18th Century French Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 18th-century French commode epitomizes the timeless elegance and craftsmanship of the Louis XV period. Crafted from solid oak, the commode features a gracefully curved...
Brass
$15,000
18th Century Baroque Commode
By Johan Hugo Fürloh
Located in Ljungby, SE
A high-quality Stockholm piece in late Baroque style from the 1740s. Signed on the back (IHF) by Johan Hugo Fürloh (active 1724–1745). The commode is veneered in walnut with contrast...
Walnut
19th Century French Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century French commode is a stunning example of the Louis XV style, featuring a graceful serpentine front and sides crafted from solid oak. The commode's elegant curves, in...
Oak
Empire Commode, Denmark 1810
Located in Belmont, MA
Elegant Empire commode, Denmark 1810-20, mahogany veneer. In very good refinished condition, French polished. The commode will be shipped from Germany, shipping costs to Boston are i...
Mahogany
PORTUGUESE COMMODE 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
18th Century Portuguese COMMODE Portuguese, in rosewood wood, with 3 large drawers and two drawers. Cut-out top, decorated with recess. Cropped skirts decorated with floral elements...
Wood
19th Century Italian Breakfront Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century Italian walnut breakfront commode consisting of three drawers. Circa 1860.
Walnut
17th Century Italian Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 17th-century Italian commode is an exquisite example of Baroque design, characterized by its bold form, intricate details, and refined craftsmanship. The commode features a serp...
Walnut
French Painted Oak Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good early 19th century French painted three drawer oak commode with oversized brass handles. 1820. Code: 8684 Dimensions: W: 49.5" (125.7 cm) H: 34" (86.4 cm) D: 24.5" (62.2 cm)
Oak
$7,141Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Genoese Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautiful 19th Century Italian commode in 18th Century style. From the Genoa region, the commode is profusely decorated in original Rococo style. Painting restored to one area of d...
Wood
Italian Original Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century Italian original painted three drawer commode. 1780. Code: 8572 Dimensions: W: 59.5" (151.1 cm) H: 38.5" (97.8 cm) D: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Pine
Italian Bow Front Commode
Located in Pomona, CA
An Italian bow front Parquetry Commode / Chest of 2 large drawers. Nice proportions, Acanthus leaf decorated hardware. Cabriole legs. Stamped verso "Made In Italy"
Wood
18th Century French Ash Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French ash commode with marble top. This commode has a mottled marble top with three graduated drawers below, all with escutcheon plates and lion's head handles in ...
Ash
18th Century French Cherrywood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good 18th Century French Louis XV period cherrywood commode. With three drawers, a serpentine shaped front and original handles.
Brass
French Bleached Oak Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Interesting 19th century French three drawer bleached walnut commode with a good marble top. 1860. Code: 8499 Dimensions: W: 51.5" (130.8 cm) H: 38.5" (97.8 cm) D: 22.5" (57.2 cm)
Walnut
18th Century French Mazarin Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French Mazarin commode with two drawers. This model of commode takes its name from Louis XIV's Prime Minister Cardinal Jules Mazarin, and features of commodes of ...
Walnut
French commode with secretaire
Located in BEEKBERGEN, NL
Beautiful walnut chest of drawers with secretary drawer. Impressive design with bronze drawer pulls and fire-gilded key plates. Impressive interior of the secretary . Beautiful weat...
Walnut
Austrian Original Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th C Austrian original painted pine three drawer commode. 1820. Reference: 8438 Dimensions 54.5 inches (138 cms) Wide 26.5 inches (67 cms) Deep 33.5 inches (85 cms) High
Pine
Late 18th Century French Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century French commode with original paint. Circa 1790.
Wood, Paint
Swedish Painted Pine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th C decorated Swedish three drawer painted pine commode. 1820. Reference: 8390 Dimensions 44.5 inches (113 cms) Wide 20.5 inches (52 cms) Deep 34.5 inches (88 cms) High
Pine
18th Century French Cherrywood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French Cherrywood commode with three drawers. This commode is a good example of French provincial furniture in the late Louis XV and early Louis XVI taste. The legs ar...
Cherry
18th century Italian walnut commode
Located in Augusta, GA
18th century walnut two drawer commode with inlay and beautiful caevings
Walnut
Pretty Italian Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 19th C Italian two drawer commode with original paint finish and a faux marble top. 1860. Reference: 8328 Dimensions 44.5 inches (113 cms) Wide 20.5 inches (52 cms) Deep 36....
Pine
18th Century Austrian Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very unusual 18th C Austrian bleached oak commode. 1780. Reference: 8171 Dimensions 47.5 inches (121 cms) Wide 23.5 inches (60 cms) Deep 39.5 inches (100 cms) High
Oak
18th Century Italian Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful 18th Century faded walnut bow front commode. With a shaped apron and terminating on shaped and hoofed legs. Some minor restoration, commensurate with age.
Walnut
18th Century French Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th century French commode. A fine quality Louis XV period walnut commode of most attractive colour. Of bombe form consisting of three short drawers over two long drawers with a s...
Walnut
Circa 1740s French Commode
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautiful commode from France Circa 1740s with bronze fittings. Commode has five drawers including a hidden drawer in the middle on top. The drawers are beautifully lined and trimm...
Bronze
$12,200 / set
18th Century Regency Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century Regency commode with marble top.
Marble
19th Century Directoire Inlaid Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Directoire inlaid commode of three long drawers, the figured walnut fronts framed with line inlay and crossbanding, fitted with oval urn-cast brass pulls and pierced foliate escutche...
