The swollen, curved form of this large commode is called bombé. A small wheel at the center front of the lower drawer supports its weight, allowing it to be opened with greater ease. The gilt bronze mounts in the form of male and female heads on the corners and festooned lambrequins in the center are part of the repertory consistently used by the cabinetmaker Étienne Doirat. On the interior, the sides of the drawers curve to correspond with the curving sides of the commode; this feature serves no practical purpose other than to display the cabinetmaker's virtuosity.

Doirat, whose name is stamped on the top of the commode, was one of the few cabinetmakers to regularly place his name on his works before a guild rule in the late 1740s made stamping mandatory.