Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
EMPIRE STYLE
From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.
Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.
Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.
Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.
Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Empire
Empire Style Desk Rich Register of Gilded Bronze
Located in Marseille, FR
Lady's desk with Empire style mahogany, base decorated with griffins, very beautiful register of gilded bronzes oak drawer bottoms, top and zippers trimmed with brown and green Moroc...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Empire Corner Cabinet or Cupboard in West Indies Mahogany, circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
From the Baltic region, a very beautiful and unusual Empire corner cupboard in fine West Indies/ Cuban mahogany with two stacked cabinet doors that are bowed, and are separated by a ...
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Early 1800s Baltic Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
French Empire 19th Century Walnut Bookcase-Cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Small French Empire bookcase/cabinet with framed glazed sides, featuring a molded wooden elongated X on the inside, one wire-mesh-inset door, the corners e...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Antique 19th Century Empire Dutch Bombe Solid Oak Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
An elegant Dutch cabinet or cupboard that was made in The Netherlands, circa 1820s.
It was completely made in the best quality fine European oak. It has a bombe base ending on claw and ball feet. The base houses 4 drawers each with the original brass key plates and drawer pulls. All drawers are equipped with working locks with a key. The upper cabinet has two elegant doors with beautiful recessed panels. Behind the doors, there are three drawers situated at the bottom, above a shelf with two cutlery drawers underneath. The doors can be opened 180 degrees due to the ingenious hinges. The cabinet has a concave and convex molded cornice with a central hand carved pediment The pediment shows scrolls and acanthus and would have showcased the largest piece of the “Kaststel”. The corniche has three flat areas that were meant to support a set of Chinese porcelain or delft earth ware...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Antique 19th Century Dutch Solid Oak Empire or Louis Seize Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful Empire style or Louis seize cabinet that was made in the Netherlands, circa 1820s.
This high quality piece is completely made in the finest European oak. There are three stepped drawers in the lower section. The drawers are fitted with authentic Dutch cast brass drawer pulls and key plates. All drawers are equipped with a working lock and key. The upper part of the cabinet has two doors with raised panels, chamfered corners and original cast brass key plate with working lock and key. The interior of the upper cabinet houses three drawers below, all with original brass drawer pulls. Above a fixed shelf with two cutlery drawers underneath. Above the mid shelf is a half shelf...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
French Empire Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Cabinet Pedestal, Circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
French Empire ormolu-mounted vitrine cabinet pedestal, circa 1840.
Very good quality bronze mounts of typical Empire period heads.
Very useful pedestal vitrine combination tha...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Classicist/Empire Clapperboard Secretary, circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Classicist/Empire clapperboard secretary, circa 1790
Solid wood veneered with walnut. High-quality top on short tapered square legs, straight two-tier body, sloping writing flap a...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut, Wood
Empire Commode with Caryatids, Cherry Veneer, South Germany, circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very fine, original and greatly restored neoclassical Empire Commode / Chest of three Drawers with beautiful caryatids from South Germany, circa 1810-1815.
Wonderful, bright and friendly cherry veneer and solid wood, book-matched and running over the front side. Shellac hand polished and partly ebonized on the edges and feet.
Beautiful original brass caryatids, gold colored heads and feet and ebonized pilaster body. Brass key tags...
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1810s German Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Antique Empire Style Secretary with Brass and Marble Top mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany veneer on solid conifers. High-right corpus on chased bronze claw feet. Architecturally articulated front with library dummy and brass rim sockets. On both sides slightly co...
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20th Century French Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
French Late 20th Century Louis XVI Period Mounted Cabinet Vitrine
Located in Miami, FL
An extremely high quality and elegant French late 19th century Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu-mounted cabinet vitrine which is finished on all sides. The cabinet is raised by t...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Cherry
Unusual Empire Style Bookcase, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Quirky and unusual Empire style breakfront bookcase, the wood painted with a faux bois trompe l'oeil, and decorated with plaster moldings painted gold....
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Antique Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Empire style mahogany desk with gilt bronze mounts, circa 1890-1910. This desk has very fine quality gilt bronze mounts.
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Early 1900s European Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
French Empire Bookcase in Walnut
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early 19th century French provincial biblioteque in walnut, with upper case with adjustable shelves and wire-grill doors over a lower pair of paneled cabinet doors, circa 1810.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Empire Armoire, Walnut Veneer, Full Columns, Brass, Vienna, circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant large Empire or early Biedermeier armoire with original brass hardware and gorgeous walnut veneer.
