19th Century Blue Dutch Gustavian Style Commode In Oak
Located in Viterbo, VT
Chest of drawers hand-crafted in the Netherlands in the early 1800s using oak and following Gustavian. The chest of drawers is small in size but provides three large drawers with sub...
Oak
Louis XVI Style Demilune Marquetry Commode with Marble Top
Located in London, Park Royal
An elegant Louis XVI style demilune commode of finely balanced proportions, raised on tapered legs and surmounted by a shaped white marble top. The façade is gently curved, centred w...
Hardwood
19th century mahogany commode / chest of drawers “ Mon Krieger “
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Fabulous late 19th century mahogany commode French circa 1880’s locks. Stamped Mon Kreiger top quality ormolu mounts Original marble top , 2 keys 100 cms high 124 cms wide 54...
Sapele Wood
Louis XVI style scrubbed mahogany commode / chest of drawers
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Early 19th century Louis XVI style marble topped commode French circa 1820's , having been washed and scrubbed to give it a contemporary feel Height 89 cms width 125 cms depth 58...
Sapele Wood
French Provincial Normandy Commode 1780 Oak Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A handsome French Normandy carved oak chest of drawers dating to around 1780 The chest features rich hand-carved decoration across the drawer fronts with scrolling foliage and floral...
Oak
18th Century Louis XV French Provincial Commode - Arles
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Rare, early 18th Century Louis XV French Commode, from Arles. Scroll feet and elegant curved front. Two drawers with brass pulls.
Wood
18th Century Directoire Commode, Mahogany, Walnut and Sycamore
Located in Phoenix, AZ
18th Century Directoire Commode, Mahogany, Walnut and Sycamore with Original hardware. has CHAPNIS stamped. Piece is gorgeous and priced to sell.
Mahogany, Sycamore, Walnut
Pair of Late 19th Century Italian Ebonised Walnut Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of late 19th Century Italian ebonised walnut commodes. With later distressed paint. Circa 1880.
Walnut
French Transitional-style mahogany and ormolu breakfront commode
Located in Houston, TX
This French transitional style mahogany commode was made After the original model by Jean-Francois Oben for the chateau De Menards of Madame de Pompadour having a shaped marble Top, ...
Bronze
18th Century Country French Painted Commode with Bronze Pulls & Keyguards
Located in Dallas, TX
Authentic 18th century Country French commode combines the relaxed beauty of a softly painted finish with the warmth of a stripped natural wood top. Three spacious drawers are shaped...
Bronze
Circa 1805-1815 Empire Period French Marble Top Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Empire period French marble top commode, circa 1805-1815. Beautifully figured mahogany with fine acanthus leaf bronze mounts on the pillar & scroll pilasters. Note the whorled leaf m...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Ormolu Mounted and Marble Bedside Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant 19th century French bedside commode, finely crafted and richly adorned with ormolu mounts, embodying the refined decorative sensibility of Louis XV design. The commode fea...
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Scrubbed Mahogany Marble Topped Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century French scrubbed mahogany marble topped commode in Louis XVI style. Circa 1880.
Mahogany
$10,765Sale Price|20% Off
Late 18th century French gilt bronze mounted commode
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late 18th century French gilt-bronze-mounted walnut bombe shaped commode. With a moulded Spanish brocatello marble top above a pair of quarter-veneered doors, opening to reveal two s...
Wood
Second Empire Period Ormolu Mounted Commode by Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Second Empire period ormolu mounted commode by Sormani French, c. 1860 Measures: Height 86cm, width 151cm, depth 65cm This superb commode is by the celebrated French ébéniste Pa...
Serpentine, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century German Biedermeier Cherrywood and Ebonized Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century German Biedermeier cherrywood commode with ebonized details. This piece has a very fine finish, clean lines and high-quality construction. Superb!!
Cherry
19th Century French Louis XV Style Red Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Houston, TX
A Louis XV style bombé commode in red lacquer with figural Chinoiserie scenes, serpentine-outlined marble top, with bronze handles and ormolu. To view more of our listings from Moxi...
Bronze
19th C. French Empire Style Commode with Drop Front
Located in Houston, US
19th C. French Empire Style Commode with Drop Front writing surface that reveals small drawers and a central compartment complete with Empire style lion's head brass hardware.
Cherry
Antique French Régence Ormolu Mounted Commode 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive and rare antique French Régence wood and ormolu mounted commode, circa 1720 in date. The stunning breche violette marble top over a serpentine front having tw...
