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Item Ships From: England
Swedish mid 20th century elm and burr fitted chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish mid 20th century elm and burr fitted chest of drawers circa 1960.
Stunning chest of drawers with fitted side compartments. Veneered in rich elm with 3 central graduating dr...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Walnut, Pine
Large 19thC Mahogany Museum Bank of Drawers Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1867
Large 19thC Mahogany Museum bank of drawers cabinet with original hardware
Provenance: The British Museum - London
Exceptional patination and colour.
Measures: W 240 x...
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1860s English Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$11,868 Sale Price
20% Off
Empire period ebonised commode
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Fab early 19th century Empire 3 drawer marble topped commode
French circa 1820's with original marble top
3 deep drawers , carved hairy paw feet
Height 89 cms or 35 inches
Wi...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Sapele Wood
Mid 20th century Scandinavian modern mahogany chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century Scandinavian modern mahogany chest of drawers circa 1950.
Stunning shaped chest of drawers very much in the art deco taste. 2 drawers below the top with a further ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Teak
Pellicano Chest Of Drawers
By Vittorio Introini
Located in London, GB
Iconic and rare chest of drawers from the 'Pellicano' series by Vittorio Introini for Saporiti Italia, circa 1960. A standout example of Italian modernism, featuring its original whi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pierre Colleu "Mickey Mouse" Plywood and Plastic Chest of Drawers, France, 1980s
By Starform, Pierre Colleu 1
Located in London, GB
A rare Pierre Colleu "Mickey Mouse" Plywood and Plastic Chest of Drawers, France, 1980s by Starform.
This piece is in very good vintage condition, featuring 4 drawers and makers ma...
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Late 20th Century French Modern England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic, Plywood
17th Century William & Mary Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A superb quality English William & Mary walnut and burr inlay chest of drawers, dating to the late 17th century (circa 1690s), beautifully inlaid throughout with geometric designs. T...
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17th Century British William and Mary Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Commodes by Zignago and Picasso
By Zignago & Picasso
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A good and unusual pair of bird’s-eye maple commodes by Zignago & Picasso, each of rectangular form with cut corners and four drawers, with the original grey marbles set into the top...
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1880s English Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birdseye Maple
$30,179 / item
Satinwood Sheraton Revival Breakfront Marquetry Commode
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Exceptional Edwardian Satinwood Commode, Reproducing Thomas Chippendale’s Piece-Known as the Diana and Minerva Commode-Supplied to the Lascelles Family at Harewood House
A satinwood Sheraton Revival breakfront marquetry commode, the shaped marble top above one long drawer flanked by two concave drawers decorated with inlaid festoons, all above a recessed, arched central drawer and concave side-cupboard doors, decorated in fruitwood and hardwood marquetry with crossbanding, bellflower garlands and classical motifs centred on roundels depicting Diane and Minerva with mother-pearl and bone detailing, applied with ormolu mounts and raised on six carved square-section legs, the locks on one drawer marked ‘Hobbs & Co’. English, circa 1900.
Ivory reference number: A89CGW1D
Published: Christopher Payne, ‘British Furniture 1820-1920: The Luxury Market.’ Woodbridge, 2023, p. 436, pl. 8.89.
Acknowledged as one of Chippendale’s finest documented pieces, the Diana and Minerva commode was supplied for the State Bedroom at Harewood House in 1773.
Our example faithfully reproduces the spirit and decorative impact of Chippendale’s original-including the wonderful inlaid ivory panels-whilst adding a very practical marble top.
For a very similar commode see the 1900 painting ‘Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell and Family’ by John Singer Sargent. The locksmiths’ company of Hobbs & Co of London was actually founded by an American salesman and inventor for Jones & Newell of New York. Boston born Alfred Charles Hobbs (1812-1891) created quite a stir at the Great Exhibition of 1851 when he picked the ‘impregnable’ locks of both Bramah and Chubb! Making the most of his fame, he registered his own company, Hobbs and Co...
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Early 1900s English Sheraton Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Fantastic Pair Burr Walnut Chests of Drawers
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very good pair of Queen Anne style serpentine four drawers chests of drawers with brushing slides, brass handles, working keys, standing on bracket feet, excellent colour and condi...
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Early 20th Century English Queen Anne England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Burl
Mid 20th century Scandinavian tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century palisander tall chest of drawers circa 1960.
Good quality scandinavian tall chest of drawers. 6 equal sized drawers with fitted solid handles, top drawer fitted wi...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Palisander
Tall Slim French Art Deco Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Art Deco Chest of Drawers
A stunning chest of drawers that perfectly embodies the elegance and craftsmanship of French design from the 1920s. This exquisite piece, meticulously craft...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique Personal Bedside Nightstand, English Jardiniere Stand, Victorian, C.1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique personal bedside nightstand. An English, flame mahogany and marble overnight valet or jardiniere stand, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860.
