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Auction House:
Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Chests of Drawers
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*** A fine Louis XV kingwood bombe commode, circa 18th century, with a bow front Breche D'Alep marble top above two half and two full width oak lined drawers, with quarter veneer panels and cross banding throughout, and embellished with ribbed rope swing… ***
*** A burr walnut Wellington secretaire chest, circa 1860, the hinged breakfront top over four drawers and two faux drawers opening to a secretaire with leather writing surface and four miniature drawers flanked by two columns with corbels (one acting as a… ***
*** A Louis XV palisander commode, 18th century, with a rouge de Languedoc serpentine marble top above three drawers of conforming profile decorated with broad feather and crossbanded veneers utilising the vigorous figuration of the timber, a shaped apron and… ***
*** An early Georgian walnut chest-on-stand, circa 1750. Rectangular top with cavetto moulding over two lined half width drawers and three full width drawers each lined with elm with brass escutcheons, small swan-neck handles and inlaid walnut stringing on a… ***
*** A Wonderful Italian Continental three drawer chest, late 18th/19th century, the shaped burr panelled top with inlaid parquetry design surrounded by tulip wood veneered edges over three matching parquetry inlaid serpentine fronted full width drawers all… ***
*** A Victorian huon pine chest, circa 1870, the top over a full. Width thumb nail moulded frieze drawer over a central hat drawer flanked by smaller drawers and three full. Width graduated drawers with timber knop handles flanked by carved shaped columns all… ***
*** A fiddle back blackwood Nineteen drawer specimen cabinet. Australian circa 1900 purchased from McPhees 28/2/1983, the bull nosed rectangular top over nineteen graduated drawers with timber knop handles flanked by reeded columns, one acting as a locking… ***
*** A large three sectioned twenty four drawer display chest, later 19th century. Provenance: The Istituto di studi Liguri, Museo Bicknell, Bordighera, the cypress pine cabinet with sloping glazed display cabinets and three banks of panelled drawers, label… ***
*** Georgian mahogany cupboard on chest with a cavetto pediment, a two door cupboard with recessed panels and circular brass knobs, two half width and two full width ebony cockbeaded drawers with matching knobs, brass escutcheons, ebony reeded edges and… ***
*** A marble topped Louis XV style kingwood commode, circa 1900. The commode of bombe profile having an amber and purple marble serpentine top above two full width oak lined drawers well patterned with fan shaped parquetry, the sides with feather banded… ***
*** A large European walnut veneer bombe commode, 18th century, probably north Italian, the three drawer commode with well figured veneer throughout inlaid with strung cross-banded ribbon designs, having the original escutcheons and locks, solid wood… ***
*** A Napoleon III marble top inlaid commode. 19th century, the top full width drawer featuring a series of parquetry motifs and below two full width drawers featuring a floral marquetry bouquet to both all with ormolu mounts and raised on four legs. Height… ***
*** A large Regence style walnut commode, 18th century, with a fine patina and of pegged construction, the deep commode with a serpentine profile having three oak lined long drawers with the original steel locks and a trio of framed and shaped reserves, brass… ***
*** A fine French transitional Tulipwood and rosewood commode, 18th century. the commode of breakfront form with a grey and amber marble top, with three oak lined drawers with book end veneer panels, stringing, laurel garland swing handles and ribbon… ***
*** An antique Louis XV style fruitwood commode, 18th century, with a grey white striated top of serpentine profile with three conforming panelled drawers embellished with pierced gilt bronze foliate scroll pull handles and rocaille escutcheons, with a shaped… ***
*** A European chest on stand. Possibly Portuguese/Spanish, Eighteenth century, the large cabinet with a face of twelve cushion drawers each with fancy, pierced brass escutcheons over a carved continuous frieze, with substantial brass handles to each side and… ***
*** A Napoleon III marble top commode, in the transitional style with bronze mounts and breakfront rouge marble top over three drawers and two full width drawers all with kingwood and ebony stringing with chamfered sides on cabriole legs ***
*** A late Georgian mahogany cabinet-on-chest, circa 1830. Rectangular top with ogee moulded edge over a two door cabinet with recessed panels opening to four sliding drawers over a chest with two half width