Unique France

- Commode – An important XVIIIth Century period chest of drawers in an elegant bombe shape. This piece was made during the reign of Louis XVth. The marquetry inlays feature different woods. It opens with 5 drawers and is ornated with its original gilded bronzes. The marble top is its original also.

Commode Louis XV period carved in blond walnut. Typical design of the commode from Paris called La Parisienne. Ornate with Rocaille style bronze

Commode Louis XVI style. Original lacquer “vert de gris” enhanced with gilt on the carvings of tinsels of falling laurel leaves. Original marble top.

Commode Lous XV style, carpentry work in oak traditionally made in a large bombe shape. Rose wood veneer and ornate with gilded bronze in a Rocaille Style. Original marble top.

Rare Commode on a pine structure dressed with flamed mahogany with cuba, ornate with stringing of silvered copper inlays in intricate patterns. Typical Portuguese style of the 19th century. Original Carrara marble top.

Commode Louis Philippe period. Carpentry work in oak and veneered in a specatacular flamed walnut. This chest of drawers opens up as a small desk from the top drawer. Original marble top called “Gris Saint Anne”

Commode in an elegant flamed mahogany, straight line structure representing the First Empire taste of decoration. Original gilded bronze handles and “Noir Francais” marble top (extract in Hon-Hergnies, North of France).

Elegant petite commode fully mirrored. good condition and original mirror with a tint of pink. Typical of the 1940′s with elegnat fine cabriolet legs ebonised.

A Transition period “semainier” in marquetry of different wood. Semaine means week in French and it is because it opens with 7 drawers that this type of furniture is called semainier. The Transition period (1758-1775) is a period beween the Louis XVth and the Louis XVIth and mix in its style the motives from those 2 periods. We note here curved legs typical from the Louis XVth period and a geometrical marquetry representative of the Louis XVIth period.

Semainier / Tallboy Transition style. Carpentry work in oak in an elegant proportion offering 7 drawers. One drawer for each day of the week / semaine. Veneer of rosewood and inlays in a Neo Classical style.

Commode Provincial Directoire style carved in oak in a straight line design. Typical squared legs and grooves pattern.
Original hardware.

Commode in a generous Bombe shape and cabriolet legs reviving the Louis XV style. Marquetry of rosewood and inlays in a “frisage” pattern. Highly ornate with gilded mounts called “Espagnolette” From the Napoleon III era.

Commode Louis XV / Regency period in cherrywood. Typical carvings from the south west of France, with the Regency shell carving and scroll work finishing the feet.

Commode Napoleon III period. Elegant proportion of a bombe shape in marquetry of rosewood and inlays of exoctic woods forming floral design. Rocaille style gilded bronze hardware and original marble top.

Commode Louis XV style.  Coromandel lacquer decor. double drawers on a bombe shape ornate with Rocaille style gilded bronzes. Original marble top and perfect condition

Commode Louis XV style. Elegant petite proportion made in carpentry work of oak, dressed with veneer of rosewood and inlays of precious woods, ornate with original gilded Rocaille style bronze

Commode Louis XV style. Elegant bombe shape and cabriolet legs. Veneered with rose wood and inlays of foliage and floral designs of exotic woods. Ornate with Rocailles style gilt mounts. Original marble top “rouge des Pyrenees” Piece executed by “Perol Fils” from la Rue du Faugbourg Saint Antoine Paris 12.

Commode Napoleon III period forming 4 drawers on an elegant proportion built in oak and dressed in rosewood veneer. Fine inlays of exotic woods in foliage design. Original marble top and hardware Louis XVI style in gilded bronze.