IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 95955 accession number: M.19-1984 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 10 August 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Commode with serpentine and bombe front and sides, five drawers, the oak carcase veneered in kingwood and tulipwood parquetry, with ormolu mounts and marble top. Two of the drawers are long, two are short, and there is a small drawer between them. Ormolu key plates, mock key plates, foliate handles, and mounts are on the lower edges and corners. The latter with ram's heads at the top and lion's paws at the bottom. title: commode NOTES ----- type: history note value: Hugh Burton-Jones, the donor's father; Mrs. K. D. Gifford-Scott. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs. K. D. Gifford-Scott STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95955 TECHNIQUES ---------- veneering TECHNIQUES ---------- parquetry CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: Louis XV CREATORS -------- maker: Lieutaud, Balthazar DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 69 dimension: Height units: cm value: 90 CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Annual Reports of the Syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the Year Ending 31 December 1984 ---