drawers and two full width drawers, each with… ***
*** A Louis XIV style parquetry commode arbalete in mixed timbers, circa 1900, the commode decorated to the top with striking star and geometric forms, stringing and cross banding in contrasting timbers, three drawers of similar, decoration with heavy swing… ***
*** A fine transitional style walnut. Provincial commode, 18th century, the deep commode of serpentine profile and of pegged construction with three heavy oak lined drawers, each with a trio of shaped and framed panels with neoclassical gilt bronze… ***
*** A burr walnut chest-on-stand in the 18th century German style, late 19th/early 20th century, of arbalete outline, the chest with a moulded cornice above four graduated drawers, the stand with a deep frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs with carved… ***
*** Georgian mahogany chest of drawers with a rectangular top, a double moulded edge, a gentle bow front, full length twisted columns, two half width drawers, three full width drawers with cockbeading, brass escutcheons, circular thumb plates and ring handles… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany press on chest, circa 1865, the everted pediment over two arch panelled doors opening to a fitted interior on a base with two half and two full width drawers with plain plinth. Height 211 cm. Width 124 cm. Depth 62 cm. ***
*** A fine Louis XVI style marquetry secretaire À abbatant, 19th century, in mahogany and tulipwood and fashioned as a semainier, with a marble top, curved edges, a fall front with a bird's eye maple fitted interior and four drawers below, a shaped apron with… ***
*** A wonderful Italian Continental two drawer chest, late 18th / 19th century, the shaped top with central inlaid cartouche surrounded by fruit wood veneered border over two short drawers set with inlaid images of gentlemen and ladies in exterior scenes, the… ***
*** A Louis XV style tulipwood semainier, early 20th century, with a serpentine cream marble top above seven full-width drawers with feather banded and inlaid reserves, hipped and curvaceous edges to splayed feet, with gilt bronze mounts and sabots, height… ***
*** A transitional style kingwood commode, circa 1930, with a mottled red and white marble top, a sectioned frieze drawer with applied and pierced ormolu neoclassical embellishments, and two long drawers with finely painted marquetry style flora and birds,… ***
*** An Empire style bird's eye maple commode, circa 1930, with a figured black and white marble top above a concealed frieze drawer with formal inlaid motifs, three recessed long drawers with conforming decorations and brass pull handles flanked by pillars… ***
*** A Victorian flame mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1830, the six graduating full width oak lined drawers each with cockbeading and turned handles and supported on ogee, bracket feet. Height 149 cm. Width 109 cm. Depth 50 cm ***
*** A walnut and mahogany Art Deco chest, circa 1930, the rectangular top over three quarter panel veneered drawers with circular copper handles flanked by two half columns on a shaped skirt and tapering circular legs. Height 81 cm. Width 99 cm. Depth 42.5 cm. ***
*** An antique transitional kingwood and tulipwood commode, late 18th century, with a breakfront grey black marble top above three drawers, each with three book end veneer panels with barber's pole borders and beaded ring handles with rosette backplates, with… ***
*** A French marble topped commode, late 19th century, the bombe three drawer base with ormolu mounts topped with peach coloured marble all raised upon four legs with sabots. Height 84.5 cm. Width 86 cm. Depth 50 cm ***
*** A fine transitional style kingwood commode, circa 1890, with stamp of A. Lenard to the corners under marble, with a fine cream, orange and grey breakfront marble top above two long drawers of conforming profile and finely inlaid with flora, urns and a… ***
*** A William and Mary style walnut veneer chest of drawers, late 17th to early 18th century, on a pine carcass with ebony strung oyster veneer spandrels above two small and three long oak lined drawers with ebony stringing, applied brass escutcheons and… ***
*** A Victorian huon pine chest of drawers 1890s, the moulded serpentine top above a conforming frieze drawer and a straight-fronted arrangement of four small drawers and three long drawers flanked by carved corbels and supports, with a serpentine base… ***
*** A large Victorian mahogany Scottish chest of drawers, circa 1860, the large Crown with turned rail front containing a hidden compartment above two short drawers and three long drawers with mother of pearl centre handles, flanked by foliate corbels… ***
*** A Louis XV style marquetry inlaid kingwood bureau chest, circa 1880, the marble topped chest with pull out secretaire fitted with four tiny drawers with ormolu handles and fold down writing plane and below a further three drawers each with a floral… ***
*** A Georgian mahogany chest of drawers, early 19th century, the chest of serpentine profile with extended ears and three quarter tightly ringed full length supports flanking three small drawers and three long drawers of graduating depth, with brass swing… ***
*** A late George III mahogany chest-on-chest, early 19th century, the upper part with a moulded and reeded cornice above two short and three graduated long drawers, the lower part with three long drawers, on out-swept French bracket feet with curved aprons.