Commode
Object type: Commode
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Bernard II van Risenburgh
Artist bio: ca. 1696–ca. 1767
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1740–45
Medium: Oak veneered with panels of Chinese Coromandel lacquer and European black-lacquered veneer; gilt-bronze mounts; brèche d'Alep marble top
Dimensions: 34 x 63 x 25 1/4 in. (86.4 x 160 x 64.1 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974
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