18th Century Stripped Oak Commode from Herve in Brittany
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Stripped Oak Commode from Herve in Brittany is beautifully sculpted in stripped oak, hailing from a town and traditional region in western France on the Brittany peninsu...
Brass
$5,500Sale Price|42% Off
18th Century Four-Drawer Louis XV Walnut Commode
Located in Houston, TX
18th century four-drawer Louis XV walnut commode. Original bronze hardware and beautiful carving throughout. Top has a slight "arbalete" shape to it.
Bronze
Venetian, Chinoiserie Bombé Commode, Beige Painted, Faux Marble, Italy, 1920s
Located in Stamford, CT
Venetian, Chinoiserie Bombé Commode, Beige Painted Wood, Faux Marble Top, Italy, 1920s An antique Venetian scenic chinoiserie bombe painted commode with a faux marble top. This fine...
Wood
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Commode, crafted in richly figured mahogany with striking bookmatched grain. Features four spacious drawers, elegant brass escutcheons and pulls, r...
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Burl Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
A handsome 19th-century French Louis Philippe commode, featuring richly figured burl walnut veneer, four spacious drawers, and elegant brass escutcheons. The warm, highly decorative ...
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Regency-Style Carved Walnut Commode
Located in Surrey, BC
Classic French furniture from the early 1800s. A walnut commode has elegant hand-carved details. Acquired from a private collection, it was purchased in France in the 1960s. It appea...
Brass
19th Century France Rich Walnut Brown Carved Walnut Petite Commode
Located in High Point, NC
Carved walnut petite commode in Rich Walnut Brown. The rich walnut brown surface highlights ornate ormolu mounts, cabriole legs, marble top, characteristic of France furniture making...
Brass
French Early 18th Century Regence Kingwood Commode with Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Early 18th Century Regence Kingwood Commode with Marble Top
Kingwood
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Painted Marble Top Walnut Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
A charming 19th-century French Louis Philippe commode, crafted in walnut with a distressed painted finish and a dark marble top. It features four spacious drawers with original-style...
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Carrara Marble Top Mahogany Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Commode featuring a refined rectangular form with three drawers, finely detailed brass mounts and trim, and elegant tapered legs. The rich maho...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$3,990Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Bombe Marble Top Commode in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Bombe Marble Top Commode in Stripped Oak is the result of an evolution that occurred over many centuries in Europe, originating in what is now Italy. The sensuous shape of t...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Walnut Commode with Three Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th century Northern Italian Commode with three Drawers in Burl Walnut with Figural Giltwood Motif.
Burl, Giltwood, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th c. French Louis XV Style carved 3 Drawer Walnut Commode with Bronze Hardware. Lyon, France.
Bronze
French 19th Century Empire Carrara Marble Top Bleached Mahogany Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
French 19th Century Empire Commode, crafted in bleached mahogany with a beautifully veined Carrara marble top. Featuring three spacious drawers, columnar sides, gilt-bronze mounts, a...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Biedermeier Commode, Cherry Veneer, Ebonized, South Germany, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, small 4-drawer Biedermeier Commode or Chest of drawers in cherry wood from South Germany, circa 1830. Cherry wood veneer on softwood and solid wood. Standing on low square...
Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century French Louis XV style finely carved walnut three-drawer commode with bronze hardware. Lyon, France.
Bronze
French Louis XVI Commode, Lemon Wood and Walnut, Circa 1780
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This French Louis XVI Commode is made of lemon wood and walnut. It has its original veneer and its hardware.
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Commode Tombeau from Bordeaux
Located in Dallas, TX
This handsome antique commode tombeau was crafted in Bordeaux circa 1760 and displays the sculptural proportions associated with 18th-century Bordelaise furniture. Built of richly gr...
Bronze
A Pair of Early 19th Century Neoclassical Italian Walnut Commodes
Located in London, GB
Italy, circa 1820 A pair of early nineteenth century Neoclassical Italian commodes, in walnut, walnut veneer and sycamore, with ‘Derbyshire rosewood marble’ tops, the front opening ...
Walnut
French Regence Provinical Bombe Commode, Carved, Paint Decorated, 18th Century
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary 18th Century Provincial French three drawer commode in a later Cream paint with carved decoration in pale Gray. A plank top and recessed shaped sides, three drawers...
Wood
Paul Sormani Style French Provincial Louis XV Kingwood Commodes Pair
By Paul Sormani
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of antique French Provincial Louis XV style bombay form commodes, dressers, or chests of drawers In the manner of Paul Sormani France, Circa 1920s Kingwood, with i...
