ID: 700006399 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006399	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Commode (furniture; Attributed to Joseph Baumhauer (French, died 1772) (French A...; about 1750; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 55.DA.2)

Titles:

Commode (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

furniture [300037680] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>)

commode (French chest of drawers) [300077277]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, <storage and display furniture>, case furniture, chests of drawers)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1750

Creator Display:

Attributed to Joseph Baumhauer (French, died 1772) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Baumhauer, Joseph (French ébéniste, died 1772) [500009301]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 55.DA.2

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oak veneered with ebony; set with panels of Japanese lacquer on Japanese arborvitae, painted with vernis Martin; gilt-bronze mounts; campan mélangé vert marble top

	ebony (wood) [300012055]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	oak (wood) [300012264]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	veneer (material) [300012855]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>)

	ebony (wood) [300012055]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	lacquer (material) [300014916]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	arborvitae (wood) [300343675]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, softwood, cedar (wood))

	vernis Martin [300264025]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, lacquer (material))

	ormolu [300011048]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, plate (material), <plate by technique>)

	Griotte marble [300011524]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, red marble)

Dimensions: Object: H: 88.3 x W: 146.1 x D: 62.6 cm (2 ft. 10 3/4 in. x 4 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

furnishings

Specific Subjects:

	birds (animals) [300266506]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT)

	flowers (plant components) [300132399]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, plant components) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Commode	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]