Louis XVI (1754 – 1793) was King of France and Navarre from

1774 until 1791, after which he was subsequently King of the French from 1791

to 1792, before his deposition and execution during the French Revolution. His

father, Louis, Dauphin of France, was the son and heir apparent of Louis XV of

France. Due to the Dauphin's death in 1765, Louis succeeded his grandfather in

1774.

The Louis XVI style of furniture developed as a reaction to

the lavish and ornate Rococo style of the preceding Louis XV era, reflecting a

shift towards neoclassicism and a return to more...

Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest more...

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A Louis XVI style inlaid kingwood commode, circa 1900 with a…

Louis XVI style inlaid kingwood commode with marble top

A Louis XVI style inlaid kingwood commode, circa 1900 with a fine mottled grey and brown rectangular marble top above two long drawers inlaid in mixed timbers with three strung reserves and central classical flower urn inlay, an apron with drop…

A French Louis XVI style kingwood tall commode, late 19th…

Louis XVI Style Kingwood Tall Commode

A French Louis XVI style kingwood tall commode, late 19th century with a shaped mottled red marble top above eight full-length drawers with finely figuRed Crossbanded veneers and ornate ormolu handles and escutcheons, raised on short cabriole legs with…

A Louis XVI style tulipwood commode, late 19th century, the…

Louis XVI style Tulipwood Commode with Parquetry Inlay

A Louis XVI style tulipwood commode, late 19th century, the commode with serpentine veined marble top above fours drawers with parquetry inlaid decoration front and sides, brass handles and raised on spindle legs, height 87 cm, width 101 cm depth 48 cm

Louis XVI kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood marquetry commode, c.…

Louis XVI Marquetry Commode with Gilded Brass Handles

Louis XVI kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood marquetry commode, c. 1780, with grey marble top above three short drawers and two long drawers with gilded brass handles, raised on spindle legs with simulated flutes, height 86 cm width 125 cm depth 59 cm.…

Bombe commode Louis XVI style, walnut with ormolu mounts, and…

Louis XVI Style Walnut Commode with Ormolu Mounts

Bombe commode Louis XVI style, walnut with ormolu mounts, and marble top, height 90 cm, length 106 cm, depth 52 cm

Bombe commode Louis XVI style, marquetry inlay with ormolu…

Louis XVI Style Inlaid Commode with Ormolu Mounts

Bombe commode Louis XVI style, marquetry inlay with ormolu mounts, marble top and two drawer, height 88 cm, length 127 cm, depth 57 cm

A Louis XVI style marble top commode, 89 cm high, 127 cm wide,…

Louis XVI Marble Top Commode - 89x127x50cm

A Louis XVI style marble top commode, 89 cm high, 127 cm wide, 50 cm wide

A Louis XVI style flame dark mahogany commode, 19th century,…

Louis XVI Flame Mahogany Commode with Marble Top

A Louis XVI style flame dark mahogany commode, 19th century, with a dark grey marble top above a shallow drawer with four internal partitions, three long drawers below each with three partitions, curved edges and raised on toupie feet, with gilt bronze…

Louis XVI style commode circa 1930, walnut and tulipwood, three…

Louis XVI-style Walnut Commode with Ormolu Mounts

Louis XVI style commode circa 1930, walnut and tulipwood, three drawer, inlay decoration, ormolu mounts and marble top, height 87 cm, length 120 cm, depth 51 cm

A Louis XVI style commode, early 19th century, the plank top…

Louis XVI Style Commode with Brass Handles

A Louis XVI style commode, early 19th century, the plank top with moulded edges, above two smaller drawers and two larger drawers, applied with brass handles, 85 cm high, 122 cm wide, 55 cm deep

A Louis XVI style mahogany three drawer commode, circa 1940,…

Mahogany Commode with Marble Top and Brass Accents

A Louis XVI style mahogany three drawer commode, circa 1940, the grey white marble top with chamfered corners, above three felt lined drawers, each decorated with loop handles and brass banding. 94 cm high, 130 cm wide, 50 cm deep

A Louis XVI style walnut commode, 20th century, with a pair…

Louis XVI Style Walnut Commode with Wreath Loop Handles

A Louis XVI style walnut commode, 20th century, with a pair small drawers above two large drawers, applied with wreath loop handles, 80 cm high, 92 cm wide, 47 cm deep

