Vintage Demilune Bombay Entry Console Chest Dresser Nighstand Commode

2 mid century cast iron and glass demilune console tables. Featuring scrolled iron bases and heavy glass tops. Bases finished in a lime green. Measure: Base - 26.5" x 16" x 28" H...

Vintage Southwestern style demilune console or entry table. Features a half round shape with geometric mosaic tiled stone top and scrolled iron base. ...

Pair of two Maitland Smith Poise Chiffonier sideboard cabinets, console tables or commodes featuring demilune / half round form with upper drawer, lower cabinet and textured hand pai...

A fine and impressive authentic Hepplewhite period console table, circa 1790s. Made from "Plum Pudding" Mahogany with a demilune, crescent or half moon form. Perfect for use as an en...

"Exquisite Antique pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty late 18th Century Half Moon or crescent shaped center entry console tables. Each console is made of elm featuring demilune form with t...

A rare and impressive commode by Harold Ionson. Made of birdseye maple, satinwood and Honduras mahogany, featuring a half round / bow front with four drawers, two side cabinets, brass paw / claw feet and superb sunburst / starburst top with nautical sea shell and cartouche theme. Includes silverware insert by EJ Victor. A total of nine of these Reproductions from the original were made over the course of a decade by Ionson and team. And although nearly 200 years separate the pieces, Thomas Seymour’s (1771–1848) demilune commode in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and its modern-day re-creation by Harold Ionson can each deservedly be deemed masterworks of the highest order. Over the past twelve years, Ionson—perhaps the last of the Colonial Revival craftsmen who trained in the 1930s—has made nine re-creations of the original Federal commode made by Seymour in 1809. “I always loved the piece,” says Ionson, “but the museum wasn’t selling.” His admiration led to hours of thorough study of the museum’s commode. He observed every nuance of its design, then made sketches and even casts of details before embarking on his own version. “The most difficult part was finding the right figures for the veneers,” says Ionson, “but I found superb quilted bird’s-eye maple, satinwood, and Honduras mahogany.” Ionson achieved such a sublime work of craftsmanship because he had few constraints. Unlike Seymour, Ionson possessed the luxury of time, modern machinery, and a greater selection of available woods (except ash). The work of both men, however, is distinguished by ingenuity and skill. Part of the challenge of the re-creation was to figure out just how Seymour made the piece, maintain its artistic integrity, and keep to the original’s exact measurements. The execution of the commodes took barely 10 percent of Ionson’s time; mostly he planned, designed, and invented needed tools for precise fabrication, such as a hand-built jig. The top of the re-created commode features a sunburst of alternating mahogany and satinwood veneers emanating from a lunette of shells painted in oil by Jonathan L. Fairbanks, curator emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fairbanks replicated the original by John Ritto Penniman (1782–1841). Courtesy of Harold Ionson. Ionson thought of everything—from humidity’s effects on structural stresses to drawers popping open—when he considered innovations to the commode’s construction. His additions to the original design include hickory spring...

A fine pair of Russian neoclassical pedestal style demilune end tables or nightstand / commodes. Each of these custom quality demilunes a...

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Beautiful 1970 chest and drawers hand crafted and carved from wood, probably Olive wood Venere top and three sides. The chest Has two large drawers a...

Whimsical Bombay style 4 drawer chest commode in an amazing chartreuse lacquer. Ample storage and stylish cabriolet design legs and overall curvy shape.

Bombay painted dresser chest of drawers.