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Bedside Commode (part of a suite)

MakerAmerican, active c. 1859–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bedside Commode (part of a suite)
Datec. 1876
MediumWalnut, paint and gilding
DimensionsOverall: 38 3/8 × 19 × 17 5/16 in. (97.5 × 48.2 × 44 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles J. Robertson III
Object number2024.620.3
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, 27-8 June 2009, lot 159]; Charles Robertson, Washington D.C., 2009; MFAH.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
Sticker label on back, inscribed in pen: M 585 / 03 02

Stamped on left inside edge of front door, on lock mechanism: G. BAYER / PAT D / FEB 6, 1872

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Image provided by donor.
Pottier & Stymus
c. 1876
Walnut, marble, paint and gilding
2024.620.2
Pottier & Stymus
c. 1876
Walnut, marble, paint and gilding
2024.620.1-.3
Image provided by donor.
Pottier & Stymus
c. 1876
Walnut, paint and gilding
2024.620.1
Parlor Cabinet
Pottier & Stymus
c. 1862
Rosewood, burled ash, maple, eastern white pine, other woods, gilt, and bronze
91.1306.A,.B
Stool for the Palm Room, Spencer House, London (one of a pair)
John Vardy
c. 1757
Limewood, gilding, and upholstery (not original)
94.903.1
Commode
Unknown English
c. 1770
Walnut veneer; marquetry of tulipwood, elm, rosewood, and calamander; secondary woods: mahogany, red pine group, spruce, white oak group; and ormolu
96.1238
Tall Case Clock
Pottier & Stymus
c. 1875
Cherry, eastern white pine, parcel-gilt, glass, and metals
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Wing Armchair
Unknown
c. 1740
Walnut
96.1583
Stool for the Palm Room, Spencer House, London (one of a pair)
John Vardy
c. 1757
Limewood, gilt, and upholstery (not original)
94.903.2
Poudreuse
Jean-Jacques Werner
c. 1825
Palisander, ormolu, mother-of-pearl
96.1404
Dumb Waiter
Unknown English
c. 1750
Mahogany
94.894
Desk
Adolph Kempen
c. 1870–1880
Mahogany, pine, maple, black walnut, and cherry
B.2012.38
Pottier & Stymus