A Louis XVI style gilt metal mounted commode 90 cm high, 136 cm…

Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal Commode

A Louis XVI style gilt metal mounted commode 90 cm high, 136 cm wide, 55 cm deep

A fine Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, a white…

Louis XVI Style Commode with Gilt Bronze Handles

A fine Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, a white marble top of gently bowed profile above a long slender drawer with key and two long drawers below each with gilt cast bronze ring handles and circular, backplates with matching escutcheons…

Bombe commode Louis XVI style, walnut, three drawer with ormolu…

Louis XVI Style Walnut Bombé Commode with Marble Top

Bombe commode Louis XVI style, walnut, three drawer with ormolu mounts & escutcheons, green marble top, height 81 cm, length 101 cm, depth 54 cm

Louis XVI style marble top ebonised fall front secretaire…

Louis XVI Marble Top Ebonised Commode

Louis XVI style marble top ebonised fall front secretaire commode, French, 19th century a Louis XVI style marble top ebonised fall front secretaire commode, French, 19th century 85 cm high, 124 cm wide, 52 cm deep

Late 19th century French marble top commode, in Louis XVI taste,…

French Louis XVI Marble Top Commode by Rinck

Late 19th century French marble top commode, in Louis XVI taste, set with white and pink marble top, above three drawers accented with ormolu mounts and drop ring handles, signed Rinck, raised on four tapered fluted legs, 88 cm x 146 cm x 66 cm. Purchased…

Louis XVI style bombe commode walnut, three drawer with ormolu…

Louis XVI Style Walnut Bombe Commode with Ormolu Mounts

Louis XVI style bombe commode walnut, three drawer with ormolu mounts, and marble top, height 80 cm, length 87 cm, depth 52 cm

Louis XVI style bombe commode walnut, three drawer with ormolu…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode with Ormolu Mounts and Marble Top

Louis XVI style bombe commode walnut, three drawer with ormolu mounts, and marble top, height 80 cm, length 87 cm, depth 52 cm

A Louis XVI style demi-lune tulipwood commode, circa 1900, with…

Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Commode with Marble Top

A Louis XVI style demi-lune tulipwood commode, circa 1900, with a coffee coloured marble top above three drawers with book end veneers, cross banding and ebony stringing, gilt bronze beaded ring handles, cast, mounts and tapering legs, height 85 cm width…

A Louis XVI style inlaid tulipwood six drawer commode, early…

Inlaid Tulipwood Commode with Marble Top

A Louis XVI style inlaid tulipwood six drawer commode, early 20th century, a breche D'Alep marble top of bowed profile, part ebonised canted edges and quarter veneer panelled drawers with floral inlay, cast foliate pull handles, and raised on small…

A fine Louis XVI walnut commode, 18th century, the deep commode…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode with Marble Top and Ormolu Handles

A fine Louis XVI walnut commode, 18th century, the deep commode with a veined and mottled red grey marble top above three tripled framed drawers in finely figured veneer, with book end veneers to the sides, having ormolu circular handles and festooned…

A Louis XVI style marquetry and kingwood commode, late 19th…

Louis XVI Style Marquetry Commode with Gilt Bronze Mounts

A Louis XVI style marquetry and kingwood commode, late 19th century, a curvaceous marble top, three long drawers with floral and scrolled reserves to the facades, a shaped apron with ornamented drop and raised on curvaceous legs, with fine gilt bronze…

A French Louis XVI style walnut and musical marquetry decorated…

Louis XVI Walnut & Marquetry Commode with Music Theme

A French Louis XVI style walnut and musical marquetry decorated three drawer marble top commode. 85 cm high, 85 cm wide, 40 cm deep.

