IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 311376 accession number: M.6 & A-2022 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 18 July 2022 updated: Monday 18 November 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Commode (bedside cabinet), comprising an upper section of square panelled cabinet of walnut with walnut and ebony moulding with hinged door with brass handle and (removeable) moulded top covered in leather (A); the lower section formed of panels of lattice work with four legs joined by stretchers, framed by mouldings with incised decoration that runs along the stretchers and rails of the lattice work. title: commode NOTES ----- type: history note value: Commissioned by Alexander 'Aleco' Ionides (1840-98) in c. 1975 on the occasion of his marriage to Isabella Sechiari. It is believed that the commode remained in 1 Holland Park until 1908, when Isabella sold the house. The commode may have passed by descent to her daughter, Penelope, and her husband, Robert Hotchkiss, Paisley, Scotland (1913-46). Throughout most of the twentieth century, the whereabouts of the commode is unknown. Private collection, Yorkshire, 2021. Sold David Duggleby Auctioneers, 14 August 2021, lot 1171 (described as a 'twentieth century oriental cabinet'). With Oscar Graf Gallery, where purchased by the Museum. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased with the Colin Granville Elliot Legacy Fund STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311376 CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1875 - 1875 creation date earliest: 1875 creation date latest: 1875 CREATORS -------- maker: Jeckyll, Thomas maker: Holland and Son DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 76 CITATIONS -------- Thomas Jeckyll, Architect and Designer, 1827-1881 Wonders of the Belle Epoque ---