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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
19th Century English Marquetry Side Cabinet in the Neoclassical Style
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Decorative Side Cabinet in the Hepplewhite Manner
Constructed in goncalo alves, with satinwood crossbanding and specimen woods used in the inlays; of serpentine form, ris...
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19th Century British Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Satinwood
Hardwood Campaign Brass Bound Chest of Two Short and Two Long Drawers
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Early 20th century hardwood campaign brass bound chest of two short and two long drawers with sunken brass handles, raised upon out swept feet.
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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 United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century Carved Ash Dutch Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Hastings, GB
A glorious deeply carved chest of drawers from the Netherlands, late 18th century of Ash and Oak construction, the beautiful serpentine drawers with detailed cast ormolu mounts and d...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Chinese Carved Camphor Chest Luggage Trunk Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Hand carved Chinese camphor chest or box
Very intricately carved details on all surfaces
Would make for a great decorative piece or even as a coffee table
In the 18th and 19th centur...
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18th Century Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique Oak Chest Of Drawers
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Jacobean Style Chest Of Drawers.
A handsome and nicely proportioned Jacobean style antique oak chest of drawers raised on four castors. The graduatin...
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Early 19th Century British Jacobean Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Small Georgian mahogany secretaire chest of drawers
Located in Batley, GB
A compact Georgian mahogany secretaire chest of drawers. Retaining its original brass hardware and with a nice rich colour. In good country house condition.
Category
1780s British Georgian Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Oak Chest of Drawers by Gordon Russell, England circa 1930
By Gordon Russell
Located in Knutsford, GB
Rare and Early “Stow” Oak Chest of Drawers by Gordon Russell, England circa 1930
Oak D shaped handles.
105 cm high x 102 cm wide x 54 cm deep.
Category
1930s European Arts and Crafts Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique Chinese Hardwood Bedside / Side Cabinets
Located in London, GB
A wonderful pair of antique Chinese hardwood bedside / side cabinets. They were made in China and likely date from around the 1890-1910 period.
They are very well made and are a ver...
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1890s Chinese Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Commode Minature Long Walnut Maltese Cross Ebonised Fruitwoo
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptionally rare, museum quality Maltese, Neoclassical walnut chest of drawers with ebonised & fruitwood inlaid maltese cross on the top and drawer fronts
Maltese furniture of this period is exceptional reflecting the status and affluence of the island.
Given the size of the island relatively little Maltese furniture was made in comparison to Europe & American mainland.
Minature furniture is rare made either as a model or an apprentice's piece so it is extremely rare to find a minature piece from Malta bearing the Maltese cross.
This minature commode is highly original with beautiful proportions, ornamentation and patination.
The 'H' shaped top with a large centered inlaid Maltese Cross and a border of stringing. The breakfront fitted with three drawers each with stringing and inlaid six point stars centrally positioned behind the wooden knobs. The uprights with two continuous vertical bands of stringing ebonised and fruitwood from the top to the bottom of the drawers in walnut to match the front of the chest and then reverting to ebonising and fruitwood down the feet. Terminating in tapering feet. The panelled sides with a repeat of the double banding on the uprights and rectangular borders within the panels. The oak lined drawers with the original 18th century blue paper lining.
Measures: length 27 cm 10 1/2", height 24 cm 9 1/2", depth 20 cm 8".
Maltese Cross:
The Maltese cross is a symbol that is most commonly associated with the Knights of Malta (also known as the Knights Hospitallers...
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18th Century Maltese Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Antique Regency 1810 Hardwood & Leather Library Steps Internal Storage & Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Regency mahogany library steps with green leather tops, single drawer and top storage
A very good looking and well made ...
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1810s English Regency Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$2,701 Sale Price
30% Off
Maples Mahogany Chest of Drawers
By Maple & Co.
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5220 Edwardian mahogany tall chest of drawers by Maples, having figured top with moulded edge above five, mahogany lined, fielded and graduated ...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$3,028 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century shaped front oak chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century shaped front oak chest of drawers circa 1880.
