French 19th Century Inlaid Commode

Impressive 19th century Flame mahogany commode. This piece stands well, the three large drawers are decorated with flame mahogany with its original quality brass handles and ivory e...

19th century French walnut commode with a stunning marble top having three brass moulded drawers with burr walnut panels flanked by ...

A pair of mid nineteenth century Northern European commodes.  

A French fruitwood three-drawer commode with bombe front and sides, circa 1820.

Pretty 19th century oak commode. This substantial yet elegant commode has panelled sides and offers three drawers, with decorative brass handles an...

A beautiful 19th Century Italian commode in 18th Century style. From the Genoa region, the commode is profusely decorated in original Rococo style. Painting restored to one area of d...

These make great side tables or bedside tables. This one has nice inlay.

Early 19th century European. Austrian? 3-drawer serpentine chest of drawers. Newly French polished.

XIX Century Empire Commode 19th CENTURY EMPIRE CHEST. LARGE FRENCH EMPIRE CHEST IN MAHOGANY AND DECORATED WITH GOLDEN BRONZE.130X59X89 CM

This beautiful French 19th century Empire commode is made of burl walnut veneer. The top is Saint-Anne marble and sits over a wide drawer hi...

This wonderful Empire French Commode is made of walnut with a black marble and full columns.

An English semi-elliptical, or demilune (half moon), inlaid satinwood commode of neoclassical form. Of very good rich color and patination. The marquetry in kingwood, tulipwood, burr veneers and harewood. The fine quality top inlaid with a large conch shell, with radiating trailing marquetry of bell-flower ribands, within a Vitruvian scroll border. This inlaid commode (or chest) contains three hinged cupboard doors each centred by oval panels inlaid with two-handled classical urns with drapery and flambeaux, on plinths set with burr veneers. The central cupboard revealing a bank of three oak-lined fitted drawers. The flanking cupboards with shelves. Raised on short square tapering legs and spade feet. 19th century, with 18th-century elements. All in excellent condition and of superb quality. Satinwood and marquetry commodes of this design reflect some of the highest achievements in English cabinet-making. Sometimes these antique commodes reveal the hand of two different master cabinet-makers, with tops differing from the bases. References: For a comparison see A. Hepplewhite and Co., Cabinet Maker, 'The Cabinet - Maker and Upholsterer's Guide' (1788) plate 78: ''Design for a Commode, enriched with painted or inlaid work adapted for a drawing room, within are shelves which answer the use of a closet or cupboard - may have one principal door in the front, or one at each end; are made of various shapes; and being used in principal rooms, require considerable elegance. The panels may be of satin wood, plain or inlaid; the top, and also the border round the front, should be inlaid.'' A fine George III satinwood and marquetry demilune commode attributed to Thomas Chippendale sold for £134,500 in Bonhams 'Fine English Furniture & Works of Art Sale', 19 Nov 2014. A related pair of satinwood commodes are in the Royal collection, made in 1781 for George IV when he was Prince of Wales. XQC 1988, 95, & XQC 2004, GIII, 284. See also Robert Adam, and Ince & Mayhew designs for similar satinwood marquetry commodes of the late 18th century. Vis. John Fowler...