Canadian PIne Bonnet Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
grain painted finish and unusual lift top
19th Century Antique Bonnet Chest
Wood, Paint
Canadian PIne Bonnet Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
grain painted finish and unusual lift top
Wood, Paint
English Georgian Mahogany Two-Drawer Bachelor's Chest, circa 1765
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine English circa 1765 George III period bachelor's chest of rare 'hat chest' or 'bonnet chest' configuration, the luminescent mahogany case of rectangular form having top brushin...
Brass
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Queen Anne Style Carved Mahogany Bonnet Top High Boy C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
This fine antique Queen Anne style bonnet top highboy, crafted from rich mahogany, dates to approximately c1900. The piece exemplifies classic early 20th-century furniture design, fe...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 80 in W 38.5 in D 20 in
Tiger Maple Queen Anne High Chest with Bonnet Top, Massachusetts
Located in Providence, RI
This highboy is of a small-scale with a width of only 35 in. and has a very delicate, fine appearance, with a beautifully formed pediment, which flanks its original urn and finial. W...
Maple
Unavailable
H 88.5 in W 38.5 in D 20 in
Queen Anne Fan Carved Maple Bonnet-Top High Chest, Connecticut, circa 1740-1760
Located in Providence, RI
This highboy is interesting in that it is an interpretation of the famous Boston and Salem highboys that incorporate pilasters into their design. This is a very desirable feature, an...
Maple
Carved Walnut Chippendale Bonnet-Top Highboy, Salem
Located in Providence, RI
This highboy relates to a class of highboys that, as Albert Sack remarks, "combines the academic skill of the Boston School with the romantic flavor of the more free-spirited Sa...
Walnut
Queen Anne American Cherry Bonnet Top Highboy, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Queen Anne American Cherry Bonnet top highboy, 18th century.
Cherry
Unavailable
H 84 in W 38 in D 20 in
Chippendale Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy, Original Finial, Newport, RI
Located in Providence, RI
An early Chippendale mahogany bonnet-top highboy, with original finial, by the Townsend/Goddard School of Cabinetmakers, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1765.Provenance: Descended throu...
Mahogany
FEDERAL PERIOD NEW YORK CHEST
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Mahogany Inlaid 4 Drawer Chest with Bonnet Top and beautiful mahogany veneered front.
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 88 in W 42 in D 20 in
Rare Antique Chippendale Cherry Chest on Chest Attr. Nathan Booth c. 1760
Located in Westfield, MA
Below the bonnet top, the chest displays a highly functional arrangement of multiple drawers, offering ample storage space while maintaining a refined and balanced appearance.
Cherry
19th Century Bonnet Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century large bonnet chest of drawers. Two small central drawers flanked by bonnet drawer on either side, over three full size drawers.
Wood
19THC ORIGINAL POWDER BLUE BONNET CHEST FROM MAINE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WONDERFUL AND RARE 19THC ORIGINAL POWDER BLUE BONNET CHEST WITH ALL ORIGINAL PORCELAIN KNOBS AND KEY HOLE COVERS.GREAT ORIGINAL CRACKLE PAINT AND WONDERFUL SURFACE.THIS CHEST HAS LAR...
Pine
19th Century Bonnet Chest in Original Bright Blue Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century bonnet chest in original dynamic blue paint over Tiger Maple frame with Pine as secondary drawer wood.
Maple, Pine, Paint
Miniature Oak Bonnet Chest Five Drawers, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Miniature oak bonnet chest, five drawers, circa 1900, possibly a salesman's sample or children's toy.
Pine, Oak
Sold
H 75 in W 39 in D 22 in
Oversized Antique Carved Oak and Bronze Five-Drawer Bonnet Chest, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Oversized antique oak bonnet chest features two bonnet compartments over two small and three long drawers, carved foliate and shell decoration, dental and beaded molding, reeded mirr...
Mirror, Oak
George III Mahogany 'Bonnet' Chest, England, circa 1770
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Rare circa 1770 English George III period mahogany 'bonnet' or 'hat' chest having upper pull-out baize-lined brushing slide above two deep drawers, the top with divided compartment, ...
Brass
Antique Chest of Drawers in Satin Birch by Maple and Co
By Maple & Co.
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
The three lower drawers graduate in size, and are all deep, often Known as a Bonnet chest the central of the five drawers to the top feature a “Bonnet” or ‘Hat” drawer, flanked by fo...