… ***
*** A Victorian bow-fronted mahogany chest, circa 1870, the bow-fronted rectangular top over two half and three full width graduated and cockbeaded drawers with timber knop handles flanked by quadrant rope edge pullers on short fluted legs. Height 117 cm.… ***
*** A French transitional style commode stamped P Marquant, C1930 Of slightly breakfront form with an interesting veined and mottled amber to purple marble top above three drawers and two full width drawers, well ornamented with striking parquetry in… ***
*** A large Louis XV style tulipwood bombe commode, early 20th century, with a mottled yellow and tan marble top of serpentine profile above two drawers with parquetry reserves centred with a floral bouquet, the sides conforming, a shaped apron with drop and… ***
*** A transitional style tulipwood marquetry chest, early 20th century, with a serpentine mottled yellow ochre marble top above five drawers of conforming profile with reserved and floral inlaid panels, feather banded panels to the sides, bold hipped edges… ***
*** A Louis XV style inlaid tulipwood bombe commode, circa 1950, the commode with a serpentine mottled cream and purple marble top above two long shaped drawers with floral inlay to bookend veneers, similarly decorated to the sides, with a shaped drop, boldly… ***
*** A Victorian cedar secretaire Wellington chest. Later 19th century, the chest with six drawers of differing depths, one with a faux front serving as a fold down writing plane and concealing two half width drawers and four pigeon holes, with acanthus carved… ***
*** A pair of Louis XV Tulipwood inlaid bombe Commodes, 19th century, with Breche d'Alep marble tops of serpentine profile above two book end veneer and floral inlaid drawers with rocaille cast cartouches, similarly decorated to the sides and raised on hipped… ***
*** A fine walnut Regence style commode, 18th century, of double bow form with a substantial grey and tan veined marble top above two short and three long drawers of conforming shape with channel grooved details, elaborately cast escutcheons, swing handles… ***
*** A Louis XV style bombe tulipwood marquetry commode, later 19th century, with an ox blood and white serpentine marble top above two long oak lined drawers, the facades and sides finely inlaid with arabesques and flora in bright contrasting timbers and… ***
*** An early Australian cedar chest of drawers, circa 1860, the rectangular top above two shorts drawers flanking a central deep drawer above two turned pillars flanking three long drawers. Standing on turned bun feet. Height 130 cm. Length 121 cm. Width 58 cm ***
*** A fine mahogany Wellington chest, 19th century, the seven drawer chest having a plain extended top above seven full width drawers of graduating depth and supported on a plinth base, with a lockable vertical hinged flap, decorative corbels and turned knob… ***
*** 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… ***
*** A Louis XV style tulipwood semainier, mid-20th century With a serpentine cream marble top above seven full-width drawers with feather banded and inlaid floral reserves, hipped and curvaceous edges to splayed feet, with gilt bronze mounts and sabots,… ***
*** A provincial Louis XV-style oak commode, the moulded top above two short and two long drawers and a shaped apron, on cabriole front legs, the front with carved foliate details throughout, the sides panelled. Height 90 cm. Width 119 cm. Depth 49 cm ***
*** A Louis XV style bow fronted commode, circa 1920, set with a white marble top above three veneered drawers with ring handles flanked by gilt metal corbels all on cabriole legs with gilt feet. Height 90 cm. Width101 cm. Depth47 cm ***
*** A Georgian mahogany secretaire chest on chest, circa 1790, the shaped pediment above a two part cabinet fitted with three short drawers and three full width graduated drawers on a base with a fall front secretaire with fitted interior and three further… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1870, the elegant rectangular carcase with two half drawers above and three full width drawers all with turned knobs and standing on four