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Painted Bombe Commode ca. 1770
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine 18th Century Polychrome-Painted Serpentine Bombe Commode, originating in Italy during the third quarter of the 18th Century. The serpentine bombe commode consists of two long...
Paint
18th Century Rococo Commode, Re-Painted Wood, Swedish Design, 1770
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Period 18th Century Rocco commode. The top section with three drawers and below are three further drawers. This piece has been re-painted.
Wood
Italian Flamed Walnut Commodes Pair, Signed Pasotto, Circa 1900
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Exquisite pair of commodes signed Pasotto, with a top cabinet covered with an original yellow fabric.
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated commode. The three drawer chest is raised by elegant circular tapered fluted legs below the fine fluted straight frieze. Each ...
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Bombee Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine French 19th century Louis XV st. Bombee shaped commode. The chest with tulipwood and kingwood quarter veneered marquetry is raised on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots and impr...
Ormolu
19th Century German Walnut and Black Lacquered Biedermeier Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th century German walnut and black lacquered Biedermeier commode is a classic piece of antique furniture. Its elegant design and finely crafted details make it a timeless addi...
Walnut
19th Century Neoclassical Inlaid Walnut and Cherry Italian Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined neoclassical chest of drawers in walnut and cherry, distinguished by its rich inlay work and balanced proportions. The façade features two wide drawers, each threaded and f...
Cherry
Period German Mid-18th Century Neoclassical Painted Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Period German painted neoclassical commode mid -8th century Wonderful painted surface. Gilding. Three drawers with original hardware. Cabriole legs and carved gilded spade feet...
18th Century French Cherry Wood 'Sauteuse De Castraise' Commode Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A wonderful French cherry wood sauteuse dite castraise commode from the Provence region, dating from Louis XV period (1774-1792). With two drawers and original handles.
Cherry
Italian Bleached Walnut Inlaid Neoclassical Chest Of Drawers / Commode
Located in Viterbo, VT
Chest of drawers hand-made in central Italy in the mid 1800s using walnut following the neoclassical style. The commode features three inset drawers all showing beautiful hand-made d...
Satinwood, Walnut
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Burl Maple Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most decorative continental 19th century Biedermeier St. burl maple commode. The four drawer chest is raised by elegant and unique topie shaped feet. Each of the f...
Bone, Maple
18th Century Louis XV Three-Drawer Walnut Commode
Located in Milford, NH
A fine 18th century Louis XV three-drawer carved walnut commode, original decorative brasses, nicely shaped skirt, paneled sides, supported by carved cabriole legs with scrolled feet...
Brass
Antique Marble Top Commode Bombe Chest With Marquetry Inlay
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant vintage French Louis XV–style commode featuring a serpentine bombe form, intricate marquetry veneer, and a rich green marble top. Detailed with gilt-bronze ormolu mounts and ...
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Kingwood & Floral Marquetry Petite Commode, Circa 1890
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A French Louis XV style kingwood and floral marquetry petite commode, dating from the late 19th century, circa 1890. The quarter-veneered and crossbanded top is enclosed by a pierce...
Brass
Edwards and Roberts Louis XVI Style Mounted Commode
By Edwards and Roberts
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany commode, Edwards and Roberts, London, 19th c., pierced brass three-quarter gallery, rouge marble top with rounded cup corners, case with round...
Mahogany
19th Century Grand, Florentine Commode with Geometric Inlay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome, Italian commode featuring four panelled drawers atop an elevated base. The piece is fully finished as the drawers, overhanging top and sides are inlaid with burl and pear w...
Pearwood, Walnut, Burl
18th Century French Walnut Bombe Commode with Inlaid Parquetry Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fine 18th Century French Provincial Louis XV period walnut bombe form commode with handsomely inlaid parquetry top. The Walnut commode of bombe form, but with an unusual rectangular...
Walnut
18th c. Danish Baroque Arbalète Shaped Commode in Original Patina
Located in Wichita, KS
A Danish commode from the 18th c. in original natural patina. A shaped top and beautifully carved arbalète shaped drawers with original iron hardware standing on a shaped bracket b...
Wood
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Trumeau Commode. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
We are pleased to offer this exceptional and authentic Viennese Biedermeier walnut trumeau commode, crafted around 1825, a refined example that perfectly represents the essence of Bi...
Brass
Dutch 19th Century Small Bombe Walnut Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
A handsome 19th-century Dutch Rococo-style bombe commode crafted in richly figured walnut. Featuring a graceful serpentine form, three spacious drawers with decorative brass hardware...