Striking col...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Commode
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
Charming 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Crossbow Commode
This mid-18th-century walnut French provincial commode from the Louis XV period is a stunning piece. It features three ...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Korean Elm Coffee Table with Lots of Drawers, Late 19th Century
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London are delighted to offer for sale this beautiful late 19th-century Korean elm coffee table with lots of drawers.
This is a very wel...
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Late 19th Century Korean Qing Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
Art Deco English 1930's Figured Walnut Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish Art Deco walnut chest of drawers originating from England and dating to the 1930's. It has stunning walnut veneers and great original Art Deco handles in chrome and black bakelite. Great stepped design to the stepped ebonized plinth...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Chrome
Rare Queen Anne Chinoiserie Japanned Chest On Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
A sophisticated Queen Anne-period chinoiserie japanned chest raised on elegant cabriole legs with 'pony foot' carved detailing.
This early-18th century chest on stand demonstrates the charming and highly fashionable English domestic interpretation of oriental scenes of pagodas, rockwork, trees, ornamental bridges, mythical birds, and figures dressed in the oriental manner, holding parasols and cavorting in gardens. All in remarkable condition having survived some three hundred years. Chests on cabriole supports of this form were also very much in fashion in the American colonies during this early Queen Anne-period (1702-1714). Sometimes erroneously referred to as ‘'lacquer''.
The fashion icon Coco Chanel furnished her exquisite Paris apartments largely in the European chinoiserie taste.
References:
V & A Museum, London - The development of English black japanning 1620-1820.
Literature and further reading:
John Stalker and George Parker...
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18th Century English Queen Anne Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer
19th century empire revival birch chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century empire revival birch chest of drawers circa 1890.
Fine quality Swedish birch chest of drawers in the empire taste. Presented in it's original condition.
Rectangular to...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Revival Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
English Regency Painted Pine Chest Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1810
English Regency Painted Pine Chest Drawers
sku 1304B
W108 x D52 x H73
Weight 22 kg
Category
19th Century Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Rare 17th Century English Marquetry Chest of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Rare 17th Century English Walnut and Marquetry Chest of Drawers in Excellent Original Condition.
Made at the end of the 17th century during the William and Mary period in England....
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17th Century Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Outstanding Original George I Antique Quality Figured Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding original George I antique quality figured walnut chest of drawers having a quality quarter figured walnut veneered top with herringbone inlay and a moulded edge above two...
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1720s English George I Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Monumental English Ebonised Pine Glazed Haberdashery Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1900
Monumental English Ebonised Pine Glazed Haberdashery Drawers
sku 1864
W278 x D43 x H109 cm
Weight 130 kg
Category
20th Century England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Vintage Pair of Wide Burr & Burl Yew Wood Side Table Sized Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of larger than normal Burr & Burl yew wood bedside / side table sized chests of drawers
A good looking well made and utilitaria...
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20th Century English Country England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Yew
18th century painted oak Scandinavian baroque chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century painted oak Scandinavian baroque revival chest of drawers circa 1790.
Made from solid oak this 4 drawer commode offers generous proportions.
4 shaped drawers with orna...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Period Rococo Swedish Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period Rococo serpentine front commode with three removal drawers on the top.
Featuring original brass hardware with a stamp on the back, a sign of quality furniture, Stockholm ma...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine Victorian Mahogany fitted 30 drawer Coin Collectors Chest
By King & Sons
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Victorian Mahogany fitted 30 drawer Coin Collectors Chest
Cornice Carved with Scottish Thistle & Leaf decoration.
Beaded Detail Beneath,
2 Doors with ...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$4,877 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid century small mulberry bombe chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
1950's small mulberry bombe shaped commode chest of drawers circa 1960.
Rococo revival chest of small proportions.
Petit scandinavian commode circa 1960. Made in beautiful mulberry...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Baroque England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
An architectural Italian 1950s four drawers commode
Located in London, GB
An amazing Italian architectural commode in chestnut and cherrywood finish. Beautiful details to the front with four full size drawers commode. Italy C1950
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Chestnut
A fine Georgian walnut miniature chest of drawers
Located in London, GB
A fine Georgian Walnut miniature chest of drawers with tulipwood banding and hand made period brass handles, on bracket feet.