bun feet. Height 129 cm. Width 116 cm. Depth 53.5 cm ***
*** A large tulipwood Louis XV style marquetry bombe commode, early 20th century, with a serpentine profile having a vigorous cream and purple marble top, two quarter veneer panelled drawers decorated with trailing flora inlay, the sides similar, generous… ***
*** A transitional style marble topped commode, circa 1930s, of slightly breakfront form with three drawers well ornamented with floral, inlay, perspective cube parquetry and key fret borders, with bronze mounts, and ring handles, curvaceous legs and sabots,… ***
*** 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 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 fine Louis XV style kingwood bombe commode, later 19th century, of generous proportions with a striking and vigorously figured pale grey, rouge and tan marble top above two deep oak lined drawers with floral inlay, book end veneer panels to the sides… ***
*** A pair of Louis XV style tulipwood Bombe Commodes, 20th century, with deep apricot beige marble tops of serpentine profile above three long quarter veneer panelled drawers with shaped reserves and floral inlay, the sides similar, hipped edges to… ***
*** A small Directoire tulipwood commode, 19th century, with a grey white marble top above three long drawers each decorated with geometric inlaid barber's pole bands and stringing so as to present as an arrangement of multiple small drawers, raised on… ***
*** A Charles X provincial cherry wood commode, circa 1830, the rectangular top above a moulded frieze drawer and a pair of well-figured burr wood-panelled cabinet doors, on a plinth base with small scrolling feet. Height 96 cm. Width 135 cm. Depth 58 cm ***
*** A Louis XV style marble topped commode, 20th century, the serpentine fronted white marble top on a two drawer bombe cabinet decorated with inlaid floral sprays with brass handles standing on cabriole legs with brass sabots. Height 77 cm. Length 63 cm.… ***
*** A Regence style tulipwood and bronze ormolu bombe commode, circa 1900, of serpentine profile with a vigorous white and raisin marble top, above three serpentine fronted, crossbanded and strung drawers, a shaped apron with drop, exaggerated hipped edges… ***
*** A mahogany Victorian Scotch chest, circa 1870, the carcase with a single full width and three smaller bow front drawers above three full width drawers all with timber knop handles flanked either side with waved corbels above a barley twist column all… ***
*** A marble topped Louis XV style kingwood commode, early 20th century, with a fine flecked rouge marble top of shaped profile above two small drawers and a full width drawer below, with a shaped apron and raised on cabriole legs, decorated with striking… ***
*** A fine transitional marquetry commode in mixed timbers, circa 1930, with an orange red speckled marble top of shaped profile above two drawers with lattice and quatrefoil detail to the centre flanked by vases of flowers, a shaped apron with drop, extended… ***
*** A Louis XIV style tulipwood bombe commode, circa 1930, with a mottled serpentine peach marble top above five drawers over three levels with quarter veneer panels and cross banding, the sides conforming, with impressive bronze cast handles, mounts and… ***
*** A fine Louis XV style parquetry Bombe commode, circa 1930s, with a serpentine purple and ochre marble top above two long drawers with decorative tile and lattice patterns to shaped and strung reserves, the sides conforming, with a shaped apron, extended… ***
*** A Louis XV style Semainier, of tapering serpentine form in walnut, kingwood and satinwood surmounted with a caramel marble top, with seven drawers each with stringing and floral inlay, foliate brass pulls, escutcheons, the sides with herringbone parquetry… ***
*** 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 ***
*** A Georgian mahogany Scottish chest of drawers, circa 1830, the shaped top above a hidden drawer with two short drawers flanking a deep flame mahogany panelled drawer with three long drawers. All with turned ebonised handles and flanked by turned pillars… ***
*** 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 XV style tulipwood bombe commode, mid 20th century, the commode with a serpentine mottled yellow and purple marble top above two drawers with shaped bookend veneer panels inlaid with roses and trailing tendrils, the sides of conforming decoration,… ***
*** A fine Louis XV style kingwood bombe commode, late 19th to early 20th century, with a serpentine breche d'Alep marble top above three drawers with shaped feather banded reserves with blonde and ebonised stringing, pronounced hipped edges and splayed legs,… ***
*** An antique German mahogany chest on chest, later 19th century, with well figured book end veneers, both sections