Unknown English
Commode

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Artist Unknown English

CultureEnglish

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Commode

Datec. 1770

Probable placeLondon, England

MediumWalnut veneer; marquetry of tulipwood, elm, rosewood, and calamander; secondary woods: mahogany, red pine group, spruce, white oak group; and ormolu

Dimensions28 1/2 × 19 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (72.4 × 49.2 × 38.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III

Object number96.1238

Current Location

Rienzi

Drawing Room

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

FURNITURE

Provenance[Gerald Kerin, London]; [H. Blairman & Sons Ltd., London, 1951]; Capt.and Mrs. Bulkeley Johnson, The Mount Trust; [Christie’s, London, 22 November 1973, lot 134]; The Honorable David McAlpine; [Hotspur, Ltd.,London]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, 1975; given to MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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