John Cobb
Commode
1764-1774
Physical Qualities
Satinwood, rosewood marquetry, ormolu mounts, 45 1/8 x 24 x 36 3/4 in. (114.6 x 61 x 93.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charlotte B. Filbert, Baltimore, from the Estate of Alvin B. Filbert
Object Number
1993.617
'A cabinet of old English marqueterie, with shaped front and ends, folding doors, inlaid with rush branches, festooned laurel and medallion ornaments, on an oval panel of harewood in centre, on satinwood proud, banded with tulip and rosewood, and with a bouquet of flowers in a large oval panel at the top, in trellis pattern borders.' French feet, gilt metal mounts.
From the collection of Lord Henry Thynne of Muntham Court, Sussex, sold Christie's, 20-21 June 1899; Thornton Manor furniture inventory, 29 November 1904; Lever, sold 1926; Alvin and Charlotte Filbert.
Lucy Wood, 'Catalogue of Commodes,' London: HMSO, 1994, no. 83, ill, pp. 94, 323. (photocopy enclosed)
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
