18th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Chest/Nightstand

Italian, 18th century. Baroque walnut dining or tavern table having a thick walnut top above turned legs with Walnut stretcher. Perfect size to use as a writing table, sofa or center...

18th Century German Baroque Commode or chest of drawers with curved top front edge, three stacked dovetailed drawers with brass pulls, serpentin...

19th Century burled walnut Georgian chest. Three upper small drawers and three lower large drawers. Fluted corner columns, Brass hardware with bracket feet. Wonderful old warm patina.

Charming 19th century French faux bamboo nightstand or side table with white marble top. Table features a top drawer over a door with shelf, and an open bottom shelf. Perfect for bed...

An Italian Rococo Walnut Gueridon À Trespolo, Pedestal. Late 18th Century With serpentine shaped walnut top above a carved shaped frieze raised on a carved scrolled support and three carved stepped legs.

Pair of European empire commodes, early 19th century. Each has a single drawer surmounting the columnar single door. Commodes also each feature two ebonized and partial gilt columns,...

Wonderful pair of late 19th century Italian chests or commodinis made of burled walnut in the Baroque Venetian style. Each oxbow front chest has a beautifully shaped top, front, and ...

Decorate a master bedroom with this elegant pair of antique nightstands. Crafted in Italy circa 1970, each chest stands on scrolled bracket feet over a canted form case. Each cabinet features three recessed drawers decorated with inlaid marquetry motifs and dressed with iron pulls. The baroque bedside...

Fabulous 18th century Venetian single bed Baroque, richly polychrome inlaid with exotic woods and with gilded bronze decorations. Walnut and burl w...

19th century Italian marquetry inlay walnut 3-drawer commode chest nightstand. Item features remarkable aged patina, marquetry or parquetry inlay, solid wood construction, beautiful ...

This large and attractive architectural piece is known as a pulpit canopy. Before the advent of microphones and speakers, orators would often address assemblies from elevated platforms known as “wine glass pulpits”. These podiums featured domed roofs called abat-voix, sometimes known as sounding boards, that would project sound outwards. Our walnut wood pulpit canopy is a fine example of such a device. Hand-carved and hand-painted in Italy in the 1700’s, our abat-voix is roughly octagonal in shape. Each of the sides have edges with luxuriously thick step molding, alternating between stained and gilded wood. Each of the corner cornices are adorned with gilded flower carvings, although some are missing. The interior of the canopy features a gilded open sun with sinuous rays emanating all around. Each of the sides are adorned with foliate margents surrounded by scrolls, again with some losses. All the edges are bordered with a thin layer of gilding. Although our fascinating 18th century Italian walnut pulpit canopy was designed for a church pulpit...

Single Polished Mahogany Georgian Queen Anne leg chest / nightstand, English A lovely finely polished chest or bedside stand. Late 18th or early 19th century. Mahogany England, 1...