Stripped Antique Louis XIII Style Hunting Deux Corps from France

This unique buffet deux corps was hand-carved from walnut wood in France during the Louis XIII period (1600’s). A buffet deux corps (literally “two body buffet”) is a two-tiered cabi...

This fabulous parcel paint bibliotheque or buffet a deux corps from Southwest France was created in the 19th Century, largely with 17th Century elements. The large variety motifs whi...

Hand-carved in Laval, France, circa 1730, this oak buffet deux corps has been bleached, allowing the motifs of the Louis XV cabinet to gain promi...

Assembled by a French artisan, this painted buffet has incorporated two pairs of antique shutter doors into the deux corps (two bodies) constr...

Originally presented as a wedding dowry, circa 1785 (making it period Louis XVI), this wonderfully hand-carved, hand-painted deux corps is from Normandy, France. According to a centuries-old custom, French fathers would give commissioned pieces of furniture as a wedding gift to their daughters. The item would be sent to the bride’s new home, packed with her belongings. This custom is no longer popular in Europe, but pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries still exist. Generally speaking, the more intricate the carvings, the wealthier the bride’s family was, indicating that this particular bride came from a prominent family. The focal point of our deux corps de marriage is the large crest comprised of a wicker basket bouquet, located just under the arched top. Interestingly, the top of the buffet is arched, not just the crown, which is adorned with egg and dart above a deep cavetto cornice and a ring of imbricated discs that run behind the mid-relief crest. Other motifs include beading, additional bouquet medallions, crinkled ribbon bows, rosettes, Vitruvian waves, and widely spaced fluting. All of the carvings have been painted a true white, while the rest of the wood has a distinguished gray finish with blue accents that has become synonymous with painted antique furniture...

Hand-carved in cherry wood, circa 1830, this period Louis Philippe buffet deux corps has a beautiful reddish-brown color with golden a...

The tall two- part cabinet with carved cornice over the top with double grille doors with fine iron mount, two shelves inside. The lower cabinet with double doors opening to one shel...

A French Louis XV period 18th century cherry buffet à deux-corps from the Loire Valley, with carved doors and apron. Created in the stunning Loire Valley (the French Valley of the Ki...

Antique French "Liégeois" fruitwood Buffet à Deux Corps cabinet, Circa 1890.

French 19th century Buffet "deux-corps" Cauchois. The glasses are original. Provenance: Normandie (France).

French early 18th century cabinet 'deux-corps".

Fine antique 19th century French Provincial fruitwood buffet a' deux corps, dated 1851. This fine antique buffet was last purchased in 2005 for $20,000, please see the last image for a copy of the sales invoice. The buffet having a carved stepped pediment above a carved frieze of fruiting vine, the top section having twin paneled...