Manhattan - Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Pair of French antique style marble-top chests with a white painted finish. Each chest have four pull out drawers, marble tops with gold handles and feet.

The tables can also be used as nightstand piece.  

This mahogany commode has the fluted rails and canted corners typical of case furniture made along the coasts of the Baltic and North Seas around 1800. More difficult to pinpoint, however, is the exact place of its making, since this geographical region stretches from Germany to Russia, and north from Poland to Scandinavia. That said, a strikingly similar, if slightly plainer commode in a private German collection bears an old paper label that identifies it as having been made in the city of Altona. It also bears the seal of King Christian VII of Denmark who reigned until 1808. At the time, Altona was in the independent Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, located between Denmark and Prussia. Both nations tried to annex the Duchy, and in 1848 it was ceded to Prussia, which became part of Germany in 1871. A North Sea port, Altona was a member of the Hanseatic League, an association of seaports that was established in the 14th century to foster trade and police the high seas. Around 1800, the aforementioned King Christian of Denmark, who was also the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, allowed Jews to freely settle in Altona to increase the tax base. This allowed them to conduct business in neighboring Hamburg, a larger financial hub that maintained quotas. The prosperous Jewish families of Altona built villas there, and decorated them with furnishings that were made locally and imported. Many of those makers owned copies of furniture-pattern books, which were widely disseminated among these seaports, accounting for the difficulty in determining if a piece was made in Altona, Stockholm, or St. Petersburg. We can’t trace our commode to a Danish king or a known Altona merchant, but we can link it to the New World empire builders...

Long chest of drawers model #184 in white lacquer with iconic engraved brass flower hardware on a dark mahogany base by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1950's (sign...

Chest of drawers by Hervé Baley, c.1991-1996. Made of Oregon pine on structured wood.

Beautiful tall chest in teak by Danish master Børge Mogensen. Designed for P. Lauritsen in Denmark, circa 1960. Inset drawer pulls in brass. Interior and drawers in combed oak. Measu...