Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Style: Louis XV
Olive Burl French Louis XV Glass Top Dresser
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Classic vintage olive burl light wood French Provincial Louis XV style sculpted glass top 12 drawer dresser
Made of solid wood with 12 drawers and custom cut glass top.
Approxi...
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1970s Vintage Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Glass, Wood
Louis XV Chinoiserie Chest Stamped by C. Saunier
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
A Small period Louis XVI two-drawer commode red lacquer with gold Chinoiserie decoration, gilt bronze mounts, elegant pulls, beautiful keyhole escutcheons, and having a shaped confor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Fine Parquetry Louis XV Style Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine Louis XV style commode in honeyed medium-light brown wood with parquetry throughout. The top features a bowed curve around the front, with finely figured veneers detaile...
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20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
20th Century Inlaid Wood with Marble Top French Louis XV Style Dresser, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Elegant French chest of drawers from the first half of the 20th century. Wavy and rounded piece of furniture, in Louis XV style, pleasantly adorned with geometric inlay in walnut and...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode or Chest
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode or Chest.
This stunning French Louis XV style ebonized two drawer chest has beautiful gilt bronze hardware and the original locks and key....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Chest of Dravers Venetian Commode 18th Century Urn Shaped in Walnut Louis XV
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important original venetian commode of 18th Century in walnut.
This original Venetian Commode is a unique valuable piece from the 18th century italian furniture...
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1720s Italian Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Antique French Louis Revival Gonçalo Alvest Marquetry Commode 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique French Gonçalo Alves Louis Revival commode, circa 1880 in date.
This gorgeous commode features a serpentine Rouge Griotte marble top above three full wi...
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1880s Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Ormolu
Fine Quality Kingwood French Louis XV Style Vernis Martin Pated Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This commode is absolutely beautiful. The Kingwood and beautiful marble top contrast beautifully and the painted Vernis Martin scenery is beautifully done. The commode will have miss...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Breccia Marble
18th c. French Regency style Commode / chest with ornate bronze dore mounts
Located in Houston, TX
This French 18th century commode is in the regence style. Bronze
Handles in a brilliant hue and Fine and quality construction throughout this piece make it exceptional. The construct...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Walnut Marquetry and Ormolu Two-Drawer Commode, Early 19th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptionally handsome early 19th century French Louis XV walnut, burlwood, satinwood, and fruitwood marquetry lockable two-drawer commode or petite chest with ormolu mounts and e...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze, Ormolu, Metal
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Bombe Two-Drawer Commode from Nimes
Located in Dallas, TX
This important antique fruitwood commode was crafted in Nimes, Southern France circa 1750. The bombe chest on all sides, stands on cabriole l...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Louis XV Commode In Veneer And Gilded Bronzes, Rance Marble, 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XV Commode In Veneer And Gilded Bronzes, Rance Marble, 18th Century
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18th Century European Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Walnut Commode, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Louis XV carved walnut commode, 18th Century.
Five drawers with three smaller drawers including a hidden drawer over two large drawers.
Provenance: Estate of T. Boone Pickens (J....
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
18th Century Painted Country French Louis XV Commode, Chest
Located in Carmine, TX
Louis XV commode made in France in the mid 1700s using oak and pegged construction. The chest features three overlay large drawers decorated on the front with raised, symmetrical han...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Oak
19th Century French Hand Carved Three Drawers Walnut Commode in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Hand carved walnut commode with three drawers in very good condition in Louis XV style.
France, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Gilt-Bronze and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet, by Zwiener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Vernis Martin gilt-bronze mounted side cabinet with a marble top, by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener.
Stamped to the carcass beneath the marble top 'E. ZWIENER'.
