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Document identity
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123518
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Chest of Drawers (Commode)
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123518
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object
title
Chest of Drawers (Commode)
date
c. 1765– 1770
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778236
creators
11793
genreSpecific
Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 86.8 x 152.4 x 59.7 cm (34 3/16 x 60 x 23 1/2 in.)
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France, Paris
accession
1944.113
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ebony veneer with Japanese lacquer panels, gilt bronze mounts, and marble top
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Chest of Drawers (Commode), c. 1765– 1770. René Dubois (French, 1737–1798). Ebony veneer with Japanese lacquer panels, gilt bronze mounts, and marble top; overall: 86.8 x 152.4 x 59.7 cm (34 3/16 x 60 x 23 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection, 1944.113
collection
Furniture
inscriptions
inscription
signed on top front corners: I. Dubois.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
page_number
Reproduced: p. [35], Plate XIII; p. [36], Plate XIV, cat. no. 18; Mentioned: p. 41-42, cat. no. 18
citation
Milliken, William. "French Furniture and Sculpture." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>31, no. 6 (June 1944): 91-92, 101.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 91; Reproduced: p. 97
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 321
citation
Lee, Sherman E. <em>Japanese Decorative Style</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
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Reproduced: p. 5
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 156
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 156
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 188
creditline
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
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2026-05-29 06:21:20.956000
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123518
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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ebony veneer with Japanese lacquer panels, gilt bronze mounts, and marble top
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male
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