Marble, Ormolu
French Commode w/Nice Hardware & Carved Accent Trimmings
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved and bleached oak commode from the 19th century. This antique chest from France has a rectangular-shaped top, with Neoclassical case which houses three full-sized draw...
Oak
Bleached Oak Dutch Gustavian Style Commode With Brass Hardware
Located in Viterbo, VT
Chest of drawers hand-crafted in the Netherlands in the early 1800s using oak. The commode is simple in lines with flat drawer fronts and sides, the only movement you is given by the...
Brass
Italian 18th century Venetian st. hand painted commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderfully decorative Italian 18th century Venetian st. hand painted commode. This wonderful rectangular two drawer chest is raised by four square tapered patinated wood legs with...
Paint
18th Century Country French Louis XIV Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The Country French commode has long been admired for its ability to unite beauty, usefulness and a sense of gracious permanence.
Bronze
Commode marquetry ormolu bronze by F.Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely high end louis XV style chest of drawers in marquetry ,marble top, ormolu bronze falls on the sides , finished with clogs on the front and back of the feet ,bear the mark ...
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Burl Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Exceptional French 19th-century Louis Philippe commode, dating to approximately 1840–1850, beautifully crafted in richly figured burl walnut. This substantial and elegant chest of dr...
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Painted Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Beautiful French 19th-century Louis Philippe commode featuring a classic restrained form with four spacious drawers, raised on substantial bracket feet. The piece retains its origina...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Period French Country Commode, Circa 1780
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A walnut, Country French commode with three drawers above two long drawers, raised panels, and a nicely carved apron. Original bronze pull handles and escutcheons. Circa 1780. Serpen...
Bronze
Walnut Lacquered Commode Restoration, Late 19th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
Walnut lacquered chest of drawers Restoration of the late 19th century, dimension 86 cm high by 101 cm wide and 56 cm deep. Additional information: Style: French restoration Mat...
Walnut
French Late 19th Century Louis XV Bombé Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant kingwood and rosewood Louis XV Bombé commode made in France in the late 19th Century, featuring a Breche d' Alep marble top over two drawers with bronze mounts handles and...
Marble, Bronze
Italian Walnut Neoclassical, Louis XVI Commode / Chest Of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Neoclassical / Louis XVI commode hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut and decorated with fruitwood inlay. The commode is simple in lines but very elegant. The three drawe...
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Commode / Chest Of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Louis XVI / Neoclassical commode hand-crafted in France in the early 1700s using walnut and decorated with walnut, oak and fruitwood veneer. The commode is absolutely stunning. Its...
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century Swiss Walnut Commode with Original Scrumble Painted Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century Swiss walnut commode with original scrumble painted top. With all original handles and decorative burr wood panels on the drawers.
Walnut
Swedish Gustavian Painted Sideboard Buffet Commode White C.1890
Located in Lewes, England
Circa 1870/1890 antique Swedish Gustavian White painted Sideboard Buffet commode in gustavian style with classic Gustavian diamond ribbing detail on the drawer fronts and leading edg...
Pine
Danish 18th Century Pine Commode, Arbalette Drawers, Original Patina
Located in Wichita, KS
A Danish commode from the 18th c. in original natural patina. A shaped top and beautifully carved arbalette shaped drawers with original iron hardware standing on a shaped bracket ba...
Iron
French 19th Century Louis XVI Bleached Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French 19th-century Louis XVI commode, beautifully crafted in solid walnut and distinguished by its refined neoclassical proportions and restrained architectural ornamentatio...
Marble, Bronze
Northern Italian Louis XVI Walnut Marquetry Commode, Circa 1770-1795
Located in New Orleans, LA
A refined late eighteenth-century Northern Italian commode crafted in richly figured walnut and walnut burl veneers with elegant geometric marquetry throughout.
Walnut
Elegant 19th Century French Empire Napoleon III Commode
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French Empire style mahogany commode, 19th c., having marble top, hidden frieze drawer, over three additional drawers, flanked by turned columnar supports, rising on block feet. All ...
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Solid Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French 19th-century Louis Philippe period commode, dating to approximately 1840–1850, crafted entirely in richly figured solid walnut with beautiful natural grain and warm re...
Marble
19th Century Hand-Painted Miniature Commode, French Provincial Style
Located in Greding, DE
Miniature commode with four drawers and small knobs. Newly painted in light grey and given an antique patina.
Wood
French Art Deco Commode, Restored Rosewood & Mahogany, Paris, 1930s
Located in Astoria, NY
Elegant French Art Deco commode from the 1930s, sourced in Paris, crafted in richly figured rosewood veneer over a solid mahogany frame. The façade and top feature striking book-matc...
