Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest of drawers continued to be made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (some Edwardian pine chests even had bracket feet), but variations were introduced during the mid-Victorian period, with some chests having seven or more drawers usually a deep hat drawer and smaller glove compartments. Chests with more...

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A Louis XV/XVI transitional kingwood and tulipwood commode, the…

Louis XV/XVI Commode with Marble Top and Inlay

A Louis XV/XVI transitional kingwood and tulipwood commode, the Grey St Anne marble top, above an arrangement on three short and two long drawers inlaid sans traverse with key pattern bordered panels, with brass mounts to the angles and sabots to the…

Louis XVI kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood marquetry commode, c.…

Louis XVI Marquetry Commode with Gilded Brass Handles

Louis XVI kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood marquetry commode, c. 1780, with grey marble top above three short drawers and two long drawers with gilded brass handles, raised on spindle legs with simulated flutes, height 86 cm width 125 cm depth 59 cm.…

Louis XV provincial bombe walnut commode, 18th century, the…

18th Century Provincial Walnut Bombe Commode

Louis XV provincial bombe walnut commode, 18th century, the parquetry top above two short and two long drawers, with rocaille ormolu escutcheons and handles, raised on scrolled feet, height 86 cm width 132 cm depth 70 cm. Provenance: Baron Edson Antiques,…

18th century French Louis XVI marquetry chest of drawers. Two…

Louis XVI Marquetry Chest of Drawers

18th century French Louis XVI marquetry chest of drawers. Two short drawers above two long. Veneered and with marquetry inlay. Ormolu drawer pulls. Height 87 cm length 115 cm, depth 46 cm. Provenance: Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.

A Louis XV Kingwood parquetry commode, circa 1750. veneered in…

Louis XV Kingwood Parquetry Commode, 1750

A Louis XV Kingwood parquetry commode, circa 1750. veneered in kingwood a quatre faces, crossbanded and with fillets, the sides of serpentine form with recessed back angles and inlaid with lozenge-shaped panels to the sides, containing two drawers and a…

Louis XV transitional style mahogany and marquetry commode,…

19th Century Mahogany Marquetry Commode

Louis XV transitional style mahogany and marquetry commode, 19th century, grey marble top of serpentine outline, above three crossbanded and burr walnut drawers, sides with similar marquetry, raised tapering legs with sabots, height 93 cm, width 147 cm,…

Louis XV style marquetry marbled-top commode, late 18th century,…

Louis XV Marquetry Commode with Marble Top

Louis XV style marquetry marbled-top commode, late 18th century, the white serpentine marble top above three shorts drawers and two long drawers, gilded brass scroll handles and escutcheons, height 84 cm width 122 cm depth 62 cm. Provenance: Buxton…

Late 19th century French marble top commode, in Louis XVI taste,…

French Louis XVI Marble Top Commode by Rinck

Late 19th century French marble top commode, in Louis XVI taste, set with white and pink marble top, above three drawers accented with ormolu mounts and drop ring handles, signed Rinck, raised on four tapered fluted legs, 88 cm x 146 cm x 66 cm. Purchased…

A very fine Louis XIV commode, attributed to master…

Louis XIV Commode by Master Thomas Hache

A very fine Louis XIV commode, attributed to master Cabinetmaker Thomas Hache (1664-1747), the Hache family was a celebrated dynasty of cabinetmakers from the city of Grenoble at the foot of the French Alps. Led by Noel Hache (1630-1675), the Son of a…

A very fine Louis XV commode, Parisian manufactured in matched…

Louis XV Fruitwood Commode with Gilt Bronze Mounts

A very fine Louis XV commode, Parisian manufactured in matched fruitwood veneer, possibly olivewood. The D-shaped top elaborately crossbanded, masterly crafted with graduating tones and with central medallion, the ends with half-circle motifs. The commode…

Louis XVI style mahogany and marquetry semainier, the…

Louis XVI Mahogany Semainier with Marquetry and Marble Top

Louis XVI style mahogany and marquetry semainier, the rectangular marble top over seven drawers with brass escutcheons, raised on short cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, marble (A/F), height 153 cm, width 50 cm, depth 35 cm. Provenance: Christopher Davis…

Louis XVI style chest of drawers, 20th century, the serpentine…

Louis XVI Marble Top Chest of Drawers

Louis XVI style chest of drawers, 20th century, the serpentine breche d'Alep style marble top above five drawers, sides with ormolu mounts, on cabriole legs, height 110 cm, width 59 cm, depth 34 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Louis XV style fruitwood and marquetry commode, c. 1900, of…

Marquetry Commode with Gilt Bronze Mounts

Louis XV style fruitwood and marquetry commode, c. 1900, of bombe serpentine form with a moulded marble top above two drawers inlaid with sprays of flowers, the side similarly inlaid, raised on cabriole legs, with gilt bronze leaf cast mounts throughout,…

Louis XV style burr walnut commode, the bombe serpentine front…

Burr Walnut Commode, Louis XV Style

Louis XV style burr walnut commode, the bombe serpentine front with three drawers, on cabriole legs, height 65 cm width 72 cm depth 35 cm. Provenance: The Estate of J. Belfer, Sydney

A pair of Louis XV style walnut serpentine chests, late 19th…

Louis XV Style Walnut Serpentine Chests, Late 19th Century

A pair of Louis XV style walnut serpentine chests, late 19th century, 84 cm high, 42 cm wide, 31 cm deep. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Christies, Brisbane, 6 June 1989, lot 838, Private collection, Queensland

Louis XV style miniature commode, early 20th century, the…

Louis XV Style Miniature Commode

Louis XV style miniature commode, early 20th century, the shaped marble top above two long drawers with scrolled ormolu pulls, height 19 cm width 32 cm depth 18.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Point Piper, NSW

Louis XV style fruitwood commode, late 19th century, of bombe…

Louis XV Fruitwood Commode with Ormolu Mounts

Louis XV style fruitwood commode, late 19th century, of bombe form, with serpentine marble top above two drawers with ormolu mounts, height 86 cm width 132 cm depth 64 cm. Provenance: The Country Trader. Private Collection Point Piper, NSW

Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, the rectangular…

Louis XVI Commode, Early 20th Century

Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, the rectangular top above two short and two long drawers, height 93 cm width 100 cm depth 45 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Point Piper, NSW

A fine Louis XVI style marquetry secretaire À abbatant, 19th…

Louis XVI Marquetry Secretaire Semainier

A fine Louis XVI style marquetry secretaire À abbatant, 19th century, in mahogany and tulipwood and fashioned as a semainier, with a marble top, curved edges, a fall front with a bird's eye maple fitted interior and four drawers below, a shaped apron with…

A Louis XVI walnut two drawer commode, French 18th century. 87…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode, French 18th Century

A Louis XVI walnut two drawer commode, French 18th century. 87 cm high, 116 cm wide and 60 cm deep. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney