Commode Chair
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Object Details
- Noël J Baudin, French, 1719 - 1784
- Description
- a) Carved fruitwood bidet with caned back, four cabriole legs, back ones having rocaille ornament at foot, front ones with small scrolls at foot; leather covered hinged lid at top of back support concealing three compartments. b) hinged, double caned seat concealing (c) removable faience bowl with blue floral sprays and border on blue-white glaze.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. W.G. Dunnington, Jr.
- ca. 1750
- Accession Number
- 1968-114-1-a/c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- chair
- Type
- chair
- Medium
- fruitwood, cane, leather, tin-glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 84.1 x 63.5 x 30.5 cm (33 1/8 x 25 x 12 in.)
- H x W x D (b): 2.3 x 52.6 x 31 cm (7/8 x 20 11/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
- H x W x D (c): 9.2 x 42.7 x 25 cm (3 5/8 x 16 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1968-114-1-a_c
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44948912d-e613-44d0-91c5-c23489cbe0a9
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