This model of ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Commode with Carrara Marble
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Commode with Carrara Marble is the stylish way to provide both an elegant surface and convenient storage in any room! The luxurious Carrara marble wit...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Carrara Marble, Brass
Louis XV Style Country French Commode Chest of Drawers Server Cabinet Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
French Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Pembroke, MA
French marquetry commode with nice marble top, two drawers, foliate bronze hardware (Louis XV style, circa 1880). Commode has working locks with key. Marquetry of bois de rose (or tu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Rococo Style Marble Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: Height: 34 1/2 in Width: 50 1/2 in Depth: 21 1/4 in
This antique 19th century French Louis XV Rococo style marble top commode, chest of drawers is a great example of qu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Petit Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Fine French late 19th century Louis XV style around 1890 fruitwood floral marquetry and bronze mounted two drawer bombe petit commode. The serpentine shaped chest of two drawers, eac...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style 1910s Grey Painted Commode with Bronze Rococo Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style two-drawer light grey painted commode from the early 20th century, with discreet serpentine front, bronze hardware and cabriole legs. Born in the early years ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Antique Louis XV Style Painted French Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a wonderful antique French commode with a parcel paint finish from Provence, dating to the end of the 1800s. It has a rectangular conforming marble top and a restrained shape...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Louis XV Period Painted Petite Commode
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming and rare 18th century petite commode, Louis XV period. The conforming ebonized wood top over 3 carved drawers with patinated bronze hardware, retaining the original locks....
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut, Paint
French Louis XV Marquetry 19th Century Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful French Louis XV marquetry walnut commode having 3 drawers, brass hardware and caramel and cream beveled marble top – all original.
#442.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style White Painted French Two Drawer Commode
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early 20th century Louis XV Style White Painted French Two Drawer Commode
Bronze mounted. France, circa 1910. Measures: 31.5" H, 55.25 W, 20.25" D
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Demi-Lune Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful demi-lune bedside cabinet, with elegant serpentine front and two drawers. This practical and attractive commode echoes the Louis XV style, and features two capacious draw...
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20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
Louis XV Style, French Commode, Kingwood Inlay, Bronze, France, 19th C.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XV Style, Refinished Commode or Chest of Drawers, Kingwood Inlay, Bronze, Marble, France, 19th C.
A breathtaking French commode chest, featuring exquisite all-over parquetry i...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Impressive French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Gilt Bronze Mounted Server Commode
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted "Marie Antoinette Style" Medallion Server Commode, after a model by Benneman & Stökel, The gilt-bronze panels after a model ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Hollywood Regency Louis XV Commode, Nightstand or Dresser by Casaragi
Located in Manhasset, NY
Hollywood Regency Louis XV Commode, nightstand or dresser by Casaragi
Casaragi marble top commode or dresser in French Louis XV style. The wonderful 3 drawer serpentine...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Commode, France, 1760-1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Outstanding Louis XV commode, France 1760-1770, rosewood, elmwood and amaranth marquetry with original marble top. Beautiful original bronze fittings. The commode is in very good con...
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Rosewood
French marquetry commode with marble top and bronze mounts
Located in Houston, TX
The fine workmanship demonstrated in the fine marquetry
Makes this piece especially fine. The bronze mounts are
Well cast and have a brilliant gilt hue. The shaping of this
Piece is...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood
19th Century Louis XV Style Brown Lacquer Chinoiserie Bronze-Mounted Commode
Located in Austin, TX
A rare Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted brown lacquer commodes decorated in chinoiserie decoration with marble top, two drawers.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Metal
Painted Provencal Commode
Located in New York, NY
A charming commode from Provence in the Louis XV style. This lovely piece is painted in a soft creamy gray with stunning peacock blue accents. The commode has two drawers with origin...
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20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Commode, Paris, 1740-1750
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century French Louis XV commode, Paris 1740-1750.
Body on four carved feet with gilt bronze fittings. Bombe front and sides with five drawers decorated with prestigious, rocail...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV Commode Stamped Louis Delaitre, Crowned C Bronzes
By Louis Delaitre
Located in BARSAC, FR
Delaitre Louis, Parisian cabinetmaker received master on November 19, 1738.
Exceptional chest of drawers from the Louis XV period ...
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1740s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XV Bombay Chest Marble
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Walnut Marquetry Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1920, the vintage commode stands on cabriole legs, over a scalloped apron decorated with a center bronze shell and leaf motif mount. The petite fruit wood che...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Inlay Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Commode Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlay Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Commode Chest of Drawers. Item features a beautiful rouge marble top, figural bronze ormolu mounts, 3 dovetaile...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
Late 19th C. Venetian Chest Painted in Chinoiserie Stye of Blue & Yellow Ochres
Located in London, Park Royal
A late 19th century, Venetian chest of drawers with a curvaceous bombe style shape that plays with the light at all angles. The hand painted finish is in the Chinoiserie style featur...
