The original commode was made for Madame de Pompadour in 1760 by jean-François Oeben. It now lives at the Getty museum in LA.

After 246 years the sun has faded the colours, this is why I decided to make it in the original wood to see what it would of looked like, after all there were no cameras back then and no one painted it.

It is decorated in a mosaic pattern with three colour cubes made from tulipwood, kingwood, and green stained sycamore with a boxwood and amaranth border.

The two centre draws have an interlocking circle pattern ( called four leaves ) made from tulipwood and grey stained sycamore with a interlaced border made from stained maple burr, boxwood and amaranth. There are  55 ormolu mounts, 31 are cast in bronze, 24 are cut, and each piece is gold plated. With a rams head each side and a face at the bottom.

Dimensions Height  7.6cm, Width  12.2cm,  Depth  3.8cm.       £  5'400.00  sold

The original is in the Getty museum in California click here to see it.