$6,753
H 38.59 in W 43.31 in D 21.26 in
A fine 19C Tuscan painted with parcel gilt three drawers commode
Located in London, GB
An outstanding early 19th century Tuscan three drawers commode beautifully painted on all sides
Oak
$8,750Sale Price|30% Off
H 36 in W 55 in D 22.5 in
Dutch Mahogany and Satinwood Neoclassical Cabinet, 19 Th C
Located in Houston, TX
This unique piece is 19 th century with a banded, quarter-veneered top With a full raised edge and
Mahogany
19c French Antique Walnut Empire Chest with Columns
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 19th-century French walnut Empire chest showcases the period’s signature balance of strength and refinement. Framed by columnar supports that lend an architectural feel, the cas...
Wood
19c. French Parquetry Secretaire / Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Secretaire, having notched marble top with 3/4 pierced bronze gallery, the top drawer opens to a writing surface and inside, an arrangement of pigeon holes and two central drawers; t...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 37.01 in W 50.01 in D 23.23 in
SALE! Early Biedermeier 1820 19 th c Viennese Walnut Commode
Located in Boca Raton, FL
rare to find, commode.
Unavailable
H 35.44 in W 41.34 in D 23.63 in
SALE!-Gustavian Antique 19 th c Cherrywood Chest - Writing desk
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Gustavian antique 19 th c cherry wood veneer on pine chest, opening into a writing desk.
Cherry
19c Empire Commode with Marble
Located in New Orleans, LA
Empire Commode with Marble Top
Walnut
19c Louis Philippe Commode with Marble
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Philippe Commode with Marble Top
19c Louis Philippe Commode with Wooden Top
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Philippe commode with Wooden Top
Wood
19c Louis Philippe Commode with Blanc Marble
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Philippe Commode with Whit Marble
19 th.c.French Commode/Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
19 th.c.French commode/chest with Ivory escutcheons.
Oak
Northern Italian 19c Inlaid Olivewood Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Commode, Neoclassical form, inlaid with olivewood veneer and French polished; having three drawers
Wood
19c. French Japanned Commode with Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Commode, having a rust-colored top of marble, on black lacquered case of three stacked drawers
19c Swedish Chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
Painted Swedish Chest
Wood
19c. French Marquetry Commode with Rouge Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Commode, having serpentine marble top on base with wonderful marquetry panels on drawers and sides
Fine 19c. Directoire Style Commode with Slate Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Commode, having a rectangular top of slate with rounded corners, conforming case of mixed woods
Walnut Commode with Marble Top, 19c French Louis XVI Style
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 19c French Louis XVI style walnut commode with marble top has classic line and tapered legs
Wood
19th Century Louis Philippe Commode with Marble
Located in New Orleans, LA
19c Louis Philippe Commode with Marble Top
Marble
French Louis XVI style Chest 19 th c.
Located in Houston, TX
French chest mahogany and various exotic woods Marble top in pale gold and pale rouge coloration Intricate marquetry designs in geometric patterns
Wood
19C Anglo-Indian Rosewood, Brass & Satinwood Campaign Chest
Located in New York, NY
An early 19th century Anglo-Indian rosewood two-part, brass bound campaign chest featuring two short over three long drawers, each trimmed with satinwood and inlaid with brass string...
Brass
19c French Antique Empire Walnut Chest with Marble Top & Paw Feet
Located in New Orleans, LA
A classic 19th-century French Empire walnut chest featuring clean architectural lines and refined proportions. Topped with a marble slab and raised on carved paw feet, the piece refl...
Marble
Pair of Swedish Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Matching pair of 19c Swedish Commodes – wonderful for bedside or storage.
Wood
19c. Walnut French Demilune Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Demilune commode, having notched black veined marble top, three center drawers, two side drawers
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bombe Commode 19C
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Commode This delightful commode features a free
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style commode, mahogany with white marble top 19 th c
Located in Houston, TX
This cabinet is very well made with the drawers sliding easily It has quality hardware that is complete. The white marble top Has no restorations and has very pale gray veining. The ...
Mahogany
19c Restoration Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
19c Restoration Commode in Walnut
19c Louis XIV Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
19c Louis XIV Commode
19c Louis Philippe Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
19c Louis Philippe Commode with Marble
19c Louis Philippe Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Philippe Commode with Marble Top
Early 19 c. walnut commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 19th century French 4-drawer walnut commode. Beautiful patina.
Brass
19c Louis XV Commode with Serpentine Front
Located in New Orleans, LA
19c Louis XV Commode with Serpentine Front
19c. Federal Style Two Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in New Orleans, LA
A small scale two drawer walnut chest of drawers on tall, turned feet, the drawers with neoclassical pulls (replaced). Some staining to the top. See photos, which are representative.
Walnut
Early Biedermeier 1820 19 th c Maple Chest
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Early Biedermeier beautiful maple chest with festooned top and feet.
Maple
French Neoclassical Revival 19 th c Tall Mahagony Commode
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Fabulous French neolassical revival tall commode with ormolu metalwork.
Mahogany
Moorish Granada Moroccan Pendant
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Smaller version of our elegant Granada Moroccan pendant, diamond shape clear glass Moroccan lantern with bronze metal finish. This vintage handcrafted lantern has a small window to a...
Metal
$1,695 / item
H 13.78 in Dm 9.45 in
Murano Round Green Glass and Brass Modern Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Very special Murano glass wall light, stylish and elegant, their design truly unique in their kind. Beautiful coloring. The wall light is composed of a brass stem where a system for...
Brass
Gold Gilt Sunburst Mirror
Located in London, GB
A carved and gilt Mahogany sunburst design mirror. The convex mirror distressed, within a rope twist border Contemporary.
