- Pair of Commodes
Munich, circa 1745
Carving attributed to Joachim Dietrich;
side panels after engraved designs by
Fran£ois de Cuvilliés
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine; gilt-
bronze mounts; jaune rosé de Brignolles
marble tops
Height: 2 ft. 8^3 4 in. (83.2 cm); Width:
4 ft. i^3 4 in. (126.4 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Vs in.
(61.9 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.63.1—.2
PROVENANCE
(?) Anonymous sale, Christie's, London,
March 1,1882, lot 165, for 210 guineas;
[Jacques Helft, New York]; Georges Lurcy
(1891-1953), New York (sold, Parke-Bernet,
New York, November 9,1957, lot 383);
[Frank Partridge, Ltd., London]; Maha-
ranee of Baroda, Paris; [Frank Partridge,
Ltd., London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Thomas E. Norton, One Hundred Years of
Collecting in America: The Story ofSotheby,
Parke, Bernet (New York, 1984), p. 166, illus.
(one); Handbook1986, p. 156, illus. (one);
Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus. (one).DESKS AND SECRETAIRES- Rolltop Desk
Neuwied, circa 1785
Attributed to David Roentgen; gilt-bronze
plaque attributed to Pierre Gouthiére; some
mounts by Francois Rémond
Oak veneered with mahogany and burr
amboyna; steel fittings; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 5 ft. 6% in. (168.3 cm); Width
5 ft. i^3 /8 in. (155.9 cm); Depth (open):
4 ft. i^7 A in. (126.7 cm); Depth (closed):
2 ft. iiVs in. (89.3 cm)
Accession number 72 .DA.47
PROVENANCE
(?) Louis XVI, cabinet du Roi, Palais des
Tuileries; later moved to the Chateau de
Versailles; removed in 1793 to Russia; (?)
Count Iljinski, Castle of Romanova, near
St. Petersburg, 1793-1852; [M. Court, rué de
la Madeleine, Paris, 1857] (sold, M. le comte
de Μ..., Paris, November 12,1859, lot 1,
to Migeon) [above information: Patrick
Leperlier]; [(?) Samson Wertheimer, London]
(sold, Christie's, London, March 15,1892,
lot 637, to Jackson); Count Jαnos Pαlffy,
Palais Pαlffy, Vienna (sold, Gl٧ckselig und
Warndorfer, Vienna, March 7,1921, lot 209,
to Castiglione); Baroness Marie de Reitz,
Vienna; [French and Co., New York, 1960s];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Washington, D.C., The State Department,
on loan, 1960s.228 GERMAN COMMODES
One of a pair 396