Parquetry Veneered Italian Commode, circa 1800

Elegant, three-drawer, serpentine, inlaid commode featuring a series of parquetry medallions. The whole atop ormolu capped feet.

A magnificent walnut and pecan, inlaid commode with an allegory center from the Piedmont District, Italy. Beautiful silver gilded hardware with a sunflower motif on escutcheons and ...

Beautiful inlaid, burled walnut veneered, canted top commode from Venice. Commode features 4 drawers, is accented with gilded bronze rings and hand-carved, ebonized borders and feet.

Hand-carved, ebonized walnut and burl, three-drawer commode with suites of contrasting, pearwood inlay on each drawer. The sides with raised panels. The whole on a stepped and bracke...

A Fine French Louis XVI Period Parquetry Commode with Unusual Oyster Veneered Decoration. This fine commode is of typical Louis XVI form with chamfered angles, reflected in the shaping of the original white marble top, but otherwise rectangular in shape. The piece consists of three long drawers with original ormolu escutcheon plates and handles and a key. The commode is decorated entirely in parquetry in a range of woods such as kingwood and what appears to be olive wood or cocus. The top drawer front employs a simple repeating geometric relief but the other drawers, and the sides of the commode, employ panels of oyster veneered timber set in to geometric frames. Oyster veneering, or oystering, involves cutting through small branches or roots creating small oyster shell-like veneers and then inlaying them in decorative panels. The decoration on the this commode is abstract veneers of contrasting shapes, sizes and colours being laid next to each other in a pattern. This extremely unusual commode...

An Italian neoclassical period fruitwood commode from the early 19th century, with four drawers and marquetry décor. Created in Italy during the early years of the 19th century, this...

An Italian walnut, mahogany and ash commode from the 18th century with scrollwork marquetry, two drawers and scalloped apron. This exquisite Italian commode from the 18th century is ...

18th Century Italian Neoclassic Inlaid Walnut Commode. Veneer Sienna Marble Top. This rare chest features a stunning rectangular veneered Sienna marble top over a two drawer case. Pa...