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What is a Bombay chest?

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What is a Bombay chest?
A Bombay chest is a piece of wooden furniture — a chest that bulges outward in the front and on the sides and then curves in at the base. This style of chest was popularized in 17th century French design.
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18th Century Wooden Bombay Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 4 drawer 18th Century Wooden Bombay Chest of Drawers has been uninterrupted for over two
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Italian Louis XV Carved Walnut Commode or Bombay Chest of Drawers
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Rococo or Louis XV style bombay chest, commode, or chest of drawers In the
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Pine Bombay Chest
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Solid pine Bombay chest of drawers made in 90’s in the modernized style of Baroque. It has been
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Antique 16th Century American Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Pine

Hand Painted Bombay Chest by Patina Furniture Company, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, PA
A lovely hand-painted Bombe or Bombay Chest of Drawers by Patina Furniture Company, 1980s. This
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Vintage 1980s Italian Bohemian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Pair of Vintage Provincial Serpentine Commodes
Located in Sheffield, MA
workmanship. Search terms: Louis XV Provincial style, Bombay chest of drawers., commodes, dressers, chest of
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20th Century American French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Red Lacquer Painted Bombay Dresser Chest of Drawers
By Maslow Freen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Bombay painted dresser chest of drawers.
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20th Century Unknown Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Hardwood, Lacquer

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