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Also Known As	commode-tombeau

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Parisian commode

Commode, from the bedchamber of Louis XV at Versailles, with marble top, ormolu mounts, and marquetry of different coloured woods, by Jacques Caffieri, c. 1739; in the Wallace Collection, London.

Commode, pine veneered with kingwood parquetry, Paris, c. 1710; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Lacquered commode

Oeben, Jean-François: commode

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