Category
1810s British Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Handcrafted Drawer Table, Walnut & Oak
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Totally hand-crafted American black walnut drawer tables. These are constructed from the finest American black walnut with the inner traditionally dovetailed jointed drawer in prime ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$5,189 / item
Antique 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Tallboy Chest on Chest of Drawers Elegant
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Tallboy Chest on Chest of Drawers – a beautifully crafted piece that has been historically restored to a high standard.
This lovely chest featur...
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19th Century Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
$2,840 Sale Price
30% Off
Swedish, Gustavian Chest Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1820.
Swedish Gustavian chest drawers.
Sku 1379.
Measures: W 105 x D 49 x H 82cm.
Category
19th Century Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
$6,497 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful early 19th century French painted commode with a distressed soft salmon pink paint finish. 1820.
Code: 8576
Dimensions:
W: 43....
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Early 19th Century French Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Early 20th century apothecary fruitwood tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century apothecary fruitwood tall chest of drawers circa 1930.
Unusual and rare piece of apothecary furniture, offering maximum storage using the minimum of space.
Recen...
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Mid-20th Century English Edwardian England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Regency Nightstands Mahogany Beside Chests Three Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing an elegant pair of Regency manner bedside chests
Hand crafted from flame mahogany with sumptuous patina
Features a satinwood trim around the drawers and to the top wh...
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1980s Regency Vintage England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Large French Oak Haberdashery Drawers / Cabinet / Console
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1940
Large French Oak Haberdashery Drawers / Cabinet / Console
sku 1382E
Price is each x 5 available
W216 x D32 x H86 cm.
Weight 80 kg
Category
20th Century England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
$9,700 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century William and Mary Blond Olive Oyster Chest of drawers, Circa 1690.
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare Blond Olive Oyster William and Mary Chest of Drawers, Circa 1690, England.
This exceptional chest of drawers is constructed from hand-cut oysters of horizontally sliced oliv...
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17th Century British William and Mary Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Boxwood, Oak, Olive, Holly
Dutch Marquetry Vitrine on Chest Early 18th Century Transitional
Located in London, by appointment only
An 18th century Flemish marquetry vitrine on chest, the shaped crest centred by a finial above two glazed doors opening to a shelved cupboard, the vitrine sits on a serpentine chest ...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Italian Red Lacquer Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
A superb Italian decorative commode composing of three long drawers of broken fronted design, set on elegantly shaped legs, the red lacquer finish is of a distressed look and has exc...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paint
George III Oak Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Georgian oak and fruitwood crossbanded chest on chest, with a moulded cornice and patera inlaid reeded frieze, having two short over over six graduated dra...
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18th Century English Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Outstanding Quality Burr Walnut Chest of Four Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian outstanding quality burr walnut chest of four drawers having a superior quality burr walnut top above four burr walnut drawers with a moulded edge, original pretty ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Serpentine Chest
Located in Faversham, GB
A fabulous 18th century Gustavian serpentine chest of arc-en-arbelet form.
The generous molded top leads to three deep and wide graduating each with moldings to the surrounds.
Eac...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine, Paint
$4,221 Sale Price
43% Off
Antique Lacquered Chinoiserie Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique lacquered chinoiserie chest of drawers. This was made in England, it dates from the 1900-10 period.
It is of wonderful quality and is a very useful size, offering...
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Early 1900s British Chinoiserie Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
VINTAGE GEORGIAN STYLE TALLBOY WITH 6 DRAWERS WiTH LOTS OF STORAGE SPACE
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Vintage Georgian-style Tallboy With 6 Drawers.
This offers timeless elegance and generous storage capacity. This tallboy is inspired by the...
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20th Century British England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Georgian Bow Front Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Very good green painted Georgian bow fronted four drawer chest, oval plate handles, crossbanded and tram lined, standing on bracket feet, in overall...
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18th Century European George III Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Large Handcrafted English Oak End Table Drawers
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
A variation, in much larger proportions, of our handcrafted modernist nightstands or end table drawers. The main upper box is detailed with exposed hand-cut dovetail jointing and con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
$5,121 / item
Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Side Cabinets with Brass Lattice Fronts
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Pair of Exquisite Regency Period Mahogany Side Cabinets with Decorative Brass Lattice Fronts
Internal measurements
Depth of shelf 24cm
Internal Cabinet Height 77cm
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19th Century British Regency Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th Century Burr Walnut Wellington Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 19th Century Burr Walnut Wellington Chest, Having Superbly Figured Veneers Throughout, The Rectangular Top Over Seven Drawers With Mostly Original Turned Wooden K...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$5,880 Sale Price
30% Off
Georgian Chest on Chest Tall Boy Mahogany 1800
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous Georgian chest on chest
Mahogany serpentine tall boy or chest on chest
Original ring handles in top quality finish
Nine ...