The armoire has a beautiful book-matched walnut veneer and is shellac hand-polished (French Polish). The doors inside are counter veneered in cherry wood.
Two ebonized full-columns with corinthian brass...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan leather writing surface, an interior...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Antique 1820 Italy Column Pillar Pedestal Painted Wood Storage Cabinet
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant and unusual Italien painted beech wood cabinet has retained it's original painted decoration.
This extravagant piece of furniture shows all the characteristics of late ...
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1820s Italian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Beech
19th Century Germany Empire Wood Lacquered Wall Open Library, 1800s
Located in Roma, RM
Rare piece of furniture of German origin, from the early Empire, in excellent state of conservation, but to be restored, completely removable is a bookcase that will then have to be ...
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Early 1800s German Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Danish 19th Century Empire Mahogany Commode
Located in Kastrup, DK
Danish Empire commode made in Regency style. Unique, probably made to order.
Cuba mahogany with gorgeous color and grain and beautiful patina. Original fittings. 5 drawers. High-qua...
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Early 19th Century Danish Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Early 19th Century French Empire "Bureau a Gradin" Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The rectangular superstructure centred by two drawers above two shelves, flanked by an pair of cupboard doors flanked and separated by patinated and gilt bronze caryatids, the lower part with a leather lined writing slide above three drawers around a slight kneehole each side fitted with a writing slide raised on square supports joined by stretchers and fitted at the front with painted and parcel gilt wood female torsos...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
19th Century Birch and Morocco Leather Pedestal Desk in the French Empire Manner
Located in London, GB
A pedestal desk in the French Empire manner
of freestanding breakfront form with everted angles, constructed in birchwood, and burr birchwood, having bronze accents drawn from the...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Empire Dutch Mahogany Inlay Chest of Drawers, 1820s
Located in Roma, RM
Dutch Chest of drawers, full Empire era, first half of the 19th century, in mahogany and inlaid with wood of fruit.
In good condition, it needs restoration. Beautiful proportions, s...
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1810s Dutch Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Antique 1810 France Cast Iron Bookcase Shelves Flowers
Located in Munich, DE
Charming and elegant shelves made out of cast iron. The front of this slim piece of furniture and the struts are decorated with flowers.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Iron
Pair of Empire Étagères
Located in New York, NY
Rouge Royal marble tops with two toned mahogany (the mahogany originally bleached to create this contrast) and brass mouldings.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Flame Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Commode with Rouge Griotte By Molitor
By Molitor
Located in Stamford, CT
A superbly crafted French Empire commode with Rouge Griotte marble top by Molitor. A pair of these commodes were acquired by King Jerome between 1809 and 1812 and listed in the i...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
19th Century Original Rare British Dinning Room Set with 12 Chairs, Satin Wood
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Individual items are not for sale separately.
A very popular supplier and manufacturer of furniture, Maple & Co.
It is a perfect example of the English aristocracy and is still in great demand.
The whole set is remarkable in that it has been kept intact this entire time, including the original 12 chairs at the table.
The table has a rare unfolding system with two double action screw table expanders. One person alone can easily unfold the table by turning the handle.
The system is patented by the company Joseph Fitter...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Leather, Upholstery, Satinwood, Lacquer
Late Empire French Walnut Chest of Drawers with Bronze Handles
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Frenc...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Low Table Cabinet
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Mid-20th century low table cabinet.
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Mid-20th Century English Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Large Early 19th Century Italian Empire Walnut Commodes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of large early 19th century Italian Empire walnut commodes with ebonized columns, bronze doré hardware, and three drawers.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Impressive Empire Style Buffet by Maison Krieger
Located in London, GB
Impressive Empire style buffet by Maison Krieger
French, circa 1900
Measures: Height 199cm, width 217cm, depth 66cm
This magnificent Empire style c...
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Early 1900s French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Antique French Empire Vitrine or Display Cabinet, circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental 19th century French Empire black lacquered vitrine or display cabinet. The shaped bonnet with intricate doré bronze appointments above...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Pair of Early 19th Century French Boulle Cabinets
By Etienne Levasseur
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An important pair of early 19th century French cabinets, almost certainly made by Pierre-Étienne Levasseur.
gilt bronze mounted ebony and ebonised, cut-brass, pewter and faux tortoiseshell marquetry cabinets in the Boulle style. The rectangular top with brass-mounted rim over decorated ormolu frieze above four reeded brass inlaid pillars with brass capitals, the exceptional centre door profusely decorated with ormolu scrolls and head mounts, flanked by two glazed doors decorated in red boulle and silver inlay, the interiors fitted with shelves, the base with four Bacchic masks terminating on turned tapering toupie ormolu-mounted feet.
