Empire Commode, Denmark 1810

Biedermeier commode, Northern Germany/Denmark, 1820, mahogany veneer. Exquisite small commode with beautiful veneer grain. The commode will be shipped from Germany, shipping costs to...

Unique 18th century Baroque commode, Germany 1750-1760, walnut veneer with boxwood marquetry. Three drawer body with rectangular outline o...

18th century Baroque commode, probably Mainz (Germany), 1750. Body on flattened ball feet, serpentine front with three drawers, each of th...

This neoclassical chest of drawers offers you a lot of storage space. The elegant chest of drawers dates back to around 1800 and comes from Northern Germany. It has a beautiful mahog...

Danish Empire commode made in Regency style. Unique, probably made to order. Cuba mahogany with gorgeous color and grain and beautiful patina. Original fittings. 5 drawers. High-qua...

This mahogany commode has the fluted rails and canted corners typical of case furniture made along the coasts of the Baltic and North Seas around 1800. More difficult to pinpoint, however, is the exact place of its making, since this geographical region stretches from Germany to Russia, and north from Poland to Scandinavia. That said, a strikingly similar, if slightly plainer commode in a private German collection bears an old paper label that identifies it as having been made in the city of Altona. It also bears the seal of King Christian VII of Denmark who reigned until 1808. At the time, Altona was in the independent Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, located between Denmark and Prussia. Both nations tried to annex the Duchy, and in 1848 it was ceded to Prussia, which became part of Germany in 1871. A North Sea port, Altona was a member of the Hanseatic League, an association of seaports that was established in the 14th century to foster trade and police the high seas. Around 1800, the aforementioned King Christian of Denmark, who was also the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, allowed Jews to freely settle in Altona to increase the tax base. This allowed them to conduct business in neighboring Hamburg, a larger financial hub that maintained quotas. The prosperous Jewish families of Altona built villas there, and decorated them with furnishings that were made locally and imported. Many of those makers owned copies of furniture-pattern books, which were widely disseminated among these seaports, accounting for the difficulty in determining if a piece was made in Altona, Stockholm, or St. Petersburg. We can’t trace our commode to a Danish king or a known Altona merchant, but we can link it to the New World empire builders...

A French marble top commode made of bookmatched burl mahogany and decorative Empire style ormolu. The commode’s top is a Saint Anne marble with curved front edges making for a durabl...

A Danish Empire mahogany and fruitwood commode, circa 1820s, the rectangular top with a bow-front and canted corners above four conforming drawers and fruitwood canted sides, the top...