What is a ‘Bombe’ on antique furniture
The term used on some pieces of antique furniture ‘Bombe’ originally is a French term which means blown out. Bomb is used to describe a large blown out outward curve on the front of some antique furniture and it was first introduced around the early 18th century.
The best example of bombe antique furniture we have had is our French burr walnut bombe armoire with its beautiful scrolled, carved cornice and large central mirrored door with two beautiful shaped cupboard doors all beautifully inlaid. The beautiful antique armoire has brass handles and hinges and stands on shaped splayed legs with a shaped apron. It was a stunning bombe shape and unfortunately now sold but keep an eye on our antique furniture warehouse website as we update it daily and we do occasionally get pieces like this, but they sell fast.