Provenance: Kilkenny Castle, Ireland. Purchased new by either, Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond, (2nd creation in the Irish Peerage, 1770-1820) or James Butler...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Large Empire Danish Glass Cabinet, Bookcase in Mahogany with Bronze Details
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant late Empire 4 doors glass and wood cabinet, bookcase in mahogany.
Pair of locking paned glass doors sitting atop pair of locking wood d...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the top with ornate mounts, above a fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior compri...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
French Empire Cuban Mahogany "Somno" Side Table, circa 1805
Located in London, GB
A beautiful "Somno" side table made of high quality Cuban mahogany with a grey marble top.
This French Empire piece dates from the early 19th century, circa 1805.
Meaning sleep in ...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant French Empire bureau-plat or partners desk, The top, inlaid with a center-star-motive and small decorations on each corner, above five drawers, the middle one opening from th...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Pedestal Desk in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
A fine French late 19th century mahogany and ormolu pedestal desk with tooled leather top in the Empire style, having nine drawers, one containing a locking secret compartment, with ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
19th Century Bronze Mounted French Empire Cabinet
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century French Empire cabinet with bronze mounts and leather top. 2 drawers over 2 door cabinet.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
French Empire Secretaire a Abattant with Cuban Acajou Mahogany
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This secretaire a abattant is the in French Empire style and is veneered in Cuban acajou mahogany, with bronze doré mounts and a gray Saint Anne marble top.
Dimensions Closed:
Height: 56.5 in. (143.51 cm)
Width: 38 in. (96.52 cm)
Depth: 15.75 in. (40.01 cm)
Overall Cabinet Depth with the slant-front opened is 33.75".
The desk top/slant opened is 21.38" deep.
The piece has three lower drawers which are lockable (key included) and the single hidden drawer at the top. The interior has five document and accessory storage drawers. The fall-front (which locks) retains its original tooled leather border (with a Greek-Key pattern) and a later replacement dark green felt.
The bronze doré mounts on the drawers are cornucopias which symbolize bounty. The fall-front has a mount with scrolling roses and foliage. There are two mounts with a male and female profile. The male has a baby owl on his helmet which symbolizes wisdom. And hanging from the females hair-band is a peacock which symbolizes the ability to see all.
The fall front desk can be considered the cousin of the secretary desk. Both have a main working surface or desktop which does double duty as a cover to seal up papers and other items located in small shelves or small drawers placed one on top of the other in front of the user. Thus, all working papers, documents and other items have to be stored before the desk is closed.
Unlike the secretary desk, the fall front desk's desktop panel is in a perfectly vertical position when in its closed position. Often, there are no additional shelves or drawers above the section which is enclosed by the desktop. Thus, the fall front desk is identical in shape to a Barguen~o desk which would have been placed on a Stand of drawers, or more precisely to the form known as Desk on a chest or as "chest-on chest".
The fall front desk is also called a drop front desk or drop-front desk, and sometimes also a drop lid desk...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Italian Empire Perspective Marquetry Commode, Circle of Giuseppe Maffezzoli
By Giovanni Battista Maffezzoli
Located in Troy, NY
The Commode of Rare Classical Neoclassical Form, with a beautiful warm color is a wonderful example of perspective marquetry, in the tradition of Giuseppe Maggiolini and his pupil Giovanni Maffezzoli; most likely made by Tommaso Pezzoni (who learned his trade in the workshop of Maffezzoli) in the early 19th century.
Inlaid top with a center-roundel showing a youth reclining on a chaise in front of a classical temple, above four drawers, the fronts forming an architectural, perspective scene showing buildings and ruins, fountains, sculptures and a boy resting on a toppled column accompanied by a playing dog, flanked by caryatids topped with gilt bronze classical heads and ending in gilt bronze feet. The sides featuring medallions with urns. Intricate inlaid borders framing each scene. Square inlaid block feet.
Constructed of solid walnut and inlaid with various exotic woods (including olive wood, boxwood, amaranth, palm wood).
For a very similar commode see: Enrico Colle, "Italian Empire Furniture...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Large Empire French Writing Desk with Embossed Brown Leather Top & Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed brown leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and three drawers.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Early 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Classic antique French Empire drop front "abattant" secretary desk made with magnificent high quality flame mahogany adorned with bronze doré mounts and its original gray marble top....