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Early 1800s Georgian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Attractive Late 18th Century French Provincial Louis XVI Walnut Commode.
Standing on tapering square sectioned feet, and is of typical Louis XVI rectilinear form, its straight li...
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Late 18th Century Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Black Lacquered Five Section Stacking Chest
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Exquisite Chinese black lacquered five section stacking chest with stunning figural decorative scenes.
More modern Chinese furniture devel...
Category
19th Century Chinese Han Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer, Paint
$2,845 Sale Price
65% Off
Tall Vintage Trunk Stand, English, Hand-Painted Pine, Suitcase Chest of Drawers
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage trunk stand. An English, hand-painted pine suitcase chest of drawers, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Full of cha...
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Late 20th Century British England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
19th Century mahogany and brass tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century directoire influenced mahogany tall chest of drawers, circa 1890.
Fine quality tall chest in the directoire style. Fitted with 6 drawers of equal proportions and detail...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut and Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A walnut and burr walnut chest of drawers with ormolu mounts and locking pilaster, six graduating drawers.
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Large 18th Century Flemish Serpentine Bleached Oak Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Large early 18th Century Régence period Flemish four drawer commode.With beautiful hand carved detail to the serpentine front with original brass fittings. Circa 1715.
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Early 18th Century Belgian Louis XIV Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Original Painted Marble Topped Chest of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A charming and original late 18th Century Italian chest of drawers.
In original paint and retaining its original marble top and hardware. Composed of two short drawers over two long,...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Modernist Oak Vanity Chest or Desk
By Olholm Mobelfabrik
Located in London, GB
A slick and multifunctional Scandinavian modernist piece of furniture. Oak exterior with slight limed white finish. Wonderful long sweeping curve recessed handles. Various practical uses - drawer storage, slide out desk and/or vanity unit with mirror...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 19th century French painted three drawer commode. 1890.
Internal reference: H
Code: 8889
Dimensions:
W: 39.5" (100.3 cm)
H: 31.5" (80 cm)
D: 20" (50.8 cm)
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19th Century French Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak, Pine
Small Size 18th Century Gustavian Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian commode.
For those sourcing a decorative commode to fit that smaller space, this is the piece.
Small decorative and functional storage with three ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Commode after the Model by Leleu by François Linke, circa 1910
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted commode, after the model by Jean-Francois Leleu by François Linke.
French, circa 1910.
Linke index number: 1127.
Linke title: 'Commode Louis XVI, Bois d'amarante et de rose.'
Signed ‘Linke’ to the right-hand side chute.
This distinguished commode is quarter veneered in mahogany with bois de violette banding and boxwood stringing. It is furnished with finely cast gilt-bronze mounts and surmounted by a brèche violette marble top.
It appears that Linke bought the rights to make this commode from the Vente Cueunières in 1902, although there is no trace of it being made by him until the summer of 1908 and there is no entry in the Blue Daybooks for this model. The green registres have two pages devoted to the making of the commodes, the first at a cost of 1,540 and 40 centimes, with eight more made in the intervening years, the last, a pair, in 1927 with the cost price escalating to 8,529 francs. The registre is not entirely clear, but it appears that Clément Linke, father and son, made the locks for this model. The cabinetmaking was exclusively by Guntren who took 496 hours per commode, paid 85 centimes in 1908 rising to 5 francs 75 cents for the last pair. Linke priced this commode at 3,000 French francs, noting in his book 'original est de Leleu est à Trianon.'
The original commode by Leleu, on loan from the Petit Trianon, is shown in a line engraving in the retrospective part of the Exposition de l' Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1882, De Champeau & Others, 'Les arts du bois,' pub. Quantin, 1883, p. 80. The commode entered the Petit Trianon in 1867 on the occasion of an earlier exhibition dedicated to the memory of Marie-Antoinette, organised under the patronage of the Empress Eugénie.
Jean-François Leleu
A pupil and later collaborator with Jean-François Oeben, Jean-François Leleu became maître on the latter’s death in 1763. His work can be divided into two concurrent but distinct styles: the first owing more to the legacy of Oeben, being of large, solid forms, more noble in style; the second, although retaining the clean, definite lines of the first, being an exercise in elegance and understatement. It is this second style for which Leleu is chiefly remembered and which the present commode, with its lightly bombé form and restrained frieze mounts, is a principal example.
Literature:
Payne, Christopher. François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, (woodbridge, UK), 2003; p. 502, for the black and white cliché of index number 1127
Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions, Antique Collectors club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; p. 298 - 300.
Pradère, Alexandre. French Furniture Makers; p. 340, fig. 398; and P.
Arizzoli-Clementel. Versailles Furniture...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI England - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
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