Dutch shaped oak chest of drawers commode with its serpentine fronted commode very much in the dutch taste. 4 drawers with...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Baroque Revival Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Pretty Italian Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 19th C Italian two drawer commode with original paint finish and a faux marble top. 1860.
Reference: 8328
Dimensions
44.5 inches (113 cms) Wide
20.5 inches (52 cms) Deep
36....
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19th Century Italian Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Antique Pair Adam Revival Satinwood Side Cabinets Commodes 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique pair of Adam Revival two door satinwood side cabinets with beautiful hand painted floral decoration in the manner of Angelica Kauffman, dating from the late 19th century.
The tops beautifully decorated with a bouquet of flowers, each with a single frieze drawer above a pair of cupboard doors with painted musical trophies within oval panels.
The cabinets are elegantly raised on turned and tapering legs.
Add a touch of elegance to a special room in your home with this superb pair.
With working locks and keys.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 87 x Width 83 x Depth 41
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 10 inches x Width 2 foot, 9 inches x Depth 1 foot, 4 inches
Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807)
was a Swiss-born Austrian Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Though born as "Kauffmann", Kauffman is the preferred spelling of her name in English...
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1890s Adam Style Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Art Deco Impressive Walnut Chest Of Five Drawers, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very stylish and beautifully figured Walnut original Art Deco chest of drawers which dates to the 1930's. Five generously sized drawers which are venee...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bank Of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century bank of drawers from a French hardware store.
Pine construction with layers of original paint. With a shrinkage crack on the top of the piece.
Circa 1880.
Category
1880s Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
A Louis XV Style Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris
By Maxime Secretant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris.
Of bombé outshape with Portor marble top. The front with two deep drawers and applied with superb gilt-bronze foliate and rocaille mounts. The whole finished in exquisite black and gold Japanese lacquer depicting mountain landscapes and temples. Raised on cabriole legs.
Stamped with marque au fer ‘M. SECRETANT / 1918’ and with a fleur-de-lys within a shield. The mounts incised to the back ‘M.S.L.’ and numbered ‘2422, 2524, 2525, and 2528’.
France, Dated 1918.
This magnificent commode is a direct copy of a famous model in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Acquired by the museum in 1882, it forms part of the Jones Collection (inv. 1105-1882). Dated to 1760-1765, it is attributed to Bernard van Risenburgh...
Category
1910s French Louis XV Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Mid 20th century birch Scandinavian chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century birch Scandinavian chest of drawers circa 1960.
Here we have a practical piece of everyday furniture from the mid 20th Scandinavian modern period.
Slight over-sail...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
19th Century mahogany chest of drawers by Gillows
Located in Cheshire, GB
Early Victorian mahogany chest by John Barrow for Gillows. The rectangular well-figured top having a moulded edge, above three short and three long graduated drawers. All raised on t...
Category
19th Century British Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
$5,774 Sale Price
20% Off
Bow Front Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superior quality George III period flame figured mahogany chest of four graduated drawers of exceptional colour and beautifully figured surfaces. Standing on splayed feet with shap...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut 19th Century Wellington Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late 19th Century, Victorian Period, Walnut Wellington Chest Of Drawers, Having Seven Superbly Figured Drawers With Original Brass Swan Neck Handles, Enclosed By Hinged Locking Pilaster With Carved Decoration, Raised On Original Plinth Base.
The first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, commissioned the first chest of this type, i.e. a tall bank of drawers secured by hinged locking pilasters to take with him and carry around various battlefields and that is where the name wellington chest comes from. It is now used to refer to almost any tall, narrow antique chest...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$4,929 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century English Walnut Chest on Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Mid 18th Century English Walnut Tallboy or Chest on Chest of Glowing Colour.
This double chest of drawers, or tallboy, is veneered in walnut. It stands beautifully on original sha...
Category
18th Century Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Solid Mahogany Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5648 Antique solid mahogany, two part military chest of drawers, having figured mahogany top with brass bounds above two short and three long mahogany lined drawers, all fitted wit...
