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A bombé commode is a type of furniture that resembles an English chest of drawers, popular in France during the late 17th and 18th centuries. Its defining characteristic is its outward-curving lines, giving it a rounded, or "bombé," shape on the sides and front.12

These pieces often featured marble tops and were frequently adorned with intricate marquetry or parquetry veneers, as well as decorative gilded bronze fittings known as ormolu. The style evolved through different French periods, from the heavier Baroque influences to the more extravagant Rococo curves, and later to more restrained, rectangular forms in the Louis XVI period. The bombé commode was also imitated across Europe, with variations in style and decoration.13

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