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While the designs are evidently by different hands, this design for a commode has been attributed to Thomas Chippendale, a fashionable London cabinet-maker. Chippendale was a remarkable designer and, while this design did not appear in his famous pattern book, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, it demonstrates the type of furniture that his firm were providing during the middle of the 18th century. This commode is rococo in style, which became fashionable from around 1730 in England. Similar to the forms in this design, the rococo was characterised by curvaceous, asymmetrical forms and natural motifs. This design is a workshop drawing however it is elegantly composed. Commodes such as this would have been used within dressing rooms and bedrooms.","physicalDescription":"A design for a commode in pencil, ink and grey wash. The commode is bombay in shape and is composed from curved decorative forms. The feet are curved and appear to have acanthus leaves decorating them. Other floral decorative features such as festoons hang either side of the central panel of the commode. In the centre is a cartouche-shape formed from curving branches. 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His company produced high-quality furniture, including some key masterpieces, but Chippendale's outstanding skill was in design. His pattern-book <i>The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director  </i>went through three editions in the 1750s and 60s and inspired trade catalogues and pattern-books of fellow designers.  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