Category
19th Century British Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$6,337 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Apothecary Campaign 4 Drawer Brass Bound Chest with Hand Painted Front
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare Victorian Apothecary Military Campaign four drawer brass bound chest finished with tooled black leather
A Beautiful handcrafted Apothecary C...
Category
Late 19th Century English Campaign Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$3,412 Sale Price
46% Off
19thC French Printers Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1880
19thC French Printers Drawers with original hand painted numbers. Pine & Fruitwood.
Sourced from the South of France
Price is each x1...
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Late 19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Pine
$8,071 Sale Price / item
20% Off
19thC English Pine Haberdashery Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1890
19thC English Pine Haberdashery Drawers
sku 1862
W162 x D59 x H100 cm
Weight 76 kg
Category
19th Century Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Beech, Pine
19th Century Italian Rustic Chest of Drawers
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful 19th-century pine chest in a wonderful distressed white finish.
The cabinet features three long graduating drawers with faded gilt-coloured line decoration.
Each smooth...
Category
1870s Italian Baroque Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine, Paint
$2,979 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Danish Chest of Drawers
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful 18th C Danish 2 part painted oak serpentine chest of drawers. Great scale. 1760.
Reference: 8199
Dimensions
54.5 inches (138 cms) Wide
24.5 inches (62 cms) Deep
50.5 inch...
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18th Century Danish Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Victorian Teak Campaign Secretaire Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian teak campaign secretaire chest, the top drawer with a fall front opening to a fitted interior, above three further drawers below, each with inset...
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19th Century Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
English 1920s Painted Haberdashery Cabinet with Glass Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
English 1920s painted haberdashery cabinet with glass drawers,
circa 1920.
20 drawers with 16 of the drawers having glass fronts whilst the larger drawers at the base having solid f...
Category
Early 20th Century British United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century French Fruitwood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A French fruitwood three-drawer commode with bombe front and sides, circa 1820.
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XV Style Mahogany Coiffeuse Attributed to François Linke, French
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany Coiffeuse attributed to François Linke.
François Linke
François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
'Artona' Chest of Drawers by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, 1970s
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in London, England
For Maxalto
Layered wood sides cut to reveal ebonised layers and dot details, with leather-fronted drawers and pulls (leather pulls replaced).
This slender chest of drawers is a ...
Category
1970s European Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Bevan Funnell Reprodux Campaign Chest of Drawers Leather Top TV Stand
By Army & Navy CSL, Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely RRP £4500 Bevan Funnell Reprodux Military campaign desk of drawers with brass fittings and leather top designed to seat a TV.
A very...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Campaign United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$1,421 Sale Price
30% Off
Niels Clausen Pair of 1960 Rosewood Nightstands
By Niels Clausen
Located in London, England
Niels Clausen - Pair of Wide Nightstands, c1960s
A stunning pair of wide Rosewood bedside chests designed by lesser-known Danish cabinetmaker: Niels ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Flame Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique Flame Mahogany Chest on Chest
Item Code: 1268A
A handsome antique chest on chest in richly figured flame mahogany, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. This well-...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Ebonised Three Drawer Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Louis XV ebonised, three drawer commode.
With marble top and brass gallery.
France, Circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Filing Cabinet Drawers, Coffee Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Filing Cabinet Drawers, Coffee Table
This attractive Pine Filing Cabinet has 6 drawers, some of these have dividers inside, ...
Category
1920s Industrial Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Early 19th century channel island mahogany chest on chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century channel island mahogany chest on chest circa 1830.
Fine quality chest on chest from the channel islands, comprising of 2 sections. Cornice decorated with greek ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Japanese Wabi-Sabi Meiji Period Tansu Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
An unusually deep & heavy Meiji period tansu chest constructed from patinated stained elm timber with forged iron hardware. Two small hidden ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Italian Hand Painted Louis XV Style Bombe Chest, Circa Mid 1900's
Located in London, Park Royal
A characterful, Louis XV Style, Bombe Chest, circa 1940's from Italy. The piece is in its original hand-painted finish comprising of a yellow ocher main colour with a second grey/gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Chinoiserie lacquer commode, 18th Century Venetian style.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative and imposing early 18th Century Venetian, Red Chinoiserie lacquer bombe commode.
