Late Victorian Mahogany 7 Drawer Chest
Located in Dereham, GB
Late Victorian Mahogany 7 drawer chest Figured Mahogany top, with shaped up stand at back, Thumb
1880s British Late Victorian Antique 7 Drawer Chest
Mahogany
Late Victorian Mahogany 7 Drawer Chest
Located in Dereham, GB
Late Victorian Mahogany 7 drawer chest Figured Mahogany top, with shaped up stand at back, Thumb
Mahogany
19th C Hemlock 7 drawer chest with wardrobes
Located in Hudson, NY
19th C Hemlock 7 drawer chest with wardrobes All the storage you will ever need! Three pieces
Wood
$2,995
H 56.5 in W 32 in D 15 in
Early 20th C. George III Style Parquetry Mahogany 7-Drawer Chest with Stone Top
Located in Germantown, MD
A George III style Parquetry Mahogany, walnut and pine Seven-Drawer Chest with removable stone Top
Mahogany, Walnut, Pine
French Victorian Walnut Semanier Chest with Marble Top
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian narrow walnut and inlaid semanier, 7 drawer chest with a marble top.
Marble
19th Century burr walnut secretaire tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Striking walnut and burr walnut 7 drawer chest, which is often known as a seminere, albeit this one
Walnut
$1,982Sale Price|20% Off
H 57.09 in W 19.1 in D 24.41 in
WIV Period 7 Drawer Fitted Tall Pedestal Cupboard
By Richard Bridgens
Located in Dereham, GB
WIV period 7 drawer fitted tall pedestal cupboard, Mahogany top 4 Inset panel sides. The front
Mahogany
$1,650
H 57.75 in W 30.75 in D 19.5 in
Antique Italian Ebonized & Gilt Trim Cherry 7-Drawer Classical Semainier C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Italian Ebonized & Gilt Trim Cherry 7-Drawer Classical Semainier Offered by Bloomingdales
Cherry
7 Drawer Chest
Located in Houston, TX
mahogany chest with satinwood inlay and bronze mounts with lovely marble top ogee edge
Marble, Bronze
Antique Chest
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very fine antique American walnut and burl walnut tall 7 drawer chest.
Walnut, Burl
Early 19th Century Chinese Hardwood Tall Chest
Located in Salisbury, GB
An early 19th century Chinese hardwood 7 drawer tall chest. With display stand at top and heavily
Antique French Louis XVI marble top "Semainier" 7 drawer chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI marble top "Semainier" 7 drawer chest - Unique size
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 31.5 in W 40 in D 25.75 in
Antique Georgian Drawing Print Architect's Plan File 7 Drawer Chest Cabinet 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Georgian Country House seven drawer lock-sided architect's plan or print chest circa
Walnut
Louis XV Style "Semainier" Tall Chest
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XV Style semainier (7 drawer chest) in walnut with 6 single upper drawers and a double
Walnut
Pine Highboy Chest of Seven Drawers, Sweden circa 1900's
Located in Round Top, TX
which all function. Restored and waxed, this 7-drawer chest is solid, stable and ready for use; drawers
Brass
19th Century Burr Walnut Secretaire Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
walnut 7 drawer chest, which is often known as a seminere, albeit this one has the addition of a
Walnut
19th century burr walnut secretaire tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
walnut 7 drawer chest, which is often known as a seminere, albeit this one has the addition of a
Walnut
1900s French Provincial 7-Drawer Semainier Chest
Located in High Point, NC
This 1900s French Provincial seven-drawer semainier chest is a charming example of functional
Wood
Sold
H 59.5 in W 34.25 in D 18 in
Antique Pine 7 Drawer "Highboy" Chest of Drawers, Sweden circa 1870-90
Located in Round Top, TX
This pine chest of drawers or "highboy" has 7 drawers, and is ideal storage in a narrow space. The
Antique French Empire Mahogany 7-Drawer Marble-Top Tall Chest, 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
19th Century French Empire tall chest features mahogany construction, seven drawers, flanking full
Marble, Bronze
Swedish Gustavian 7 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian 7 drawer chest of drawers, it's been restored and repainted with Milk
Birch
Pair of Italian Semainiers
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Wonderful pair of original antique Italian painted semainiers (7 drawer chests) with serpentine
Wood
Sold
H 60.25 in W 22.5 in D 22.25 in
Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut & Ebonized Seven Drawer Lock Side Chest C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Victorian Eastlake Walnut And Ebonized 7 Drawer Lock-Side Chest C1890 Measures - 60.25"H x 22.25"W
Walnut
Sold
H 63.25 in W 39.5 in D 19 in
Antique 7 Drawer Mahogany Highboy Chest of Drawers Dresser from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
1800's. Four keys are included, the middle/fourth drawer does not lock. This chest of drawers breaks
Wood, Mahogany
Sold
H 59.5 in W 35.5 in D 19 in
19th Century French Colonial Faux-Bamboo and Burl Wood Semainier Commode Chest
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Exceptional 7-drawer, locking Semainier chest from France. From the mid-19th century Aesthetic
Marble
GERMAN BIEDERMEIR CROTCH MAHOGANY VENEERED 7 DRAWER CHEST
Located in New York, NY
GERMAN BIEDERMEIR CROTCH MAHOGANY VENEERED 7 DRAWER CHEST
Mahogany
19th c. English Flame Mahogany 7 Drawer Chest Flanked by Two Cupboards
Located in Stamford, CT
19th c. English Flame Mahogany 7 Drawer Chest Flanked by Two Cupboards. Breaks down into 7 pieces
Fine German Biedermeier pier 7 drawer chest
Located in Long Island City, NY
escutcheons. Reference: an identical chest is illustrated on page 129, Dr. Georg Himmelheber
18th Century Mahogany 7 Drawer Dutch Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
BLOCK FRONT, KETTLE FORM 7 DRAWER CHEST WITH ORIGINAL GILT BRONZE HARDWARE.. THE SHAPED TOP ABOVE
Ormolu
German Biedermeier tall chest by Wolfgang Knussmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
German Biedermeier semaniere (7 drawer chest) signed "KNUSSMANN IN MAINZ # 7605. Wolfgang Knussmann
Italian Parquetry Lingerie Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
Beautiful Italian Parquetry 7 drawer Lingerie Chest with exquisite detail. The veneer in this piece
Wood
Chest of Drawers in Rosewood, circa 1870
Located in Honiton, Devon
Good quality 7 drawer rosewood chest of drawers. French, circa 1870s. All seven drawers run
Oak, Rosewood
$2,145 / set
H 24.81 in W 23.63 in D 13.78 in
French Pair of Nightstands Side Cabinets Bedside Tables Brutalist Style, 2022
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of oak nightstands "Pyrénées" signed by Sébastien Lamarre. This french side cabinets were made by Sébastien Lamarre for Maison Marie Anne. The creator chose for the Pyrénées mo...
