Jean-Henri Riesener / Commode with Pictorial and Trellis Marquetry / c. 1782-1788; remodelled 1790-1791 by Riesener

Jean-Henri Riesener
Commode with Pictorial and Trellis Marquetry
c. 1782-1788; remodelled 1790-1791 by Riesener
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Creator Name: Riesener, Jean-Henri
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Dates/Places: 1734-1806
Creator Name-CRT: Jean-Henri Riesener
Title: Commode with Pictorial and Trellis Marquetry
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Creation Start Date: 1782
Creation End Date: 1788
Creation Date: c. 1782-1788; remodelled 1790-1791 by Riesener
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Furniture
Materials and Techniques: carcass and drawers of oak; veneered with panels of marquetry executed in various woods and with panels of plain burl ash and plain bloodwood (satiné rubané), all bordered by amaranth; mounts of gilt bronze; top of yellow, red, and brown brèche d'Aleps marble
Dimensions: H. 37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm.); W. 56 3/4 in. (144.2 cm.); D. 24 5/8 in. (62.6 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: The Frick Collection
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 15.5.76
Credit Line: Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Copyright: Licensed for non-commercial, educational use.
Rights: http://www.frick.org
Related Document Description: New York, The Frick Collection. A Guide to Works of Art on Exhibition [checklist]. 1997, n.p. New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.6 Furniture and Gilt Bronzes. [cat.]. 1992, pp.71-76, 82-90.
AMICA ID: TFC_.19155076
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Frick Collection, New York, 1999

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