Commode (Chest of Drawers)
Attributed to
Hubert Hansen
(French, act. 1747–1756)
Date1750–55
MediumMahogany, kingwood marquetry, amaranth, gilt-bronze mounts, Brèche d’Alep marble on oak
Dimensions34 3/4 × 64 × 26 in. (88.3 × 162.6 × 66 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1915.5.33
Collection HistoryGuillaume de Motes (d. 1774), Paris (?). Louis-Guillaume de Motes (?). Mélanie-Victorine de Motes (?). Antonin Frézouls, Toulouse (?). Laurent, Paris, 1888 (?). Duveen. Frick, 1915.
Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: Italian and French Renaissance, French 18th and 19th Centuries (Pt. I). Volume V. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.
