Deux différents desseins de Comodes (Designs for Two Commodes) in Livre de Diferents Dessein de Comodes (Book of Designs for Commodes), François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Karl Albert von Lespilliez, 1723-1796, Etching, engraving on off-white laid paper, Two drawings for commodes. The top drawing depicts the cabinet as having an angelic mask in the center, at the top, surrounded by curving, vine-like designs. On the upper corner of the first commode, there is a grotesque, diabolic head. The second commode is similar, but without the mask or head and with a slightly varied pattern., Munich, Germany, 1745-55, furniture, Print, Print