19th Century Louis XVI Style Bombe Commode

A fine quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style, bombe fronted, marble top commode. Having wonderful rococo influenced gilded ormolu mounts and handles, monopodia supports to...

A very impressive French Louis XVI style, 19th Century Marble topped commode, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts and mouldings, quartered veneers to the drawer fronts and sides. H...

An important French mid-19th century gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, satiné and parquetry bombé commode after the model by Charles Cressent attributed to Maison Millet, Paris the serpentine Brocatelle Violette d'Espagne marble top above two long drawers centred by a flaming urn, flanked to each side by a child holding oak branches and headed by courting doves, the front angles with a bust of a boy and a girl each holding a dove, each bombé side with intertwined oak branches, on oak tree trunk supports and foliate-cast feet. The original model for the present commode dates from the 1730s and is the work of Charles Cressent (maître in 1720; d. 1768). Entering the collection of the Dukes of Hamilton after the French revolution, the commode was sold at the celebrated Hamilton Palace sale (lot 1806) in 1882. It was purchased by Ferdinand Rothschild and is now in the collection at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This impressive Régence style commode is reminiscent of the work of François Linke, however none of the mounts appear to be stamped or recorded in his oeuvre. Maison Millet was an active client of François Linke and it is believed that this commode with its distinctive high quality mounts and construction are characteristic of the production of this celebrated Parisian cabinet maker. Maison Millet was established by Théodore Millet in 1853, and continued until 1902 from premises at 11, Rue Jacques-Coeur, Paris before relocating to 23, Boulevard Beaumarchais. Maison Millet was a highly regarded furniture company that was described as producing 'meuble et bronze d'art, genre ancien et moderne'. The firm won several awards in the series of exhibitions in London and Paris, such as the gold Medal in the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. In 1902 Maison Millet was authorised by the director of the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette's celebrated Grand Cabinet à bijoux. Literature: Sir Anthony Blunt...

An impressive 18th century Italian Walnut serpentine fronted commode. Having marquetry boxwood inlaid scrolling decoration to the top, sides and drawer fronts, the original brass scr...

Elegant and sophisticated antique French Louis XV style kingwood parquetry marble-top commode sauteuse. Born in France in the 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted in luxurious 18...

French Bombe Commode Louis XV Style This attractive French Bombe Commode features a stunning free-standing Breche marble top with a moulded outer edge. This is removable for transp...

19th century French kingwood bombe commode with red marble top in Louis XV style, with scrolling leaf ormolu mounts, the serpentine marble top with a moulded edge, above two deep dra...

An elegant kingwood and rosewood Louis XV Bombé commode made in France in the late 19th Century, featuring a Breche d' Alep marble top over two ...