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Commode

Date: 1783
Medium: Mahogany with parquetry inlay and ormolu fittings
Dimensions: 23 1/2 × 36 5/8 × 57 1/8 inches (59.69 × 93.03 × 145.1 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
Object number: 71.194
Commode fitted with three drawers in frieze snd two long drawers below. Front and shaped sides inlaid with parquetry of diamond ornament within mahogany borders. Ormolu frieze finely chased with alternately vertical flutes and husks. Borders to panels with stiff leaves and beading, angles with acanthus leavs and pendant foliage. Mottled tan marble slab on top.
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