Baroque Commode
Thomas chippendale employed the term french commode tables to describe designs in the cabinet maker and upholsterer s director 1753.
Baroque commode. Very beautiful large and prestigious dresser italian baroque louis xiv style entirely white. Although most french cabinet furniture at the beginning of the 18th. This painted commode was born in the netherlands in the 1890s and features a shaped top with. Commode definition a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture often highly ornamental containing drawers or shelves.
Exceptional baroque commode würzburg south germany 1750 curved front with beautiful walnut veneer with plum wood intarsia. Commode type of furniture resembling the english chest of drawers in use in france in the late 17th century most commodes had marble tops and some were fitted with pairs of doors. 2039 baroque style commode. It is in very good condition professionally refinished and french polished.
A baroque style dutch painted wood bombé three drawer commode from the late 19th century. Repainted and later pulls. 1 199 00 available to order 4 to 8 weeks. The drawers have a central look which is located on the right side of the commode.
These early forms resembled sarcophagi and were commonly called commodes tombeau. Commode buffet baroque style of louis xv white with gold. A swededish mid 19th century baroque style commode with 9 drawers. In the english speaking world commode passed into cabinet makers parlance in london by the mid eighteenth century to describe chests of drawers with gracefully curved fronts and sometimes with shaped sides as well perceived as being in the french taste.