Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Commode, Chest with Marble Top

This small scale late eighteenth century Louis XVI period commode or chest of drawers is referred to as a sauteuse in French, or jumping chest, due to its high legs. Constructed of s...

This early nineteenth century French Louis XVI style walnut commode or chest of drawers features a beveled Saint Anne marble top and fluted rounded corners. Its three drawers of dove...

This mid nineteenth century French Louis XVI style walnut commode or chest of drawers features a Saint Anne marble top and rounded corners. Its three drawers of dovetail construction...

This late-eighteenth century Louis XIV style hand carved walnut commode or chest of drawers was found in the region of Normandy, France. This piece features three drawers of dovetail...

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...

An 18th century French Louis XVI period commode, or chest of drawers, made of solid walnut. Three panels on the sides, rounded fluted corners and short tapered legs. Four dovetailed ...

18th Century French Louis XVI Period Commode is a phenomenal example of the neoclassic revival that occurred after 1770 in France. Only select, finely grained old-growth indigenous w...

An 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Commode with Three Drawers. The commode is of rectangular form with an overhanging top. The top with wide crossbanding and three panel...