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Commode (chest of drawers)
French Canadian
1780–90
Object Place: Montreal, Québec, Canada
Medium/Technique
Butternut, white pine
Dimensions
Overall: 87 x 120 x 62.9 cm (34 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Dorothy Buhler in memory of Sarah M. Gilbert, Gift of Estelle S. Frankfurter, and gift of John Gardner Greene Estate, by exchange
Accession Number1994.83
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionArbalète (crossbow-shaped) form with shaped apron and claw-and-ball feet.
Provenanceca. 1994, consigned to auction by a private collector from Cape Cod, Massachusetts; purchased at Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire, April 16-17, 1994, lot 615 (Accession Date May 25, 1994)