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
19th Century Wood and Gilded Bronzes France Empire Style Sideboard
Located in IT
19th century wood and gilded bronzes elegant France Empire style sideboard
Pair of columns on the front with golden bronze capital repres...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Porcelain, Wood
19th Century Desk, Antique Bonheur du Jour, Gamichon a Paris
By Jean-Baptiste Gamichon
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a French antique bonheur du jour by Jean-Baptiste Gamichon dating to circa 1810.
A piece for the connoisseur, rare and sought after,...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mirror, Mahogany
Empire Charles X Enfilade Boiserie Buffet Lavabo Alcove Fountain Cabinet Sink LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Empire Charles X Enfilade Boiserie buffet lavabo alcove fountain cabinet sink LA . Very important and large Enfilade De Boiserie buffet lavabo circa 1810 Empire Transition Charles X a great patron of the arts. Light colored woods, yellow or bleached were dominant. This piece is made of the Bois Clairs in warm blond tone typical of the period 1810-1830.
Wall paneling cabinets and a trumeau mirror at the center of the curve, in front of it a nicely carved stone Urn with sphere finial top creating a back splash of a Sink. A very elegant architectural element “La Haute Société ". Focal point of a grand room. These pieces make for a truly special interior to any residence. Antique Dealer Los Angeles CA Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd . Two very large wall mount cabinets with very large doors and original hardware hinges, keys and locks, interior of each cabinet with 3 dividers that makes 4 compartments, a great space to store your dinner service, your porcelain, wine, your glassware etc. Painted a beautiful light green on the interior.
A very large marble hand carved Urn, on a pedestal and the Swan Fountain...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
19th Century Italian Empire Writing Table in Mahogany with Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome Italian Empire desk or sofa table in mahogany with fold-down leaves, and resting over trestle base with splayed legs ending in carved li...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany, Satinwood
Walnut and Gray Marble Empire Console, circa 1880
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Walnut and gray marble Empire console, circa 1880. Carved legs with leaf curved design on front legs and reeded legs in back.
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Late 19th Century Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
18th Century Empire Secretary Veneered with Mahogany
Located in Opole, PL
We present you an antique piece of furniture covered with mahogany veneer with beautiful grain. It is topped with a green marble board.
The whole is dated the turn of the 18th and th...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
Russian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Russian (18th Century) mahogany secretary bookcase with brass gallery pediment and trim with 2 front doors revealing 3 drawers and shelves ...
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Late 18th Century Russian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Empire Secretaire, Vienna, circa 1810
Located in Greding, DE
Viennese secretaire on square pointed feet with bronze sabots. The body with beveled corners has a two-door base, a writing flap with central lock and one top drawer. The front side ...
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1810s Austrian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
French Empire Style Mahogany Chest with Green Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (20th Century) mahogany chest with 4 drawers and green marble top with gilt bronze handles and trim
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20th Century Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
French Empire Style Commode "Chiffonnier"
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French Empire ctyle commode "Chiffonnier".
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Early 20th Century French Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan lea...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Austrian 18th Century Empire Style Two Doors Larch Wood Armoire Wardrobe Cabinet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Precious and original larch wood wardrobe, convertible into a bookcase, with two doors in the Austrian Empire style of the 18th century
The wardrobe, all in larch wood, is all origi...
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Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass, Other
Empire Fall Top Desk, France, 1810
Located in Belmont, MA
Introducing a remarkable Empire Fall Top Desk, hailing from France during the period of 1800-1810. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this magn...
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Early 1800s European Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
American Empire Gothic Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in New York, NY
American Empire Gothic design mahogany dressing table on carved pedestal base with mirror and drawers.
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20th Century American Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
French Empire Period Mahogany, Marble and Gilt Bronze Cabinet
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mahogany cabinet was crafted in France in the early 19th century, when Napoleon Bonaparte was Emperor (1804-1814,15). The cabinet features a wide rectangular body, top...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
19th Century Danish Mahogany Empire Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
A remarkably elegant 19th century Empire cabinet that features beautiful crotch mahogany veneer. A drawer above one door that encloses three stationary shelves as well as a drawer be...
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1820s Danish Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
French Empire Style 19th Century Mahogany Etagere
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany etagere with bronze trim and shaped back rail above shelves with lyre form sides.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Empire case pieces and storage cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
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