Oak
$4,475
H 104 in W 104.5 in D 35 in
Late 19th-Early 20th C. Large Scale Walnut French Dressing Cabinet With Bench
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An incredible ensemble acting as its own complete sitting room. A large scale carved walnut cabinet in the Louis XV style with double beveled mirrored doors for the deep side compart...
Brass
19th Century Aesthetic Style Wardrobe
Located in Dallas, TX
A large aesthetic ash wardrobe in the style of Charles Bevan dating to 1890. The front is beautifully inlaid with stylized flowers and painted bird motifs. The two doors flanking the...
Wood
1810s Louis XVI Period Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite, early 19th century Louis XVI style two-drawer 'Commode Sauteuse', with a white marble top and gilt bronze fittings. This curiously named style of commode always feature...
Marble, Bronze
French Semainier or Tall Chest of Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French semainier or tall chest of mahogany from the late 18th century, featuring a white marble top over a frieze with seven drawers between opposing reeded columns, with ...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
$1,542Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.29 in W 66.15 in D 33.86 in
1950-60s, Danish 3-seater sofa, original condition, cotton/wool, beech wood.
Located in Tarm, 82
1960s, Danish 3 seater sofa in original very good condition: no smells and no stains. Light green furniture cotton/wool fabric, brass springs in the seat, beech wood legs. Manufactur...
Fabric, Beech
$3,441 / set
H 33.6 in W 24 in D 15 in
Betty Joel Attri Arts & Crafts Oak Tallboy and Matching Petite Chest of Drawers
By Betty Joel
Located in London, GB
Betty Joel, attributed, an Arts & Crafts oak tallboy and matching petite chest of drawers with hand crafted handles and angled feet. Tall boy measures H 62 1/2", W 36 1/4", D 19 1/2"...
Oak
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
H 38.25 in W 19.25 in D 16 in
Antique French Louis XVI Carved Walnut, Kingwood & Marble Zinc Lined Chest 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XVI style chest offers shaped marble top over kingwood chest having bookmatched sides, single drawer over zinc lined cabinet over three drawers, raised on fol...
Marble, Zinc
$5,500
H 50 in W 26 in D 14 in
Fine Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Rosewood Ormolu Secretaire Abattant 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality antique French Louis XV rosewood, marquetry, ormolu and marble topped secretaire abattant, circa 1880. The serpentine shaped secretary is modeled as a semainier (...
Marble, Ormolu
French Semainier or Tall Chest of Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French semainier or tall chest of mahogany, featuring a figured marble top over a frieze of one drawer with escutcheon over six drawers with a locking pilaster and key - each ...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
French Semainier or Tall Chest of Walnut with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French semainier or tall chest of walnut with marble top, featuring a slightly narrower top drawer over six larger drawers beneath. The drawer fronts with beautiful care...
Marble, Metal, Brass
On Hold|$7,500
H 79 in W 72.5 in D 25 in
18th Century Antique North German Pine Sun Armoire with Gesso Appliqué
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
This exceptional one-of-a-kind armoire from the area of Bremen has the original pink gesso appliqués, circa 1790. Fabricated from a beautiful knot-less dense pine, the carved ribbed...
Gesso, Pine
Japanese SHIBAYAMA carving with mushroom, insects and phallus
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese SHIBAYAMA carving with mushroom, insects and phallus ~ Meiji
Antler
$4,405
H 81 in W 72.25 in D 23 in
Gillows. An Arts & Crafts Oak Treble Wardrobe with Ebony Floral Inlays
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
Gillows. An Arts & Crafts Glasgow style Arts & Crafts oak treble wardrobe with ebony and walnut stylized floral inlays to the cornice and further leaf style inlays to the door tops a...
Ebony, Oak
French Walnut Semanier
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Fine French Louis XVI walnut Semanier tall chest with bronze escucheons and scalloped apron.
Walnut
Italian Art Nouveau Ash Armoire Wardrobe, c. 1900
Located in Southampton, NY
Italian Art Nouveau Ash Armoire Wardrobe, c. 1900 The Art Nouveau cabinet from circa 1900 thought to be made in Italy. The details show a refined restrained elegance reflecting the ...
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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