Metal
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Burl Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French commode dating to the 19th century, crafted in richly figured walnut with beautifully matched, highly expressive grain across the three-drawer façade. The commode is t...
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Bleached Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French 19th-century Louis XV-style walnut commode, featuring an exceptionally decorative three-over-three drawer arrangement and richly figured walnut throughout. The commode...
Marble, Bronze
Fine 18 Century French Serpentine Commode in Elm
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful starting 18 century commode in elm with 3 drawers This fine Louis XIV commode has an elegant curved shape and a beautiful original tablet. This curved shape releas...
Elm
Fine 18th Century Hepplewhite Period Serpentine Harewood Commode
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th century Hepplewhite period harewood commode, green boxwood strung and padouk wood crossbanded throughout, having serpentine top with padouk wood central inlaid oval ...
Boxwood, Padouk, Yew, Harewood
$17,487Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Louis XVI style marble topped commode.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive French Louis XVI style, 19th Century Marble topped commode, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts and mouldings, quartered veneers to the drawer fronts and sides. H...
Ormolu
$3,048Sale Price|30% Off
Louis XVI Commode, Walnut & Marble, France, Circa 1810
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 Empire Cherrywood Commode, Brass Inlay and Columns, circa 1815
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
French Empire Cherrywood Commode, Brass Inlay and Columns, circa 1815. This commode is built in solid and veneered cherrywood over a pine carcass, with four graduated drawers flanked...
Brass, Bronze
Neoclassical French Louis XVI commode mahogany with gilt bronze mounts
Located in Houston, TX
This commode is finely made from the best mahogany with well cast gilt bronze Mounts that enhance the exquisite shape of this commode.
Marble
Early 18th Century French Regence Commode in Fruitwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century French Regence Commode in Fruitwood with Carved Apron, Scroll Feet, & 2 Drawers.
Fruitwood
Petite Walnut Commode, Empire Style, Brass Hardware, France, 1840
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite walnut commode from circa 1840 France, it is a multipurpose storage piece scaled down to use practically anywhere around the home. Transitional in style, the silhouette alig...
Brass
1940s English Chippendale Mahogany Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
English Chippendale Mahogany Commode Chest of Drawers. Features 4 large drawers functioning to perfection with dovetailed joints. Measures 44" in width, 21" in depth and stands 36" t...
Brass
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
F. Schmit, Louis XVI style Commode, France, circa 1880
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in PARIS, FR
(See attached a photo of a commode by A. Weisweiler, 1788, collections of the Château de Compiègne) Related work : Other commodes of this model are exposed in the world’s most famou...
Marble, Bronze
George III Satinwood, Amaranth and Marquetry Commode by Gillows
Located in London, GB
A FINE GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY COMMODE BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790. Each of the four doors inlaid with a conch shell. In 1788, Gillows supplied a satinwood and amar...
Satinwood
An Important Serpentine Fronted Tombeau Shaped Commode, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Important Serpentine Fronted Tombeau Shaped Kingwood Commode, 18th Century The moulded Rouge de Maine marble top above two short and two long drawers, each centred by foliated es...
Ormolu
Pair of Fantastic Adams Paint Decorated Satinwood Commodes Buffets
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This magnificent pair of late 19th-century English commodes exemplifies the refined elegance and neoclassical artistry associated with the Adams style. Crafted circa 1890, each commo...
Satinwood
Exceptional Italian Marquetry Three-Drawer Commode — Late 18th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional late 18th-century Italian, 3 drawer marquetry commode. The façade is intricately inlaid with geometric decoration, where contrasting veneers in burled walnut, pear an...
Pearwood, Walnut, Burl
French 18th Century Louis XVI Marble Top Bleached Walnut Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Beautiful French 18th-century Louis XVI commode in walnut, featuring three drawers, fluted tapered legs, neoclassical brass hardware, and a dark marble top. The naturally aged, bleac...
Marble, Bronze
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Marble-Top Commode with Paint Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Charming marble-top dresser with paint decoration and bronze ormolu trim. We believe this example is 19th century continental possibly Italian, or French in origin. The chest has two...
Marble, Brass
Hand-Painted Miniature Commode with Brass Handles, French Provincial
Located in Greding, DE
Miniature commode with three drawers, fluted pilasters, and compressed bun feet. The drawers feature brass pull handles. The light grey paint finish is newly applied and given an ant...
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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