Decorative arts
Chest of Drawers
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- Date
- 1740-1760, with later alterations
- Accession number
- 78.20.61
- Maker
- Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
- Dimensions
- 32 3/4 x 51 3/8 x 25 in. (83.2 x 130.5 x 63.5 cm.)
- Medium
- oak and pine carcase veneered with tulipwood; gilt-bronze mounts; griotte rouge marble top.
- Description
- Louis XV marquetry commode mounted in bronze dore. Oblong top of Rance marble. Serpentine-shaped body, with two doors enclosing shelves. Finely chiselled bronze dore shoulder mounts, escutcheons, sabots, and pierced motif on the valanced skirt.
- Credit
- The Huntington. The Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection. Gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
