Commode, c. 1770

Not on View

Medium

wood marquetry, gilded bronze, and marble

Dimensions

overall: 87.6 × 170.2 × 59.1 cm (34 1/2 × 67 × 23 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2014.136.360

Artists / Makers

Pierre-Antoine Foullet (artist) French, active 1765 - c. 1780

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Inscription

stamped under the marble top on the top right corner, the "JME" in monogram: JME [Jure des Ménuisiers Ébénistes] / P.A.Foullet

Provenance

(Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 1913 by William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Duveen Brothers, Inc.

Exhibition History

2001: Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1925: Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 28.

1989: Pradere, Alexander. French Furniture Makers: The Art of the Ebeniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1989; 275-280.