Birch, Mahogany
Sold
H 88.5 in W 41.38 in D 20.5 in
Exceptional Connecticut Chippendale Cherry Bonnet Top Chest on Chest, circa 1765
Located in Milford, NH
This exceptional cherry chest on chest with split pediment bonnet top with rosettes, flame finials, an upper case with a center deep drawer with a spectacular radial fan carved front...
Cherry
19th Century American Mahogany Chippendale Bonnet Top High Chest Highboy
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century American Mahogany Chippendale Bonnet Top High Chest Highboy Dimensions : 86" Tall X 39" Wide X 18" Deep This Highboy was made in the USA in the 19th century and is wel...
Mahogany
Maple Bonnet Top Highboy
Located in East Aurora, NY
Maple bonnet top Highboy probably late 19th / early 20th century. Nicely carved floral rosettes on the broken arch pediment. Maple case with Poplar secondary wood drawer construction...
Maple
Sold
H 79.75 in W 40.25 in D 21.5 in
18th Century Tiger Maple Bonnet Top Highboy or High Chest with Sunburst Carvings
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a two part tiger maple bonnet top highboy, the top case featuring a bonnet top with broken swan neck pediment with rosettes and a center cut finial, flanked by two ...
Maple
18th Century American Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy
Located in Essex, MA
18th century American Queen Anne Bonnet top highboy. Figured tiger maple with pine secondary wood. Carved shell design featured on top and bottom drawers, front skirt with pierced sc...
Maple, Pine
18th Century Queen Anne Maple Bonnet Top Highboy, circa 1780
Located in Milford, NH
A splendid 18th century Queen Anne two part maple bonnet top highboy with bonnet top, flame finials, an upper case with three fitted small drawers over three graduated long drawers, ...
Maple
Sold
H 87 in W 40.5 in D 19.5 in
Antique 18thC American Federal Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy Salem 1790
Located in Portland, OR
This two section chest having wonderful proportions: the upper case has a closed bonnet top and arched molded pediment, with a carved pin-wheel rosette and three caved & gilded finia...
Brass
Sold
H 88 in W 41.25 in D 22.75 in
18th Century Queen Anne Bonnet Top Walnut Highboy, Newport, Rhode Island
Located in Milford, NH
A fine restored or married walnut Queen Anne bonnet top walnut two piece highboy with broken arch pediment featuring three urn & spiral flame finials, surmounting an upper case with ...
Brass
Sold
H 88.5 in W 43 in D 22.75 in
18th c Ct Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy Attrib. to Workshop of Brewster Dayton
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional two part Connecticut Queen Anne cherry bonnet top highboy attributed to the Workshop of Brewster Dayton, its upper case featuring a swan's neck split pediment with thr...
Brass
Period American Cherry Bonnet Top Highboy
Located in Essex, MA
Period American cherry and mixedwood bonnet top highboy. Queen Anne. Charming Provincial Form. New England. Early Finish.
Cherry, Maple
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th century American chippendale mahogany chest on chest with later bonnet. The top section with three short drawers, the center having a shell carving, over three long gradua...
Brass
Antique English Handcrafted Oak Lingerie Chest, c. 1900
Located in Doylestown, PA
English quarter sawn oak lingerie chest, c. 1900. Rare all handcrafted bonnet lingerie chest of warm toned oak with original brass hardware.
Brass
Sold
H 85 in W 41.5 in D 23 in
Antique 18th C. American Queen Anne Cherry Bonnet Top Highboy Chest Dresser 85"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 18th Century American Queen Anne Bonnet Top Boston Highboy. Features a cherry case with molded swans neck pediment centering flame finials above a case with three short drawers,...
Cherry
American Cherry Bonnet Top 18th Century Chest-on-Chest
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A small central Connecticut River Valley Chippendale bonnet top chest-on-chest. This is in two parts for easy moving.
Chippendale Bonnet Top Chest-on-Chest, Cherrywood, Wethersfield, CT
Located in Providence, RI
Among the surviving Wethersfield pieces from the 18th century, the best collected record of Wethersfield-made furniture is the Willard group. (They include 10 bonnet-top high chests,...
Mahogany
New England Cherry Bonnet Top High Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Connecticut Cherry Bonnet top high chest that is well proportioned and of very desirable diminiutive size.
