J Chastel

Beautiful antique chest of drawers from the Louis Seize Period. This commode comes from France and dates from circa 1780-1790. It is...

18th century French chest of drawers made from oak and walnut. The top is made from oak and has a serpentine and beveled edge aro...

Louis XVI chest of drawers with three drawers and large finely cast bronze mounts. Raised on tapered square legs, the piece features carved relief decorations in the form of Greek ke...

This eighteen century French chest of drawers, dated to around 1750, which features a classic serpentine front with four drawers The whole is raised on bun feet.

CHEST OF DRAWERS French, 18th century rosewood and jacaranda. Oak interior. Curved chest with three drawers, pink marble top. Embossed bronze hardware, inlaid decoration. Minor defe...

For sale is a good 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Chest of Drawers. The chest has six drawers profusely inlaid and each with brass ring ...

Beautifully carved solid walnut four drawer commode or chest of drawers. French or possibly Swiss, mid to late 18th century.

Louis XVI / Neoclassical commode hand-crafted in France in the early 1700s using walnut and decorated with walnut, oak and fruitwood veneer. The commode is absolutely stunning. Its...

18th Century period Louis XVI cherry chest of drawers from France. The top is made from four planks, following down to paneled sides and three drawers over three drawer configurati...

This is a fine example of a mid-18th century Louis XV provincial serpentine walnut chest of drawers. The chest is in overall very good condition. The chest features a serpentine fron...

Antique Louis XVI chest of drawers with marquetry and marble top France (Dauphine) Walnut and others Late 18th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 89 x 114 x 59 cm Description: A three-tiered piece of furniture with rounded pilaster strips and black inlaid fluting, standing on tapered square legs. The drawer fronts are each divided into three panels using an elaborate marquetry technique. The centre panels feature bronze key plates in typical Louis XVI style. These are framed by green-coloured bands and fillets of light and dark contrasting woods. The outer panels are used to hold the dominant handles, which also correspond to the characteristic design language of the late 18th century with bows and hangings. They are mounted on panels of diagonally set walnut and framed by alternating green and red coloured woods. The sides of the piece of furniture echo the design of the front panels. A heavy, light rose-coloured marble top with fine veining forms the upper end. Worth knowing: The wood colouring techniques used on this chest of drawers are particularly noteworthy. Enclosed you will find a photo of the piece of furniture in its unrestored found condition with clear bleaching of the wood. As can be seen, no red or green colouring was visible at this time. In the course of the restoration, the colouring was not supplemented, but the original colouring was revealed again by removing the old varnish and carefully cleaning the surfaces with fine, alcohol-soaked steel wool. This restorability of the colours shows that the wood was not only stained on the surface, but was completely dyed through. Both the design of the piece of furniture with the striking black fluting and the technique of intensive wood colouring are associated with the work of the Hache family of ebenists from Grenoble. A central element of their work was the systematic research into wood colours and staining techniques. Thomas Hache was already experimenting with local Alpine woods...

This is a beautiful antique French Louis XVI walnut and ormolu mounted commode, circa 1790 in date. It has a stunning shaped Italian Breccia marble top above a serpentine front hav...