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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
CollectionsEurope, Americas

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)