Chest of Drawers/Commode

An Important North Italian (Lombardy) Rococo Marquetry & Bone Inlaid Bombe Commode
18th Century

Of bombe form, fitted with three drawers, decorated throughout with marquetry and bone inlaid also depicting hunt scenes throughout, all resting on spade legs.

Height 35in. Width 50 1/2 in. Depth 24 in.

Inventory Number: Com71
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A Russian Neoclassical Brass Mounted Mahogany Commode
Early 19th Century

The rectangular faux marble top with outset square corners, above a conforming case fitted with three long graduated drawers, flanked by fluted stiles headed by roundels and ending in tapering square feet.

 

Height 31 1/4 in. Width 41 in. Depth 20 1/2 in.

Inventory Number: Com66
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A French Ormolu-Mounted Inlaid Kingwood & Marble-Top Petit Commode,  By Paul Sormani
19th Century

A rectangular marble top over two drawers with ormolu mounts over cabriole legs ending in sabots.
The drawer with brass plaque inscribed ‘PAUL SORMANI 10 R CHARLOT PARIS’

Height 32½in.  Width 23 ½ in.  Depth 14 in.

Artist Biography:
Paul Sormani (1817-1877), was born in Venice in 1817, and was a maker of fine ‘meubles de luxe’. His work was described in the catalogue of the 1867 Exposition Universelle as: ‘toute sa production révèle une qualité d’exécution de tout premier ordre’.

Sormani exhibited in Paris in 1849, 1855, 1862, 1867, 1878 and 1900, and in London in 1862, winning numerous medals. Amongst the items Sormani exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle were a Louis XV style bureau and a Louis XVI style commode both based on originals held in the Jones Collection at the South Kensington Museum.

It can be difficult to date Sormani’s work, as the firm produced furniture for nearly ninety years. However, when Paul Sormani died in 1877, his wife and son took over the business and from this date onwards pieces are normally signed ‘Veuve Sormani & Fils’.

Height 32½in. Width 23 ½ in. Depth 14 in.

Inventory Number: Com50
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A Fine Louis XVI Kingwood with Tulipwood & Purplewood Inlaid Commode, Stamped Crepi
18th Century

Francois Crepi maitre 1778

Reference:
Similar Commode, Versailles

Illustrated in “Le Mobilier Francais Du XVIII Siecle Dictionnaire des Ebenistes, pg. 218-219

The mottled top with canted corners, over three drawers, raised on cabriole legs with sabots.
With Tulipwood & Purplewood inlaid throughout.

Height 34 ½ in. Width 51 ½ in. Depth 24 in.

Inventory Number: Com56
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An Unusual & Rare Louis XV Mahogany Commode, Bordeaux France
18th Century

With a shape top over a shaped case with three drawers all resting on cabriole feet.

Height 35 in. Width 50 ¼ in. Depth 24 ½ in.

Inventory Number: Com60
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A Fine & Rare Louis XV Provincial Carved Walnut & Oak Commode
18th Century

The shaped top over a bombe case with three carved drawers all resting on carved feet.

Height 39 in. Width 61 ½ in. Depth 28 in.

Inventory Number: Com62
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A Regence Mahogany Commode
Early 18th Century

The shaped top above two small drawers over two large drawers with gilt bronze pull handles, all over bracket feet 

Height 34 in. Width 48 in. Depth 23 in.

Inventory Number: Com43
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A Fine Italian Baroque Walnut Commode, Parma / Italy
17th Century

The shaped rectangular top over three drawers all resting on an ebonized plinth with bracket feet.

Height 37 ½ in. Width 52 ½ in. Depth 27 in.

Inventory Number: Com61
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A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Early 18th Century

The serpentine top with various wood parquetry designs throughout over a shaped case with three serpentine drawers, all resting on bun feet.

Height 32 ½ in. Width 50 ½ in. Depth 26 in.

Inventory Number: Com54
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A Rare Louis XV Bois Clair & Parquetry Commode Attributed to Jean Francois Hache
18th Century

The parquetry rectangular top with molded edge, above a bombe case with two short and one long paneled drawer, over a scalloped apron, raised on cabriole legs

Height 35 in Width 48 ¾ in. Depth 25 in.

Inventory Number: Com12
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