulipwood, kingwood, sycamore, purplewood, boxwood, and other woods, some showing traces of having been colored by staining; gilded bronze mounts; marble top
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 85 x 139.2 x 64.6 cm (33 7/16 x 54 13/16 x 25 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.414
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ernest Cronier [1840-1905], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-5 December 1905, no. 137); (Duveen Brothers, Inc, London, New York, and Paris); sold May 1907 to Peter A.B. Widener, Philadelphia; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1973
François Boucher in North American Collections: One Hundred Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-1974, not in catalogue or brochure (shown only in Washington).
2000
Art Nouveau, 1890-1914, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2000-2001, no. 53 (shown only in Washington).
Bibliography
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 18.
1959
Boger, Louise Ade. The Complete Guide to Furniture Styles. New York, 1959: 137-138, pl. 160.
2000
Art Nouveau, 1890-1914. Exh. cat. Victoria & Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. London, 2000: no. 53.
Inscriptions
stamped on top of the carcase above the right and left forelegs, flaws in the wood on the right making the I and second E illegible: [I] M CHEVALLIER.
Wikidata ID
Q62758230