Cherry
Queen Anne Bonnet-Top Highboy
Located in Litchfield, CT
Signed and dated, "February 1789", Lansborough, in the shop of Capt. Newal" Lansborough, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley. Having wonderful proportions, the upper case has ...
Cherry
Queen Anne Cherry Bonnet-Top Highboy, New England
Located in Sarasota, FL
A New England Queen Anne cherry bonnet-top highboy in two parts. Upper section with broken arched pediment, carved flame and urn finials, center drawer is shell carved flanked by two...
Cherry
19th Century Chippendale Walnut Double Bonnet-Top, Two-Part Highboy
Located in Miami, FL
Chippendale walnut bonnet top two-part highboy, having a scroll molded double bonnet top over six drawers, the four drawer base with one long drawer and three short drawers; the cent...
Mahogany
Period American Chippendale Chest on Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Period American Chippendale cherry bonnet top chest on chest, molded swan neck pediment, spiral turned finials, fan-carved upper drawer & shaped ogee bracket feet.
Cherry
Philadelphia-Style Bonnet-Top Highboy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful 2-piece bonnet-top high chest features: carved rosettes; urn-and-flame finials; 11 drawers of various sizes, two of which are beautifully carved with shell and floral ...
Mahogany
Inlaid Mahogany Armoire or Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century inlaid mahogany three part armoire or chest having separate bonnets and base.
Mahogany
Chippendale Georgian Mahogany Chest of Drawers, England, Circa 1760
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality 18th century Chippendale Period Georgian mahogany chest of relative small proportion, having well figured top over two short & three long drawers retaining or...
Mahogany
19th Century Country English Provincial Pine Chest of Drawers
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand 19th century country English provincial chest of drawers or commode crafted from thick pine boards. The pine has a desirable aged and distressed patina with prior insect damage...
Pine
19th Century English Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
UK circa 1850
Wood
$3,717
H 38.39 in W 48.23 in D 23.63 in
19th Century Pine Italian Chest Of Drawers / Commode / Dresser
Located in Viterbo, VT
Neoclassical commode hand-crafted in the Lazio region of Italy in the early 1800/ using pine. The commode is very simple in lines, has beautiful color and character and an elegant co...
Pine
English Chest of Drawers
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C English pine chest of drawers with later line decoration. 1840
Pine
Early 19th Century mahogany bowfront chest
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers, having a nice figured crossbanded top with a moulded edge above a selection of two short over three graduated long drawers with...
Mahogany
19th Century English Pine Chest of Drawers
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a lovely antique pine chest! This piece dates to the 19th century and has lovely patina. The wood has a warm glow, that is accented perfectly by the original wooden knobs. Be...
Pine
Rustic antique chest of drawers
Located in MILL, NL
Antique French chest of drawers / bedside table Early 20th century. Dimensions: 101H x 56W x 42D cm
Wood
$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
$3,700
H 31 in W 35.25 in D 20.25 in
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Slide
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique early 19th century English Georgian mahogany chest of drawers with slide.
Mahogany
$5,456
H 33.25 in W 31.5 in D 19.5 in
Georgian Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Slide, England, Circa 1760
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Chest Of Small Proportion Retaining Good Colour And Patina Throughout, The Well Figured Top Over Brushing Slide And Four Graduated ...
Mahogany
Antique Early American Chest of Drawers / Dresser
Located in Pomona, CA
A fine unmolested Antique Early American Chest of 6 Drawers. Four large and two small drawers. Oval brasses. Semi-splayed bracket feet. Original chamfered back planks. Eastern states.
Walnut
$4,570Sale Price|20% Off
H 83.86 in W 40.95 in D 21.66 in
19th Century English Mahogany Commode or Tall Chest of Drawers, 1850s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Antique English chest of drawers 1850s in mahogany wood. Very linear and essential with four comfortable drawers. On the front drawers with a particular rounded shape. Above the draw...
Mahogany
19th Century English Pine Chest of Drawers
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a lovely antique pine chest! This piece dates to the 19th century and has lovely patina. The wood has a warm glow, that is accented perfectly by the darker stained knobs. Bei...
Pine
Pine Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Baltimore, MD
This splendid five drawer chest has a bold step-down edge to its thick top. The first tier comprises two short, deep drawers with brass pulls above three equal long drawers, all wit...