Vintage French Louis XVI style marble topped three drawer…

Louis XVI Marble Commode with Gilt Mounts

Vintage French Louis XVI style marble topped three drawer commode with gilt metal mounts, 80 cm high, 109 cm long, 52 cm deep

A Louis XVI style breakfront marquetry commode in mixed timbers,…

Louis XVI Style Marquetry Commode with Gilt Bronze Trim

A Louis XVI style breakfront marquetry commode in mixed timbers, 20th century, with a veined yellow marble top above a feather banded drawer and two long drawers with a large gilt bronze trimmed floral medallion and lattice inlay, with canted edges and…

Louis XVI period French mahogany commode c1790

French Mahogany Commode, Louis XVI Period

Louis XVI period French mahogany commode c1790

A French Louis XVI style mahogany and marble top three drawer…

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Marble Top Commode

A French Louis XVI style mahogany and marble top three drawer commode, 82 cm high, 118 cm wide, 50 cm deep

A French Louis XVI style marble top three drawer commode, 81 cm…

Louis XVI Marble Top Commode

A French Louis XVI style marble top three drawer commode, 81 cm high, 104 cm wide, 47 cm deep

A French Louis XVI style mahogany four drawer commode with…

Louis XVI Mahogany Commode with Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style mahogany four drawer commode with marble top, 86 cm high, 108 cm, 49 cm deep

Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, the rectangular…

Louis XVI Commode, Early 20th Century

Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, the rectangular top above two short and two long drawers, height 93 cm width 100 cm depth 45 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Point Piper, NSW

A Louis XVI style marquetry inlaid marble top commode, Swedish,…

Swedish Marquetry Commode with Marble Top

A Louis XVI style marquetry inlaid marble top commode, Swedish, early 20th century, 91 cm high, 101 cm wide, 52 cm deep

A Louis XVI walnut serpentine front commode, French, 18th…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode with Chinoiserie Bronze Mounts

A Louis XVI walnut serpentine front commode, French, 18th century with ornate Chinoiserie bronze mounts, 93 cm high, 118 cm wide, 61.5 cm deep

A Louis XVI style marble top painted pine commode, 19th century,…

19th Century Louis XVI Style Painted Pine Commode

A Louis XVI style marble top painted pine commode, 19th century, 85 cm high, 89 cm wide, 49 cm deep

A Louis XVI style walnut and marble top commode. 80 cm high,…

Walnut Commode with Marble Top

A Louis XVI style walnut and marble top commode. 80 cm high, 119 cm wide, 49 cm deep.

A Louis XVI fruitwood commode, French, 19th century, 89 cm high,…

19th Century French Louis XVI Fruitwood Commode

A Louis XVI fruitwood commode, French, 19th century, 89 cm high, 119 cm wide, 59 cm deep

A Louis XVI style, 19th century French kingwood commode, with…

French Kingwood Commode with Ormolu Sabots

A Louis XVI style, 19th century French kingwood commode, with satinwood and ebony banding on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, 86 cm high, 176 cm wide, 49 cm deep.

A small and elegant Louis XVI style mahogany commode, circa…

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode with Marble Top

A small and elegant Louis XVI style mahogany commode, circa 1930s, of semi-circular profile with a white flecked marble top and a brass pierced gallery and trim above three small panelled drawers, similarly decorated to the sides, with petite brass button…

A fine and elegant French mahogany Louis XVI style commode,…

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode

A fine and elegant French mahogany Louis XVI style commode, 19th century, with a deep grey marble top with ear form corners above three quarter fluted pillars, three full width oak lined drawers of equal depth with recessed rosewood veneer panels, raised…

A French Louis XVI style commode with marble top, first half…

Louis XVI Commode with Marble Top & Gilt Bronze Mounts

A French Louis XVI style commode with marble top, first half 20th century, in figured veneers with gilt bronze mounts, 199 width x 49 depth x 80 cm height

A pair of Louis XVI style two drawer commode painted with a…

Louis XVI style painted commode with foliage vase

A pair of Louis XVI style two drawer commode painted with a vase of foliage, 20th century, 64 cm high, 70 cm wide, 46 cm deep

A Louis XVI walnut and original marble top bombe commode French…

18th Century Walnut Bombe Commode with Marble Top

A Louis XVI walnut and original marble top bombe commode French 18th century 82 cm high, 122 cm wide, 66 cm deep

An unusual Louis XVI style declomania breakfront commode with…

Louis XVI Style Marble Top Breakfront Commode

An unusual Louis XVI style declomania breakfront commode with shaped Carrara marble top, French 19th century, 88 cm high, 100 cm wide, 50 cm deep

A French Louis XVI style walnut three drawer commode with…

Louis XVI Style Walnut Commode with Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style walnut three drawer commode with marble top. 90 cm high, 130 cm wide, 51 cm deep

A French Louis XVI style walnut three drawer commode with…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode with Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style walnut three drawer commode with marble top. 85 cm high,63 cm wide,38 cm deep.

