Chest of Drawers (commode), 1745/1749

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13

Medium

veneered on oak, mostly stained black, with panels of Japanese black-and-gold (togidashi) lacquer; gilded bronze mounts; marble top

Dimensions

overall: 83.7 x 147 x 61 cm (32 15/16 x 57 7/8 x 24 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.408

Artists / Makers

Jean Desforges (cabinetmaker) French, active c. 1739

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Provenance

(Duveen Brothers, Inc.); sold 1 December 1903 to Peter A.B. Widener; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Widener, Joseph E.

Exhibition History

1973: François Boucher in North American Collections: One Hundred Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-1974, not in catalogue or brochure (shown only in Washington).

1994: Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, brochure, no. 76.

2008: Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1720-2008, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, 2008, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 10.

Bibliography

1971: Huth, Hans. Lacquer of the West. London, 1971: pl. 237.

1992: National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 311, repro.