Pine
$1,332Sale Price|30% Off
H 31.89 in W 42.13 in D 18.12 in
Antique Victorian 19th Century Pine Chest of Drawers – Quality
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique Victorian 19th Century Pine Chest of Drawers – Quality A charming 19th-century Victorian pine chest of drawers that displays lovely age, colour, and patina; it's full of cha...
Wood, Pine
$12,875
H 34.5 in W 29 in D 27 in
French Empire Mahogany 'Egyptian' Bergère Attributed to Desmalter, circa 1805
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A rare and important circa 1805 'Egyptian-style' bergère believed to be an early work of famed French Empire furniture-maker François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter of 'tub-chair' fo...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$3,084
H 63 in Dm 19.69 in
Large Leather, Vellum and Rope Italian Chandeliers, Max Ingrand, Italy 1940s
By Max Ingrand
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning chandeliers made from a beautiful mix of parchment and knotted leather details, completed with a rope cord and canopy. These charming and incredibly rare organic chandeliers...
Leather, Hemp, Rope
19Thc Original Painted Sailor Iron Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original painted sailor coin bank.The condition is very good.
Iron
Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraitu...
Oil
$5,662Sale Price|27% Off
H 36.62 in W 44.89 in D 23.63 in
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers in Walnut, Germany, circa 1830
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This fine Biedermeier chest of drawers was crafted in Southern Germany around 1830 and is distinguished by its richly figured walnut veneer with beautiful book-matched grain. The fro...
Walnut, Spruce
1940s Wall Mirror with Gold Wood Trim, Oxidized Antiqued Panels, USA
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Striking rectangle 1940s gold finish wood trim wall mirror, with antiqued aged faceted mirror panels. The oxidized antiquing effect gives the mirror a unique one of kind appearance. ...
Mirror, Wood
Gustavian 19th Century Grey Painted 3 Drawer Dresser
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late Swedish 19th century painted chest of drawers. This 3 drawer dresser has a charming break front style with the original brass hardware.
Bronze
$574,500
H 84 in W 56 in D 20 in
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
$3,495
H 78 in W 45.5 in D 23 in
Antique 18th Century Georgian George III Mahogany Tallboy Chest on Chest, 1760
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality George III flame mahogany chest on chest/tallboy, circa 1760. This elegant Georgian mahogany chest on chest is of the finest quality and is made from solid Cuban flame...
Mahogany
Ralph Lauren English Regency Style Alastair Library Chair
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare English regency style library armchair designed by Ralph Lauren. From Lauren's Alastair collection, the chair features a hardwood frame with a dramatic black ebonized lacquer fi...
Leather, Hardwood
$6,990
H 33.46 in W 41.34 in D 20.47 in
19th Century Biedermeier Chest Of Drawers, Cherrywood, Austria circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Outstanding 19th century Biedermeier chest of drawers from the early period around 1830 in Austria. This completely restored antique three drawer Biedermeier commode impresses with i...
Brass
Antique Wabi Sabi Console Table in Worn Turquoise
Located in Tilburg, NL
Antique Wabi Sabi Console Table in Worn Turquoise. This is a very attractive antique side table or console table in a beautiful worn turquoise color. The beauty of this side table c...
Metal
18th Century Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in High Point, NC
18th century mahogany chest on chest from England. There is a dentil moulding, over an arched cove moulding. This chest is of exceptional quality. The sides are made from mahogany as...
Mahogany
$5,739,419
H 203.94 in W 251.97 in D 143.7 in
George Trollope & Sons fireplace & room, Paris Exhibition 1878 Gold Medal Winner
Located in London, GB
George Trollope and Sons. Exhibited at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878 winning a Gold Medal for Excellence. The set forms the four sides of a complete panelled room that was ...
Marble
19th Century English Cast Stone Neoclassical Garden Column Pedestal
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An infinitely useful English, late 19th century, cast stone pedestal for Neoclassical beauty in any garden or patio, uplifting a planter, sculpture, or armillary sphere. The column f...
Stone
Antique Bronze Skull Bust Sculpture, Italian Vanitas & Memento Mori
Located in Nottingham, GB
Rare Polish Vanitas Memento Mori Bronze Bust of Teofil Lenartowicz, Late 19th Century An unusual and highly evocative Vanitas Memento Mori bust depicting the celebrated Polish Roman...
Bronze
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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