A French Louis XVI style three drawer commode. 90 cm high, 120…

Louis XVI Style Three Drawer Commode

A French Louis XVI style three drawer commode. 90 cm high, 120 cm wide, 60 cm deep.

French Louis XVI style marble topped three drawer commode,…

Louis XVI Marble Commode with Bronze Mounts

French Louis XVI style marble topped three drawer commode, fitted with cast bronze handles and mounts, approx 91 cm high, 121 cm wide

A Louis XVI style 3 drawer commode, carved & veneer oak, 20th…

Louis XVI Oak Commode, 20th Century

A Louis XVI style 3 drawer commode, carved & veneer oak, 20th century. 88 cm high. 102 cm wide, 48 cm deep.

A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted kingwood commode, French,…

Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Commode, 19th Century French

A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted kingwood commode, French, 19th century. 82 cm high, 115 cm wide, 62 cm deep

A mahogany marble topped commode in the Louis XVI manner, circa…

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Marble Top Commode

A mahogany marble topped commode in the Louis XVI manner, circa 1950s with a white shaped marble top having ear form corners above three quarter fluted columns, a pair of cupboards below and raised on slender conical feet, with gilt bronze trims, rosettes…

French Louis XVI walnut commode, 18th century, of three drawers.…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode, 18th Century

French Louis XVI walnut commode, 18th century, of three drawers. Height 83 cm, width 116 cm, depth 52 cm

A late 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and brass banded…

Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Commode

A late 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and brass banded three drawer marble top commode

A Louis XVI style walnut, mahogany and bronze ormolu, marble…

Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Commode

A Louis XVI style walnut, mahogany and bronze ormolu, marble top commode. Late 19th century. The chest has two full size drawers with single action key lock mechanism. The front and sides of the chest, are heavily decorated in applied ormolu bronze,…

A pair of Louis XVI style Boulle manner ebonised and cut brass…

Louis XVI Style Boulle Inlaid Commodes with Marble Tops

A pair of Louis XVI style Boulle manner ebonised and cut brass inlaid commodes each with a serpentine marble top, above three drawers, the whole inlaid with cut brass panels, brass hoof feet, one drawer missing a loop handle, 60 x 76 x 44 cm

A French Louis XVI style walnut and parquetry top three drawer…

Louis XVI Style Walnut Commode with Parquetry and Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style walnut and parquetry top three drawer marble top commode. 85 cm high, 82 cm long, 40.5 cm deep.

A Louis XVI walnut two drawer commode, French 18th century. 87…

Louis XVI Walnut Commode, French 18th Century

A Louis XVI walnut two drawer commode, French 18th century. 87 cm high, 116 cm wide and 60 cm deep. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Louis XVI style three drawer commode, with rectangular marble…

Louis XVI Commode with Bronze Mounts and Marble Top

Louis XVI style three drawer commode, with rectangular marble top, tapered legs and bronze gilt mounts, height 7 cm, width 59 cm, depth 39 cm. Provenance: Ezra Norton Family Collection

A French Louis XVI style mahogany three drawer commode with…

Louis XVI Mahogany Commode with Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style mahogany three drawer commode with shaped marble top.

A French walnut Louis XVI style commode, the white marble top…

French Louis XVI Walnut Commode with Marble Top

A French walnut Louis XVI style commode, the white marble top above three frieze drawers, below a pair doors with sham drawers fronts flanked pilasters with brass stringing on turned tapering legs. 85 cm high, 107 cm wide, 48 cm deep

A French Louis XVI style mahogany commode, the white marble top…

Louis XVI Mahogany Commode with Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style mahogany commode, the white marble top above three central drawers flanked by curved sides on square tapering legs terminating in brass caps. 80 cm high, 74 cm wide, 33 cm deep

A French Louis XVI style kingwood commode, with a bow front, a…

Louis XVI Style Kingwood Commode with Marble Top

A French Louis XVI style kingwood commode, with a bow front, a grey marble top, above three satinwood cross banded drawers flanked by brass stringing with a shaped apron on tapering legs. 87 cm high, 97 cm wide, 46 cm deep