Marble Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Early 20th century washstand or dresser. Made from walnut with 3 dovetailed drawers and a white marble top. Drawer fronts have a unique vertical punched design.

An antique Victorian style marble top four-drawer chest, unbranded. Walnut with burl walnut to drawer fronts, beveled edge marble top, decoratively carved wood handles, carved front ...

An antique Victorian style marble top four-drawer chest, unbranded. Walnut with burl walnut to drawer fronts, ogee edge marble top, decoratively carved wood handles, brass keyhole es...

An antique Victorian washstand commode offers marble top with shaped backsplash with lower shelf over walnut case with upper drawer over double door ...

This is a gorgeous pair of antique Victorian marble topped satinwood and maple bedside commodes dating from the mid 19th century. These two-drawer commodes are crafted from the most beautiful satinwood and maple and have solid oak lined drawers. To add extra opulence to this wonderful pair, each has luxurious gilded ormolu mounts and handles. They are surmounted with distinctive Rosso Carpazi marble tops and are raised upon square tapered legs with ormolu sabots. Complete with the original working locks and keys. Add a touch of elegance to a special room in your home with this superb pair of antique commodes. Provenance: Purchased from Asprey, mid 1960. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops. As antique items, the commodes show minor signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, they display beautifully. Please see photos for confirmation Dimensions in cm: Height 79 x Width 66 x Depth 32 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 2 foot, 2 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch Rosso Carpazi Marble is a material born out of the mountains of Albania. The brown-red ground mass of this beautiful marble is partially brecciated and quite rich. This natural stone exudes an element of passion and elegance and is ideal as a special piece on fine furnishings. Ormolu - Gilt Bronze (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze. The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt bronze'. The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object. Satinwood is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia. The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satinwood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys and the West Indies. It has long been valued for furniture. It is also used for musical instruments, veneers, and other purposes. Satinwood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae. Asprey was established in England in 1781 and founded as a silk printing business by William Asprey, it soon became a luxury emporium. In 1841, William Asprey's elder son Charles went into partnership with a stationer located on London's Bond Street. In 1847 the family broke with this partner and moved into 167 New Bond Street, the premises Asprey occupies today. From its central London location Asprey advertised 'articles of exclusive design and high quality, whether for personal adornment or personal accompaniment and to endow with richness and beauty the table and homes of people of refinement and discernment.' An early speciality was dressing cases. Asprey crafted traditional cases and designs, mostly in leather, suitable for the new style of travel ushered in by railways. The main competitors at the time were H.J. Cave & Sons. Asprey was recognised for its expertise when it won a gold medal for its dressing cases at the International Exhibition of 1862 but lost out to its rivals, H.J. Cave & Sons in 1867. The company consolidated its position through acquisitions. In 1859 Asprey absorbed Edwards, an award winning maker of dressing cases and holder of a Royal Warrant. The company also purchased the Alfred Club at 22 Albemarle Street, which backed on to the New Bond Street store and meant that Asprey now had entrances on two of London's most fashionable streets. In 1862, Asprey was granted a Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria. The Prince of Wales, later to be crowned Edward VII, granted another Royal Warrant. In 1953, for the coronation of Elizabeth II, Asprey paid homage with the Asprey Coronation Year Gold Collection, which featured a dessert, coffee and liqueur service in 18-carat gold and weighed almost 27 pounds. In April 1953, it went on show in the New Bond Street store and subsequently toured the United States. As the business grew, the company acquired manufacturing facilities and hired silversmiths, goldsmiths, jewellers and watchmakers including Ernest Betjeman, the father of the distinguished poet John Betjeman, one of the most highly regarded craftsman and designers of his day. In the twenties, commissions poured in from around the world, from American millionaire J. Pierpont Morgan to potentates such as the Maharaja of Patiala, who commissioned a huge teak travelling trunk for each of his wives in which each trunk was fitted with solid silver washing and bathing utensils with waterspouts of ornate tiger head and lined with blue velvet. Asprey cigarette cases became collectable amongst young sophisticates who delighted in its other modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors...

An antique Renaissance Revival dresser offers walnut construction with arched mirror having shield form cartouche and carved foliate elements over marble top case...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite circa 1860 Continental Burr Walnut & Marble chest of drawers with the original key Please no...

Antique English Victorian green ceramic tile backsplash marble top washstand commode. Item features a green porcelain ceramic title back splash , two...

Antique Victorian marble top dresser. Made from quartersawn oak with walnut burled veneer front. Each drawer features an ornately ...

Highly figured walnut and black walnut bedside cabinet with inset marble top. Having four fabric lined drawers and one false front drawer that drops down to reveal a marble lined int...

Antique French commode made of walnut with brass hardware and original pink marble top. Unique carved detail along the front drawers and an apron curved detail. Sits on 4 castors...

An antique Victorian chest of drawers offers flame mahogany construction with shaped and beveled marble top surmounting swell front ...