Antique Country French Linen Chest

Antique Country French Commode ~ Chest of Drawers represents a nice departure from dark-stained woods, having been finished with a natural look that has achieved a lovely patina over...

Antique Country French Painted Commode ~ Chest of Drawers features subtle styling and a beautiful patinaed painted finish that is perfect for today's ca...

Antique Country French Louis XIV Commode ~ Chest of Drawers was hand-crafted from solid oak and accented with cast brass drawer pulls by obvious master craftsmen! The top features a...

Antique Country French Louis XV Commode ~ Chest of Drawers is a great choice for adding a style flair to a room while providing abundant storage in the three full-width, deep drawers! Hand-crafted from solid oak, it features a beveled and contoured top with a beautifully scrolled apron and legs below. The entire facade, including the legs, are finely carved with stylized shell and foliate designs in bold relief. Rococo-inspired brass pulls and key guards round out the embellishment. This is also a popular size for smaller bathroom sink...

A stunning, rare, and very fine quality French Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style mahogany inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener. Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, born in the late 19th / early 20th century, exceptionally executed Parisian work, retaining the original shaped marble top with contoured molded edge, over conforming solid mahogany case extensively inlaid with rich floral decoration and geometric trompe l'oeil marquetry-work. Embellished with finely sculpted and chisled gilt bronze ormolu mounts, the case fitted with three high quality locking bar mounted cabinet doors, each adorned with matched ornate escutcheon and opening thanks to the original keys, revealing a mahogany finished interior with single shelf. Featuring rare and exotic woods inlaid, all rising on bronze mounted transitional cabriole legs, ending in the finest quality patinated bronze sabots. Its three doors do not interfere with its delicate marquetry with decorations of geometric cubes and beautiful flowers on gilt gold ground, its two flat uprights with cut sides inviting finesse and harmony, while its bronzes, with antique motifs indicate the return to refined classic taste. A fine example of the Transition style, this chest subtly combines Louis XV marquetry with shapes that are already more rectilinear. From the middle of the 18th century, certain French artists, at the head of which the architects Blondel and Contant d'Ivry as well as the painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, rose up against the excesses of the rococo style and advocated a calming of lines by the use of classical or even ancient principles. If the "Greek" style was too categorical a response to these requests, the Transition style, soon launched by the Marquis de Marigny, brother of Madame de Pompadour and Minister of the Arts, was much more measured and appreciated. Dutch cabinetmaker Matthijs Horrix was also front and center, a leader a Transition style. Celebrated ebanista Jean-François Oeben was one of the leaders of this new taste, with Jean-Henri Riesener following in the 19th century. Oeben a genius with inlay, he gave birth to several patterns, both sober and elegant, such as the marquetry of bottomless cubes, which was adopted by many of his colleagues including Jacques Dautriche and Charles Chevallier. Jean-François Oeben was particularly known for his "Louis XV or Transition furniture, adorned with leaf veneers, flower inlays or geometric patterns", according to Pierre Kjellberg (Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe, éditions de l'Amateur, 1989). A small secretary in the Transition cabinet...

Natural bamboo and rattan are the chief materials creating a summery, organic aesthetic in this 1960s French commode chest of drawers, while bri...

A large and Traditional Antique Three Drawer French Chest with good size and great presentation. The Chest is in original condition and has simple decorative outline carving to the p...

An Antique Provincial French Chest with good size and fine traditional form. Oak construction on four carved Louis XV style feet. The chest with barbed and scalloped front features t...