18th Century Painted Buffet Deux Corps from Normandy, France

Colmar, where this handsome buffet deux corps was crafted, is an affluent commune in the Alsace region of France, a mere 15 miles from the German border. Because of this proximity, t...

A handsome and robust storage piece, this buffet deux corps was hand-carved in Haute-Normandie (“Upper Normandy”), France during the 19th century. The underside of the flat crown has...

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

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...

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...

Transport yourself back to the luxury of the 1700s with our exquisite period Louis XV buffet deux corps. Crafted with precision and elegance, this piece hails from the picturesque Pe...

18th century Country French painted buffet a Deux Corps is a wonderfully preserved historically significant piece that is destined to enthrall your family for several more generation...

A lovely French buffet a Deux Corps (in two parts) from Normandy, France. Offers carved embellishments of cornucopias, flowers and foliage on the upper and lower cabinet doors, with ...

A French Rococo tall wooden display and storage cabinet from the 18th century. This antique oak wood cabinet from France features a nicely arched and molded center top pediment, is designed throughout in nice molding & raised panels, and presented on a flat base. This buffet à deux-corps (which is the name for a French buffet consisting of an upper and lower case, "deux" referencing the two parts) has a pair of arched doors...

A French Louis XV period painted buffet à deux-corps from the 18th century, with scrolls, fluted accents and molded doors. Born in France during the reign of King Louis XV nicknamed ...

Painted buffett deux corps with glass doors.

A fine quality 18th Century hand-carved and hand-painted two body buffet built by skilled artisans from Pays de Caux, Normandy, France, circa 1820. Intricately carved. This Cauchois buffet from the end of the 18th century comes from the prominent Vanderbilt Estate...