Commode Louis Xiv
This small storage piece was more feminine in order to provide more comfort and intimacy.
Commode louis xiv. Opulent living dining rooms antique furniture reproductions. A pair of commodes made between 1708 and 1709 for the king s bedroom at the grand trianon and now exhibited at the château de versailles. The duc d antin director of the king s buildings wrote to louis xiv. I was at the trianon inspecting the second writing desk by boulle.
Birth of a cult object appearing at the end of the 17th century the commode is an entirely new furniture piece. Shop louis xiv commodes and chests of drawers at 1stdibs the world s largest source of louis xiv and other authentic period furniture. In 1708 the prototypes for this commode then called a pair of bureaux were delivered to the grand trianon by andré charles boulle. Nature figures prominently in the rococo aesthetic.
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The facade is lightly curved outward or galbee and it sits on sturdy rounded block feet with delicate bronze ormolu mounts. Although boulle provided quite a few pieces of furniture for the royal household only two items intended specifically for louis xiv have been identified. The louis xv commode incarnates the rococo style of its period to perfection. After about 1690 thanks in large part to the furniture designer andré charles boulle a more original and delicate style appeared sometimes known as boulle work it was based on the use of marquetry the inlay of.
Amongst the most beautiful designs we should note the boulle commode in tortoiseshell marquetry and brass enhanced with gilt bronzes produced for king louis xiv by andré charles boulle. Louis xiv furniture was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of king louis xiv of france 1660 1690. Nov 21 2019 large range of french bombe commodes at canonbury antiques. Bombe refers to the bulbous shape of the chest and is a classic french look.
The design of the commode is based on the models produced at the very beginning of the 1700 s toward the end of king louis xiv s reign. Abundant ornamentation asymmetrical lines undulating curves. The louis xiv commode chest of drawers. Also louis xv napoleon and louis philippe style with marquetry inlay.