The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Chest of Drawers (Commode)

c. 1775–1792

attributed to Claude-Charles Saunier

(French, 1735–1807)

mounts in the style of Pierre Joseph Désiré Gouthière

(French, 1732–1813/14)
France, style of Louis XVI, 18th Century
oak, coralwood, mahogany veneer, marble top, gilt bronze mounts
Overall: 90.8 x 131.5 x 59.7 cm (35 3/4 x 51 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.599
Location: 202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
  • John L. Severance.
  • John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 237; Reproduced: p. 239 archive.org
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 45, cat. no. 86; Reproduced: p. [51], Plate XXIII, cat. no. 86 archive.org
  • Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
  • {{cite web|title=Chest of Drawers (Commode)|url=false|author=Claude-Charles Saunier, Pierre Joseph Désiré Gouthière|year=c. 1775–1792|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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