Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire

Peter Langlois French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512

This commode was supplied to the sixth Earl of Coventry for a bedroom at Croome Court, Worcestershire, in 1764. The bill, dated July 20, 1764, gives the price of the commode as fifty-five pounds and specifies that it was intended for storing clothing. Trained in Paris, Langlois was a leading cabinetmaker in London in the 1750s and 1760s. He specialized in commodes in the French manner, decorated with floral marquetry and gilt-bronze mounts.

#2148. Commode

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Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British

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Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British
Commode from Croome Court, Worcestershire, Peter Langlois (French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70), Pine and oak with marquetry of satinwood, kingwood, and other woods on a mahogany ground; gilded bronze, British

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