Parquetry Veneered Italian Commode, circa 1800

Hand-carved, ebonized walnut and burl, three-drawer commode with suites of contrasting, pearwood inlay on each drawer. The sides with raised panels. The whole on a stepped and bracke...

An absolutely glorious pair of c. 1780, hand-carved, two-drawer, veneered and marquetry inlaid commodes from Lombardi, Italy. Each in burl and walnut, and featuring medallions of a m...

Fine pair of three drawer, serpentine shaped, walnut and fruitwood, veneered and inlaid commodes from Genoa. Both surmounted by later polished Sienna, marble tops.

Exceptional, three-drawer, serpentine, commode veneered with pear, olive and fruit woods featuring original hardware and a new, Italian, onyx top.

A charming, painted 2 drawer commode with original bronze hardware and Brocatello di Spagna marble top. Flowers and vine decoration all over.

Large, four-drawer, inlaid, commode with sea-serpent details- the whole upon a raised, 19th c. base.

The rectangular inlaid top above five drawers raised on square tapered legs

It is the gentle curves that capture one's attention in this lovely large pine chest of two drawers from Italy. The newer, professionally applied light dove gray painted and distress...

This mahogany commode has the fluted rails and canted corners typical of case furniture made along the coasts of the Baltic and North Seas around 1800. More difficult to pinpoint, however, is the exact place of its making, since this geographical region stretches from Germany to Russia, and north from Poland to Scandinavia. That said, a strikingly similar, if slightly plainer commode in a private German collection bears an old paper label that identifies it as having been made in the city of Altona. It also bears the seal of King Christian VII of Denmark who reigned until 1808. At the time, Altona was in the independent Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, located between Denmark and Prussia. Both nations tried to annex the Duchy, and in 1848 it was ceded to Prussia, which became part of Germany in 1871. A North Sea port, Altona was a member of the Hanseatic League, an association of seaports that was established in the 14th century to foster trade and police the high seas. Around 1800, the aforementioned King Christian of Denmark, who was also the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, allowed Jews to freely settle in Altona to increase the tax base. This allowed them to conduct business in neighboring Hamburg, a larger financial hub that maintained quotas. The prosperous Jewish families of Altona built villas there, and decorated them with furnishings that were made locally and imported. Many of those makers owned copies of furniture-pattern books, which were widely disseminated among these seaports, accounting for the difficulty in determining if a piece was made in Altona, Stockholm, or St. Petersburg. We can’t trace our commode to a Danish king or a known Altona merchant, but we can link it to the New World empire builders...

Fabulous matched pair of 19th Century Italian walnut parquetry commodes. Of serpentine bombe form, these commodes feature two large drawers.

Antique French Provincial Commode Circa 1800

Elegant early 19th Century walnut veneered Biedermeier commode. This beautiful commode has a compact form, with a long frieze drawer above four long graduated ones. Three of the f...