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ID number:  BIRBI-38.13
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Title / Object name:  Commode
Object type:  Furniture
Culture:  French
Date made:  1750
Materials:  Marquetry on tulip wood with ormulu
Measurements:  86.7 x 146.3 x 66.3 cm
Provenance:  Purchased at Christie's, 15 December 1938, Lot 68, for £525 (with Lot 69)
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Datable to after 1750, when Andre Antoine Lardin became a member of the guild of furniture-makers ('menuisiers-ebenistes') in Paris, and before 1771, when his collaborator, Charles Chevallier the younger, died.

Inscriptions / Translations:  Stamped [twice]:LARDIN, M.E. [and ten times] C. CHEVALLIER.

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