The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Chest of Drawers (Commode)

c. 1765– 1770

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made by

René Dubois

(French, 1737–1798)

France, Paris

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 Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.113.a

Location

216B French and German

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed on top front corners: I. Dubois.

Provenance
Earl of Plymouth; Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Citations
Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Reproduced: p. [35], Plate XIII; p. [36], Plate XIV, cat. no. 18; Mentioned: p. 41-42, cat. no. 18 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 321 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 156 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 156 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 188 archive.org
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