This Architectural 19th Century Italian Walnut Commode has a rectangular molded top, dentillated frieze, a drawer with decorative figural pulls over a pair of paneled doors, flanked by classical pilasters, on a molded plinth. H: 41" W: 44.5" D: 17" Commode is a term for a French form of a low chest of drawers, originally intended for the drawing room, dating from the mid 17th Century and very popular in the 18th Century. Commode then became a term for bedroom cupboards in the 19th Century. ... Click for details

An Antique Louis XV style painted buffet, 19th Century. The arbalette shaped molded top above a floral carved frieze and two fan carved doors separated by a pendant bellflower carved stile over a trailing leaf carved skirt. Height: 46" Width: 5'3¼" Depth: 21". Louis XV style is the Rococo style that is characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France for Furniture and the Decorative Arts. The artists of this style produced exquisite Rococo decor for the enormo... Click for details

19th Century Continental Mahogany Console/ Buffet with Beautiful Italian-style Satinwood Inlay. Two front doors open outward; four interior drawers slide out guided by 5 slide panels attached to the interior of the 2 doors. Top drawer is lined with green felt; it has several compartments that can be used as a buffet. Three bottom drawers are hollow. Very nice outside satinwood inlay. See detail photographs. This fine piece of European antique furniture measures 37”H, 51”W, 23”D. LifestyleAntique... Click for details

Oriental Black Lacquered Chinoiserie Sideboard, with gold design on front and side. 4 doors, one interior shelf half way up. 2 pull out drawers above. Decorative marble style top. 35"H, 57"W, 17"D. Chinoiserie style is a 17th- and 18th-century Western style of interior design, furniture, pottery, textiles, and garden design that represents fanciful European interpretations of Chinese styles. In the first decades of the 17th century, English and Italian and, later, other craftsmen began to draw f... Click for details

An Italian Fruitwood Serpentine Front Commode, 18th c., with three graduated long drawers retaining pierced batwing brasses, a scalloped skirt and cabriole legs, probably apple wood or pear wood in a dark finish. 34.5”H, 49”W, 23”D. A definition of serpentine: Named in allusion to its resemblance to a snake's skin, serpentine is usually grayish, white, or green but may be yellow (chrysotile) or green-blue (antigorite); the green colour is due to iron replacing magnesium. Scalloped: One of a se... Click for details

Pair of Unique 19th Century Italian Baroque Style Decorated and Gilt Pastiglia Commodes. Early to mid 19th century (possibly even 18th century, given age on drawers), each with rectangular top with incised decoration and gadrooned edge over three drawers painted with various biblical scenes; the sides with palmette and pendant floral relief decoration; raised on satyr mask feet. This pair of fine Italian antique furniture is 39”H, 22”W, 15.5”D. History of the Baroque tradition: era in the hist... Click for details