Commode by Riesener
Marie-Antoinette’s cabinetmaker: straight Neoclassicism with lozenges of marquetry and fine bronze.
Jean-Henri Riesener (1734–1806) was cabinetmaker to the Crown from 1774 and made furniture for Queen Marie-Antoinette. After the Revolution much royal furniture was sold; many of his commodes are now in the Wallace Collection in London.
Materials: Mahogany, amaranth and other veneers, gilt bronze, marble
Manufacture: Marquetry of trellis and flower bouquets; a projecting centre and straight legs.
A projecting central section and short straight legs – the Louis XVI style.
Lozenges of marquetry with a small flower at every crossing.