Exceptional 18th Century English Chinoiserie Two Part Oak Highboy

A fine diminutive walnut serpentine commode in walnut veneer, a conforming rectangular top with molded edge and crossbanded veneer border surmounting three drawers adorned with origi...

A wonderful French Provincial walnut commode with serpentine front and conforming molded edge top, surmounting three fitted top drawers (one of which is hidden in the center), over t...

A sophisticated Queen Anne-period chinoiserie japanned chest raised on elegant cabriole legs with 'pony foot' carved detailing. This early-18th century chest on stand demonstrates the charming and highly fashionable English domestic interpretation of oriental scenes of pagodas, rockwork, trees, ornamental bridges, mythical birds, and figures dressed in the oriental manner, holding parasols and cavorting in gardens. All in remarkable condition having survived some three hundred years. Chests on cabriole supports of this form were also very much in fashion in the American colonies during this early Queen Anne-period (1702-1714). Sometimes erroneously referred to as ‘'lacquer''. The fashion icon Coco Chanel furnished her exquisite Paris apartments largely in the European chinoiserie taste. References: V & A Museum, London - The development of English black japanning 1620-1820. Literature and further reading: John Stalker and George Parker...

19th century pine chest of drawers from England with a beveled edge around the top, following down to two over three-drawer configuration. The front of the piece is hand painted with...