Table Commode
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Table commode. 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. Opulent living dining rooms antique furniture reproductions. Furniture a movable. Side table commode servante or commode desserte ca.
Antique french bombe marquetry inlaid commode 2 drawers marble top louis xv. Clean plates and the dessert course would be placed on the marble shelves. 5 out of 5 stars 10 10 reviews 279 99 free shipping favorite add to. These enclosed cabinets provided an area for storing chamber pots and had a basin and pitcher on top for personal cleansing.
Make offer pair french louis xv inlaid oval end table commode nightstand burl walnut marble. Known in french as a commode servante or commode desserte this type of side table appears to have been born out of an increasing desire for privacy during the eighteenth century. André charles boulle was among the first to make commodes. François linke commode theodore millet cabinet meuble à hauteur d appui commode à vantaux antoine gaudreaux commode commode à pipée des oiseaux régence style commode jean henri riesener commode guillaume benneman cabinet fontainebleau commode médaillier marie antoinette commode charles cressent commode maison.
Furniture a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin. You either have the right wall or you don t. Commode synonyms commode pronunciation commode translation english dictionary definition of commode. Its shape recalls french commodes of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the metal frame is treated almost like turned wood with its fluted spindle shaped legs unlike a table or commode however it is rather difficult to place in a house.
These early forms resembled sarcophagi and were commonly called commodes tombeau. Although most french cabinet furniture at the beginning of the 18th. 1790 jean henri riesener french. Pair french louis xv inlaid oval end table commode nightstand burl walnut marble.
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. Thomas chippendale employed the term french commode tables to describe designs in the cabinet maker and upholsterer s director 1753.