# Commode

- By: Matthijs Horrix (Krefeld, 1735–1809)
- Date: c. 1775 - c. 1780
- Medium: bronze (metal), marble (rock), maple (wood), gilding (material), wood (plant material), rosewood (wood), purpleheart (wood), elm (wood), boxwood (hardwood), wortelnotenhout, oak (wood)
- Classification: commode
- Dimensions: height 90 cm x width 121 cm x depth 50.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1969-141--011fa62958fde0c8f13e79ce1ffedd81)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ECCkX/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

German-born Matthijs Horrix was the leading cabinet-maker in The Hague and the preferred purveyor of furniture to the stadtholder’s court. He specialized in furniture with marquetry decoration in the French style, and even named his shop in The Hague In de commode van Parijs (In the commode of Paris).