Bronze
Pair of Italian Neoclassic Walnut And Marquetry Commodes
Located in Essex, MA
Each with rectangular tops with central oval inlay of a village. The case with a drawer above two drawers sans traverse with brass handles. Sides with circular scenic panels. Square ...
Fruitwood, Walnut, Palmwood
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Carrara Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Carrara Marble Top Commode blends elegance with classic, timeless design through fine craftsmanship and careful attention to detail. Crafted from e...
Carrara Marble, Brass
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
Fantastic Original Satinwood Adams Paint Decorated Demilune Commode Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fantastic original satinwood Adams paint decorated demilune commode dresser is a striking example of neoclassical craftsmanship and refined artistry.
Satinwood
Danish 18th Century Rococo Walnut Commode Mathias Ortmann
By Mathias Ortmann
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very charming and small Danish parcel-gilt walnut and burr-walnut commode by Mathias Ortmann, mid-18th century. The shaped veneered top above moulded frieze with punched ground inc...
Bronze
18th C. French Louis XV Carved-Wood Serpentine Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV carved-wood commode, with subtle serpentine front, from the 18th century. This antique chest from France has a shapely top with scalloped sides and serpentine front...
Wood
$2,975Sale Price|65% Off
Antique Italian Rococo Style Painted Commode, Wood, Six Drawers, 1800s
Located in Dallas, TX
Six drawer antique Italian Rococo style painted commode. Interior has silk lining. Structurally sound. Paint has a nice patina. Blends beautifully with any design.
Wood
18th Century Halfcabinet/ Trumeau Commode, Cherrywood, Austria circa 1780
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable late 18th Century halfcabinet or so-called "Trumeau" commode from the "Josephinism" period in Austria. (called after Joseph II, holy Roman emperor in which he was the sole...
Cherry, Fruitwood, Nutwood, Spruce
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Walnut Chest of Drawers / Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant 19th-century French Louis Philippe walnut commode featuring beautifully figured bookmatched walnut veneer with a rich, warm patina. This classic three-drawer chest showcases ...
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated commode. The three drawer chest is raised by elegant square tapered fluted legs below the fine frieze with a lovely mott...
Wood
Biedermeier Flame Mahogany Commode with Ebonized Columns, 19th Century
Located in Astoria, NY
Biedermeier Flame Mahogany Commode, the ogee facade with three drawers flanked by ebonized columns. 36" H x 40.5" W x 20.5" D. Provenance: From a Park Avenue Collection.
Mahogany
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Butler’s Desk/Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and unique Continental 19th century Biedermeier st. flamed Mahogany, ebonized Fruitwood, and ormolu butler's desk/commode. The eight drawer chest is raised by square f...
Ormolu
Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Yew and Cherrywood Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An unusual pair of late 18th Century North Italian commodes with fall fronts. Circa 1800. Veneered in a combination of yew wood and cherry, these fine commodes are of rectangular ...
Cherry, Yew
Italian 18th Century Ebony and Walnut Lomabardi Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb Italian mid 18th century ebony, walnut and burl walnut commode from the Lombardi region. The chest is raised by straight and scalloped supports below a mottled edge frieze. ...
Ebony, Walnut
French 19th Century Empire Painted Walnut Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
This 19th century Empire commode features a beautifully distressed painted finish with classic column-form supports and three spacious drawers. Topped with a contrasting dark wood su...
Bronze
French Mid-Century Modern 1960's Louis Philippe Walnut Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
A handsome French Mid-Century Modern commode crafted in walnut, blending clean 1960s design with the timeless elegance of the Louis Philippe style. Featuring beautifully figured wood...
Bronze
Country French 18th Century Walnut Three-Drawer Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant Country French 18th century walnut three-drawer commode. The chest is raised by fine scrolled legs with carved hoof feet. Above the beautiful scallop-shap...
Walnut
French 19th Century Empire Solid Walnut Chest of Drawers / Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
A handsome French Empire chest of drawers crafted in the 19th century from richly figured walnut. Featuring three spacious drawers, classic turned columns, and elegant brass ring pul...
Bronze
Napolean III Black Laquer Marble Chiffonier Commode, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 19th Century Napoleon III walnut black lacquer refinished five-drawer chest of drawers chiffonier with marble top and gilded bronzes mounts, handles and bronze corners. It stands ...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XVI Style Inlay Mahogany Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An extraordinary French mahogany commode from the 18th century, Louis XVI Period, decorated with an impressive marquetry technique that creates movement and definition over the drawe...
Marble, 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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