Having ebonized boarders with gilded scrolling foliate decoration surrounding inset...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine, Lacquer
George IV Solid Satinwood Silver Chest on Stand, England, circa 1820
Located in Worcester, GB
George IV Solid Satinwood Silver Chest on Stand, England, circa 1820
A fine George IV period silver chest in solid satinwood, England, circa 1820.
This elegant and well-proportioned...
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Early 19th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Parquetry Commode Commode with Marble Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Fine French Louis XVI Period Parquetry Commode with Unusual Oyster Veneered Decoration.
This fine commode is of typical Louis XVI form with chamfered angles, reflected in the shaping of the original white marble top, but otherwise rectangular in shape. The piece consists of three long drawers with original ormolu escutcheon plates and handles and a key. The commode is decorated entirely in parquetry in a range of woods such as kingwood and what appears to be olive wood or cocus. The top drawer front employs a simple repeating geometric relief but the other drawers, and the sides of the commode, employ panels of oyster veneered timber set in to geometric frames. Oyster veneering, or oystering, involves cutting through small branches or roots creating small oyster shell-like veneers and then inlaying them in decorative panels. The decoration on the this commode is abstract veneers of contrasting shapes, sizes and colours being laid next to each other in a pattern.
This extremely unusual commode...
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18th Century Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th Century English George III Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany chest of drawers, having an arrangement of four graduated drawers, each with brass handles. The chest stands on bracket feet and is in ...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Large Bank Of Hardware Drawers
Located in Ongar, GB
The most amazing set of drawers from a French hardware store. They have the most wonderful patina giving them a great look and character.
Made from pine, they are in good solid cond...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Bevan Funnell Military Campaign Chest of Drawers Leather Top TV Stand
By Harrods, Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely RRP £4500 Bevan Funnell Military Campaign desk of drawers with brass fittings and leather top designed to seat a TV
A very good look...
Category
20th Century English Campaign United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$1,753 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Bleached Serpentine Fronted Chest of Drawers, English C.1780
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful commode or chest of drawers.
Bleached and limed tropical hardwood.
Lovely shaped serpentine front
Veneered drawer fronts. Some historical small patches on the drawer fro...
Category
1780s English Baroque Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Regency Campaign Chest Military Furniture Mahogany 1810
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous two part military campaign chest on bun feet mahogany
Circa 1810
Classic campaign look with metal reinforced corners and original handles
Campaign furniture refers to portab...
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1810s Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Satinwood Commode Cabinet Painted Kaufman
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A Demilune satinwood commode painted the the Angelica Kaufman manner
circa 1930
Painted features include romantic scenes of young lovers.
Bought from a dealer on Rue de Rossiers at the Paris antiques...
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1930s Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Kai Kristiansen Model 385 Tallboy Chest, Rosewood
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in London, England
Kai Kristiansen Model 385 Chest of Drawers, circa 1960
Rosewood tallboy chest, produced by Aksel Kjersgaard in Odder, Denmark. Solid rosewood frame...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Gilbert Rohde Dresser 4041 Kroehler New York World's Fair 1940 Two-Tone 44" long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Designer : Gilbert Rohde
Model ; Dresser 4041 Honeymoon Furniture for Young America,
Maker : Kroehler
Exhibited : 'America at Home' at the New York World's Fair 1940.
Created by Gilbert Rohde, 1940's foremost furniture designer, expressly to demonstrate modern living displayed in the 'America at Home' building at the New York World's Fair 1940.
Honeymoon furniture by Kroehler is outstanding in contemporary furniture design.
Notice its space saving compactness, its sturdiness, its freedom from dirt catching corners.
Honeymoon furniture offers comfort, convenience and economy never before possible in the small home or apartment
The use of two different coloured woods to create a two-tone effect is very striking and complements the simple form. This unusual chest of drawers is a signature piece that injects character into any interior.
