Commode
Charles Cressent (Amiens, 1685–1767)
c. 1745 - c. 1750
- Medium
- mahogany (wood), bronze (metal), marble (rock), satinwood (wood), gilding (material), wood (plant material), purpleheart (wood), kingwood (wood), rosewood (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification
- commode
- Dimensions
- height 91 cm x width 147 cm x depth 65.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Cressent was renowned for his commodes fitted with rich gilt-bronze mounts. Sometimes he modelled the mounts in the shape of human figures or animals. Although this example is simpler, it is nevertheless in keeping with Cressent’s pictorial idiom. The mounts do not draw undue attention to the two drawers; the handles are fully integrated into the general design.
