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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart, post: 438418, member: 9344&quot;]Judging on the style of your chest, it is definitely Dutch: the use of two doors is typical for Dutch furniture, whereas French chests often have drawers. In Dutch this kind of chests is called a &#039;penantkast&#039;. The wood is oak, mahogany veneered, with a solid Cuba mahogany top. The feet to do confirm its Dutch origin: these feet are more &#039;Louis Seize&#039; in style, while the rest of the chest is &#039;Empire&#039;. A French Empire chest would probably have square feet and a marble top (as with the other chest). In The Netherlands Empire style furniture was introduced by King Louis Napoléon (1806-1810), who ordered a lot of furniture by the Dutch firms of Horrix (The Hague) and Breytspraak (Amsterdam) to furnish his palaces. As a result The Dutch Royal palaces can boast the biggest collection of Empire furniture outside France. The Dutch firms did not use ormolu so profusely to decorate their furniture as their French counterparts did. Dutch Empire style did linger on until say 1840, and gradualy evolved in Biedermeier or Charles X / Louis Pilippe, so dating your chest is quite difficult, but it sure dates from 1805-1830.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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