The raised sides sit proud of the top elevating the chest creating an elegant tray effect. The front is fitted with three drawers with original wooden knobs in contrasting dark brown laurel. The sides have a projecting section of contrasting dark brown laurel at the front which defines the form. Inverted triangular feet. "Kroehler Made" metal tag. Designer unknown.
Kroehler
In 1902, Peter E. Kroehler bought the Naper ville Lounge Co., a maker of wooden lounge chairs and upholstered furniture. Kroehler built a new factory in Naperville in 1913 after the original facility was destroyed by a tornado. Soon thereafter, he renamed the company Kroehler Manufacturing Co. This enterprise soon operated across the country and employed several hundred men and women in the Chicago area. By the middle of the 1940s, with over $20 million in annual sales, Kroehler was the second-largest furniture maker in the United States. During the 1960s, when the company employed close to 8,000 people around the country, annual revenues passed $100 million. The company struggled during the 1970s, closing its historic Naperville factory in 1978 and ending its operations in the area. In 1981 Kroehler was acquired by the ATR Group of Northbrook, which put the company up for sale. By the early 2000s, furniture was still manufactured under the Kroehler name by two unrelated companies, one in North Carolina and the other in Ontario, Canada.
Gilbert Rhode : American, 1894 - 1944
Gilbert Rohde (1894-1944) is best known for helping to create the modern design at Herman Miller Inc. Gilbert Rohde furniture design was focused on mass production and bringing modern products to the greatest number of consumers. He is also credited with designing the first examples of biomorphic furniture in America-which would ultimately shape mid century modernism.
US industrial designer, born in New York. He became familiar with cabinetmaking in his father's shop. He studied at the Art Students League and Grand Central School of Art in New York. Early work was as a drama and music critic, cartooninst, reporter, and furniture illustrator. He traveled to France and Germany in 1927 and was inspired by modernism.
He opened his own office in New York in 1927, designing furniture and showrooms, and consulting with manufacturers like General Electric and Hudson Motor Car Company.
In 1931 HeywoodWakefield Company introduced a compact armless leatherette side chair with bentwood rear legs designed by Rohde, which sold 250,000 over the next eight years. Rohde also developed a later version for the Herman Miller Furniture Company, which was sold dis-assembled and made by what Rohde called an "automobile type of assembly."
By 1929 he had established a relationship with D.J. Depree, president of the Herman Miller Furniture Company in Zeeland, MI and prepared some designs for him. Dupree appointed him director of design there in 1932 as part of his decision to shift the company’s orientation from traditional to modern design. His first modern design for the company, a No. 2185 Group bedroom suite was shown at the Chicago Century of Progress.
Also in 1932, Rohde exhibited his furniture designs in a "Design for Machine" exhibit in Philadelphia, along with designs of Russel Wright. The Herman Miller Clock...
Category
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Commode by Jacques Bircklé
Located in London, GB
An important and absolutely stunning antique French Louis XV marble top commode by Jacques Bircklé. This was made in France and dates from around the 1750-1770 period.
It is of magn...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Small Dutch Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Small early 19th Century Dutch bombe commode.
This commode is composed of solid bleached oak with its original brass fittings.
The whole is supported on hand-carved claw feet. This i...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
A Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Side Cabinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Side Cabinet.
This fine side cabinet has a rectangular Belgian black marble top above a gilt-bronze guilloche and flowe...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Agate, Marble, Ormolu
Sheraton Period Satinwood Demilune Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A fine quality late 18th century Sheraton period demilune commode, boxwood and ebony strung throughout, having Coromandel wood crossbanded top with cen...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Early 19th century inlaid walnut Rococo bombe chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century inlaid walnut bombe commode circa 1790.
Fine quality Swedish rococo revival commode with the typical bombe shape of bulging out in the middle and curving in at the base...
Category
19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Figured Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A stunning Art Deco figured walnut chest of drawers, this was made in England and dates from the 1930’s.
It is a great size and is of outstanding quality. There is lots of storage i...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Antique Queen Anne Style Bedside Chests
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made pair of antique bedside chests. They were made in England in the Queen Anne Style, they date from around the 1930’s.
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Category
1930s British Queen Anne Vintage United Kingdom - Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
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