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ADAM WEISWEILER (1744-1820)
Commode
RCIN 2593
This cabinet unites a restrained neoclassical form with exuberant seventeenth-century Florentine hardstone decorative panels. Two of the front panels depict a tulip and a crown imperial, and probably date from the earliest period of the workshop established by Ferdinand I de’Medici (1549 – 1609) in 1588. Their reuse in the late eighteenth century is testimony both to the longevity of the medium and the high quality of the Florentine workmanship.