having four drawers of graduating depth, the top drawers of ogee profile, with black metal lion's, head and ring handles and raised on waisted… ***
*** A Louis XV style tulipwood bombe commode, mid 20th century, with a vibrant orange crystalline marble top of shaped profile above a pair, of drawers and two long drawers with quarter veneer panels, with cross, banding and stringing, a shaped apron, hipped… ***
*** A Louis XV style inlaid tulipwood semainier, circa 1930s, of typical form with a shaped purple and ochre marble top above seven even drawers with feather veneer reserves and floral inlay, quarter veneer strung panels to the sides, bold high hipped edges… ***
*** A Georgian mahogany chest, early 19th century, having a fine patina, with three short drawers and three long drawers of graduated depth, partial cockbeading, original oval backplates with, neoclassical decoration and swing handles, raised on bracket feet,… ***
*** A Louis XV style kingwood bombe commode, early 20th century, a mottled red marble top of serpentine profile above three drawers with, bookend veneers and inlaid floral bordered cartouches, the sides similarly, decorated, having a shaped apron with drop,… ***
*** A Louis XV style tulipwood semainier, circa 1930s, of typical form with a shaped purple and ochre marble top above seven even drawers with feather veneer reserves, quarter veneer strung panels to the sides, bold high hipped edges flowing to small feet,… ***
*** A French transitional-style commode, 20th century, rectangular, the variegated grey and white marble top above two drawers, on cabriole legs, the front decorated with a marquetry panel centred on a roundel with a putto playing the flute, the sides also… ***
*** A fine mid Victorian Scottish flame mahogany chest, circa 1860-70s, of generous proportions with an extended top above a cushion profile faux frieze drawer concealing a top hinged 'secret' compartment, two half drawers above four full width drawers of… ***
*** A Louis XV style kingwood and tulipwood commode, mid-20th century, the bombe commode with a shaped red and grey marble top with a moulded edge, above three long drawers with quarter veneer paneling, with a shaped apron, hipped edges and curvaceous legs,… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany two-stage campaign chest, latter half 19th century of typical form in two halves, with two half drawers over three full width drawers, with brass flush handles to the drawers and sides and protective brass corners to the front. Height… ***
*** Victorian mahogany chest of drawers with moulded edges, a full width glove drawer, two half drawers, three graduated drawers, each with cockbeading and brass escutcheons, and a solid plinth base ***
*** An Empire style flame mahogany commode by Haentges Freres, Haentges Freres (Paris), mid 20th century with a charcoal marble top above a long frieze drawer and three recessed drawers with conforming brass decorations and dish shaped pull handles, flanked… ***
*** A fine Louis XV style inlaid tulipwood bombe commode, circa 1930's With a serpentine br che d'Alep marble top above two long shaped drawers with floral inlay to a striking veneered sunray design, the sides with a similar sunray decoration, with a shaped… ***
*** A walnut Baroque style commode, circa 1930, with a plain rectangular top with rounded corners, three drawers of ogee and bombe profile, the edges with pronounced hips and knees, a deep shaped apron and raised on stocky cabriole legs, the drawers with twin… ***
*** A Louis XV style inlaid tulipwood and rosewood bombe commode, circa 1930s, with a shaped yellow breche marble top above two long drawers with quarter veneer, panelling with floral inlay enclosed by stringing, with a shaped apron, hipped edges and… ***
*** A Louis XV style bombe commode, circa 1930's, with a serpentine top in yellow ochres above two full width parquetry inlaid drawers with gilt bronze handles and escutcheons, hipped front legs decorated with gilt bronze mounts and sabots, height 86 cm,… ***
*** A Georgian mahogany bow front chest, early 19th century, with two small drawers and three full width drawers of graduating depth with turned pull handles flanked by turned pilasters above a boldly shaped apron and high splayed bracket legs, well… ***
*** A walnut semainier with Empire Styling serpentine shaped with a mottled cream marble top above a shaped cornice, seven veneer panelled drawers, and quarter panelled sides above an extended plinth base, the chamfered edges surmounted by brass busts, and… ***
*** A Louis XV-style tulipwood bombe commode, mid 20th century with a shaped yellow breche marble top of serpentine profile, above three long drawers with book end veneer, strung panels, the sides conforming, a shaped apron with drop and hipped edges flowing… ***