Wood
Period German Biedermeier Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Outstanding period German Biedermeier black walnut commode. Circa 1820. This has beautiful wood grain and polish.
Walnut
French Painted Oak Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French oak and painted oak commode. Circa 1880. Adds warmth and charm to any room!.
Oak
Exceptional French Transitional Breakfront Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional quality 19th century Louis XVI transitional breakfront commode. Beautifully executed with refined proportions and masterful parquetry work.
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French 18th Century Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful work of marquetry and inlay, the marble is original. This commode is dressy and colorful.
Marble
19th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A mid 19th Century French walnut commode. With three drawers for useful storage and a beautiful white marble top. Circa 1850.
Marble
French Bleached Mahogany Directoire’ Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The French Bleached Mahogany Directoire' Commode is an antique piece of furniture that adds a touch of elegance and history to any room. With its classic design and use of high-quali...
Marble
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful 18th C Italian walnut commode. Great colour. 1760. Dimensions 52 inches (132 cms) Wide 22 inches (56 cms) Deep 38.5 inches (98 cms) High.
Walnut
18th Century Danish Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th century Danish painted oak serpentine front four drawer commode. 1780. Reference: 7752 Dimensions 48.5 inches (123 cms) wide 25 inches (64 cms) deep 47 inches (119...
Oak
$17,500
Marquetry Marble Top Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful walnut and fruitwood veneered 2 drawer commode with marquetry detail. Marble top replaced at a later date. 1 key. From the area of Genoa.
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century French Lacquer Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautiful 19th Century French commode decorated in the 'Lacca Povera' style. Circa 1830.
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century French Inlaid Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century French two drawer commode of good proportions. With inlaid wood decoration. Circa 1860.
Fruitwood, Mahogany, Paper
$6,887 / set
Pair of Swedish Painted Commodes
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good pair of pine Swedish 19th C painted commodes.
Pine
Swedish Fluted Drawer Fronts Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th C Swedish pine commode with fluted drawer fronts.
Pine
Italian Rococo Revival Painted Commode
Located in Norwood, NJ
A refined Italian Rococo Revival commode dating to the late 19th century, featuring a graceful bombe-form case with serpentine façade and applied carved ornamentation.
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$3,800Sale Price|24% Off
Biedermeier Commode, Denmark, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier commode, Denmark 1820, Classic design with 4 drawers and beautiful mahogany veneer. In very good condition.
Mahogany
French 18th Century Commode Secretaire
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This beautiful Commode secretaire is made of flamed mahogany with a black marble top.
Marble
19th Century Swedish Serpentine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 19th C Swedish painted serpentine commode/ bedside chest. 1890
Pine
$46,836
Transitional Commode by RVLC
Located in London, GB
A fine Transitional (Louis XV/Louis XVI) ormolu-mounted Bois Clair commode by Roger van der Cruse Lacroix, with original Sainte Anne marble top, circa 1760. Stamped RVLC JME.
Satinwood
18th Century Dutch Commode
Located in Seattle, WA
Handsome burl wood 3-drawer Dutch commode, circa 1780. Ornate pulls, beautiful hand carved details.
Hardwood
Original Painted Italian Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th C original painted Italian commode with faux marble top. 1780 Dimensions 47.5 inches (121 cms) Wide 23 inches (58 cms) Deep 32.5 inches (83 cms) High.
Pine
Italian Marble Top Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C Italian three drawer painted commode with a marble top, 1820. Dimensions: 51 inches (130 cms) wide 21.5 inches (55 cms) deep 36 inches (91 cms) high.
Marble
18th Century Italian Inlaid Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A small and characterful 18th century Italian commode with three drawers, each front decorated with geometric inlay in a diamond and chevron pattern within a molded panel surround. T...
Wood
Italian Renaissance Walnut Commode
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very Fine Northern Italian (Tuscan) Renaissance commode, the molded top over three drawers with arabesque carved fronts and applied molded edges, the sides carved with term figures a...
Poplar, Walnut
19th Century French Mahogany Commode
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th Century French mahogany four-drawer commode with original marble top; paneled sides and fluted chamfered corners standing on bun feet. Original brass ring pulls. Marble has ol...
Marble, Brass
19th Century Gustavian Commode
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Gustavian commode, bleached mahogany veneer with brass decorations. Beautifully refinished and French polished.
Mahogany
$8,265Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive 18th century Italian Walnut serpentine fronted commode. Having marquetry boxwood inlaid scrolling decoration to the top, sides and drawer fronts, the original brass scr...
Walnut
$21,175Sale Price|44% Off
Faux Marbled, Venetian Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking, c. 1800 hand-carved, painted, and parcel gilt Venetian commode with three, sinuously paneled drawers. The whole in faux verde and Siena marbling and further embellished w...
Wood
19th Century Venetian Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century painted, gilded and carved commode.
Exceptional, Period Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A most unusual and rare, c. 1800, hand-carved and painted, serpentine, Venetian, Chinoiserie commode in the bombé style, with rounded legs terminating in ormolu feet. The whole richl...
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
$13,500
18th Century German Commode
Located in Hudson, NY
A three-drawer commode with burled veneer inset panels. Satinwood stringing and fruitwood body.
Walnut
1920s Venetian Painted Petite Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A charming petite commode on cabriole legs with a shaped apron, two drawers with wooden knobs, and hand-painted floral and scroll decoration throughout. The top is faux marble.
Wood, Paint
$13,000
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century painted, gilded and carved Italian commode.
Wood
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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