Commode
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
fruitwood, beech, oak, deal, brass
Measurements
93 cm (H); 126 cm (W); 62 cm (D)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637080
Summary
A fruitwood serpentine commode, French, circa 1780. With two short and two long moulded drawers above a shaped apron and raised on squat cabriole legs with scroll feet. The drawers with brass cast handles with medallions depicting Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (d.1793) in relief
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd, in 1944.