This design for a break-front commode has been attributed to Thomas Chippendale, a fashionable London cabinet-maker and demonstrates the flamboyant rococo forms that Chippendale often incorporated within his furniture designs. The rococo was a fashionable style which became popular during the first half of the 18th century, characterised by features such as curvaceous, natural ornamentation and asymmetry. This type of commode could have been used within a bedroom or a dressing room for example where, despite its decorative features, it could have been used for storage. Commodes with many drawers also featured within Chippendale’s Director, a pattern book of designs which he published in three editions.