Wood
Serving Tray on a Folding Stand
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Palm Beach, FL
British colonial style serving tray with a removable top with a herringbone reed surface in a bamboo frame with brass handles on a mahogany folding base carved with a palm leaf motif...
Bamboo
$5,449
H 38.59 in W 50.4 in D 30.32 in
Antique Genuine Swedish Rustic Original Blue Writing Desk Table with Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique genuine pine writing desk from Sweden with blue paint. The table is in untouched original condition with the original blue toned paint. Dated 1850 and monogrammed in black. T...
Pine
$7,797Sale Price|34% Off
H 77 in W 39.25 in D 19 in
Antique Georgian Sheraton Neo-Classical Inlaid Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, 1795
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & rare antique George III Sheraton inlaid mahogany bookcase secretary, circa 1795. A diminutive bureau bookcase In two parts, the top having a stepped cornice with twin doors ...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Sold|$4,200 / set
H 25.01 in W 14.77 in D 14.77 in
19th Century Bouillotte Louis XVI Style, Marquetry and Bronze Nightstands
Located in Miami, FL
French Louis XVI style side table or nightstand topped with marquetry top, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs. Three dovetailed small drawers with brass details.
Marble, Bronze
$9,450
H 79 in W 50.25 in D 25.5 in
Black Painted Baroque Swedish Oak Secretary Bureau, circa 1780-1810
Located in Round Top, TX
This striking oak secretary is an elegant statement piece crowned with a curved bonnet. Note the heavily carved panel doors and the large curvaceous lower three serpentine drawers. T...
Brass
Long Chandelier in Murano Glass by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Long chandelier in patinated brass with globes and plates in Murano glass. Creation by Studio Glustin.
Brass
$10,171 / item
H 35.44 in W 59.06 in D 15.75 in
Long brass chandelier in Murano glass by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Long brass chandelier with sculpted Murano glass. Italy, 2024.
Brass
$18,500
H 38.5 in W 60 in D 5.25 in
Italian 19th-20th Century Florentine Rococo Style Gilt Wood Carved Mirror Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Italian 19th-20th Century Florentine Rococo Revival Style Gilt Wood Carved Over-Mantel Mirror Frame. The ornately carved rectangular frame with scrolls, leaves and acanthus, a...
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century German Neoclassical Walnut Commode
Located in Rochester, NY
German neoclassical two-drawer walnut veneered commode. Good old finish with rich color, circa 1790. Original hand forged locks. Drawers slide nicely. # collection collect...
Wood, Walnut
$5,569
H 65.95 in W 48.43 in D 20.28 in
Antique 1818 Dated Aqua Blue Hand Painted German Marriage Wardrobe Rare Colour
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 1818 dated Antique German Marriage wardrobe in very a rare light blue paint I have recently purchased a very large co...
Oak
Classic French Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Classic French Black Desk with a tooled inset leather top writing surface, the ebonized and polished finish with brass trim and capitals, with frieze drawer and raised on square tape...
Brass
Louis XVI-Style coffee table with marble top and ormolu mounts
Located in Houston, TX
The mahogany wood that was used in creating this table is Superior quality. The marble top is in hues of white, Cream, Gold and taupe. The bronze fittings and the draped garland Are ...
Marble
A Pair of Regency Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
Of strong proportions, with bow fronts and two short and three graduating drawers, with beautifully turned pilaster ends, and sparse, graphically designed ebony inlay, with brass han...
Brass
Shopping for a commode or a chest of drawers?
Commode is the French term for a low chest of drawers, but it is also sometimes used to denote any case piece with a particularly intricate design. The commode dates to circa 1700 France, where it was used as an alternative to a taller cabinet piece so as to not obscure paneled, mirrored or tapestried walls. Coffers, or chests, which were large wooden boxes with hinged lids and sometimes stood on ball feet, preceded chests of drawers, a fashionable cabinet furnishing that garnered acclaim for its obvious storage potential and versatility. The term commode was also used to refer to a piece of bedroom furniture — a washstand or nightstand that contained a chamber pot.
As time passed, French and British furniture makers led the way in the production of chests of drawers, and features like the integration of bronze and ornamental pulls became commonplace. Antique French commodes in the Louis XV style were sometimes crafted in mahogany or walnut, while an Italian marble top added a sophisticated decorative flourish. This specific type of case piece grew in popularity in the years that followed.
So, what makes a chest of drawers different from a common dresser? Dressers are short, and chests of drawers are overall taller pieces of furniture that typically do not have room on the top for a mirror as most dressers do. Tallboys and highboys are variations of the dresser form. Some chests of drawers have one column of four to six long drawers or three long drawers in their bottom section that are topped by a cluster of small side-by-side drawers on the top. To further complicate things, we sometimes refer to particularly short chests of drawers as nightstands.
Even though chests of drawers are commonly thought of as bedroom furniture to store clothing, these are adaptable pieces. A chest of drawers can house important documents — think of your walnut Art Deco commode as an upgrade to your filing cabinet. Nestle your chest near your home’s front door to store coats and other outerwear, while the top can be a place to drop your handbag. Add some flair to your kitchen, where this lovable case piece can hold pots, pans and even cookbooks.
When shopping for the right chest of drawers for your home, there are a few key things to consider: What will you be storing in it? How big a chest will you need?
Speaking of size, don’t dream too big. If your space is on the smaller side, a more streamlined vintage mid-century modern chest of drawers, perhaps one designed by Paul McCobb or T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, may best suit your needs.
At 1stDibs, we make it easy to add style and storage to your home. Browse our collection of antique and vintage commodes and chests of drawers today.
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