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1890s Italian Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Mahogany Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale French Louis XV style three drawer mahogany bombe chest of drawers with inlay detail. The shapely front with original cast bronze mo...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Black Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (20th Century) black lacquered Chinoiserie decorated commode with a bombe shape and 4 drawers with bronze trim.
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20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Lovely French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted commode.
Late 19th-early 20th century.
Serpentine-fronted mottled marble top, above a veneer...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
Fantastic Dore' Bronze Mounted Breche Violette Maison Roudillion Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an outstanding rosewood and king wood commode of the finest possible quality. The bronzes are simply decadent and beautifully polished to reveal a bright gold Dore' finish. T...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Pair of Painted Bombe Marble-Top Chests or Commodes by John Widdicomb
Located in Manhasset, NY
John Widdicomb made in England pair of painted Bombe marble-top chests. Each chest with oak secondaries in the Louis XV Fashion having painted leaf, vine and scroll design on an off-...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
Vintage French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers Cherub Figures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV style bombe commode chest of drawers with cherub figures. Item features bronze ormolu, shapely bombe form, cherub figures to sides, beautiful wood grain, no k...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
18th Century Italian Louis XV Chest of Drawers in Bleached Walnut With Marble
Located in Carmine, TX
Chest of Drawers hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut and walnut veneer following the venetian style. The commode shows a bombed shape with three rows of inset drawers. The drawer fronts follow the shape of the case and are curved. Each drawer front is decorated with beautiful walnut veneer, arranged in different directions so to create frames and decoration with the juxtaposition of the different grains of the wood. The whole case (front, sides and legs) is decorated with crossbanded veneer.
This is a gorgeous and very usable commode...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Serpentine Front and Carved Walnut Louis XV French Commode.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Louis XV Period Serpentine Commode in Walnut, France ca. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Walnut Commode of serpentine form. Originating in the Provence region of France, and dating from the Louis XV period. Notable for its pierced apron and deep carved designs, an...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Fine Quality Figural Bronze Inlaid walnut Marble Top Louis XV commode Circa 1910
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut marble top commode is a rare find indeed! Artfully hand-crafted from sumptuous select French walnut, it features a subtle bowed front that is lavi...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
French 18th Century Provincial Chest of Drawers
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a fine example of a mid-18th century Louis XV provincial serpentine walnut chest of drawers. The chest is in overall very good condition. The chest features a serpentine fron...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
An Important Serpentine Fronted Tombeau Shaped Kingwood Commode, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Important Serpentine Fronted Tombeau Shaped Kingwood Commode, 18th Century
The moulded Rouge de Maine marble top above two short and two long drawers, each centred by foliated es...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Secretary, France, 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
This exceptional French Louis XV secretary, crafted around 1770, is a stunning example of 18th-century craftsmanship. Featuring breathtaking ...
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1770s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Kingwood, Satinwood
18th Century French Walnut Commode Louise XV
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louise XV French Walnut Commode, 18th Century, having a serpentine top and front, two drawers having extensive, fine carving over an elaborate carved and shaped foliate skirt typic...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Louis XV Commode, Crowned C Bronzes
Located in BARSAC, FR
Very beautiful Louis XV chest of drawers in marquetry of violet wood treated in frieze, opening with four drawers in three rows and presenting a very rich ornamentation of gilded and...
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1740s French Antique Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XV-Style bronze dore mounted cabinets
Located in Houston, TX
This pair of French cabinets is exceptional due to the fact
That they were finely constructed using fine materials in
A louis XV-Style. The white marble top is very thick and
Bull n...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Pair of French Commodes bombe' form with elaborate bronze mounts
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French bombe shaped commodes
with bronze dore mounts on front and sides
cross match kingwood veneers
Pale cream marble with rose hues
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Louis Xv commodes and chests of drawers for sale on 1stDibs.
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