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| Anonymous French Workshop Dressing-Table Mirror ca. 1700 ebony inlaid with exotic materials, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Anonymous French Workshop Console Table ca. 1700-1725 carved and gilded oak, marble top Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| André-Charles Boulle Commode ca. 1710-20 walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, verd-antique marble top, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Charles Cressent Commode ca. 1745-49 oak and pine veneered with exotic woods, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Bernard II van Risenburgh Writing Table ca. 1755 oak veneered with exotic woods and other materials, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Bernard II van Risenburgh Folding Card Table ca. 1755-65 oak veneered with exotic woods, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Gilles Joubert Writing Table 1759 lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Denis Genty Commode ca. 1760 oak veneered with exotic woods, marble top, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jean-François Hache (Hache l'ainé) Slant-Top Desk ca. 1760-65 walnut with marquetry in exotic woods Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Joseph Baumhauer Writing Table ca. 1760-65 oak veneered with tulip wood, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Léonard Boudin Work Table ca. 1761-70 oak veneered with exotic woods, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Léonard Boudin Commode ca. 1765-70 oak and pine veneered with exotic woods, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jean-Henri Eberts Tripod Stand (Athènienne) ca. 1773 carved and gilded pine, gilt-bronze fittings Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Guillaume Benneman Drop-Front Secretary 1786-87 oak veneered with exotic woods, marble top, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Adam Weiseiler Drop-Front Secretary on Stand ca. 1790 oak veneered with exotic woods, Japanese and French lacquer panels, gilt-bronze mounts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
"The ébénistes were responsible for veneered and marquetried case furniture such as tables, cabinets, and commodes or chests of drawers, one of the popular new types of furniture introduced during the eighteenth century. Instead of marquetry, panels of Chinese or Japanese lacquer could also be used as veneer. The eighteenth-century marchands-merciers (dealers), who played an important role as decorators, creators of new fashions, and middlemen between craftsmen and clients, would supply the cabinetmakers with such lacquer panels. These were often cut from old-fashioned chests or cabinets that had been imported from the Far East during the previous century."
– extracts from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York