Belgian Biedermeier Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a Biedermeier (circa. 1830s) commode or 3-drawer dresser that has a Birch veneer finish and is embellished with leaf-draped marquetry. It measures 40" W, 18" D, 37" H. N...
Birch
Italian Neoclassical Commode, Walnut Veneer, Hand-Crafted
Located in Viterbo, VT
Neoclassical commode hand-crafted in Italy in the late 1700s using pine and decorated with walnut book-matched veneer. The chest of drawers is very straight in lines, as typical wit ...
Walnut
18th Century Original Patina Italian Walnut Commode
Located in Brenham, TX
18th Century Italian Walnut Commode 18th-century Italian walnut commode with a distinctive architectural form and warm, richly figured walnut surface. The case has a broad, slightly...
Walnut
19th Century Burl Walnut Commode from France
Located in High Point, NC
19th century burl walnut commode from France. This is a lovely piece. The top is made from beautifully grained walnut, with slight shrinkage on the left side of the top surface f...
Walnut, Burl
18th Century Period Rococo Swedish Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period Rococo serpentine front commode with three removal drawers on the top. Featuring original brass hardware with a stamp on the back, a sign of quality furniture, Stockholm ma...
Brass
French Bombe Commode Louis XV Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Bombe Commode Louis XV Style This attractive French Bombe Commode features a stunning free-standing Breche marble top with a moulded outer edge. This is removable for transp...
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Commode by Majorelle c1920
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
COMMODE BY MAJORELLE A stunning French Art Deco Commode from the 1920s by Majorelle! This exquisite piece features solid carved wood with intricate geometric and flower motifs, comb...
Marble
Antique Italian Venetian Rococo Hand Painted Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Italian Venetian Rococo hand painted commode. Two large drawers, each divided into three painted cartouches. Strong serpentine scalloped front with a pronounced Rococo apron....
Wood, Paint
Antique French Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 19th century French Louis XVI Style Bleached Commode. Handcrafted by skilled artisans in France circa 1890. Featuring a beautifully bleached or washed finish topped with a recta...
Walnut
18th Century French Bombe Serpentine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French provincial bombe serpentine marriage commode. Of Grand proportions made from wild cherry wood with a rich deep patina. With its original locks and bronze hardware...
Ormolu
Italian Inlaid Four-Drawer Commode, C. 1920
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A finely crafted Northern Italian four-drawer commode, circa 1920, richly decorated with intricate parquetry and marquetry inlay. The rectangular top and side panels are framed by ba...
Wood
$58,000 / set
Pair Italian Marquetry Marble Top Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair walnut and pear-wood veneered, marquetry commodes, with medallions on the 2 drawers and tapered legs. Gilded bronze mounts and rouge marble tops.
Bronze
19th Century French Painted Commode Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
Exquisite 19th century French Painted Chest Commode. Features black and gray marble top, four drawers with iron ring pulls, standing on bun feet. Wonderful old worn chippy painted pa...
Wood
Louis XVI style commode in mahogany and amaranth
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Louis XVI style commode in mahogany with mahogany and amaranth veneer.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique Stylish Swedish Stockholm Gustavian Commode
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique stylish gustavian commode from Stockholm made around 1790. The commode is from the Swedish gustavian period or neoclassical as it’s more known internationally. The commode ha...
Limestone, Brass
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming 19th-century Swedish Gustavian demilune commode distinguished by its elegant proportions, richly veined rouge marble top, and beautifully cast bronze mounts.
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Provincial Commode Circa 1800
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Provincial Commode Circa 1800
Walnut
18th century Regence provincial two drawer commode
Located in Augusta, GA
18th century walnut two drawer commode carved front and sides and period hardware
Walnut
Fine 18th Century Venetian Fruitwood Commodes
Located in Rome, IT
A fine 18th century Venetian fruitwood commodes with three long drawers. Measures: 132 x 88 x 62 cm. Very good vintage condition.
Nutwood
19th Century Dutch Hand Painted Bombe Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 19th Century Dutch bombe four-drawer commode. With hand-carved claw feet and finished in a soft french grey with gilt detail. This commode has original brass fittings an orig...
Wood, Paint
19th Century Biedermeier Three Drawer Commode
Located in Kent, Dover
A XIX Century three drawer Biedermeier commode in pickled walnut, with ebonised tapering legs and bronzed handles.
Brass
Italian Venetian Rococo Painted Commode Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian Venetian Rococo painted commode Chest. Painted With Ochre Ground And Floral And Foliate Sprays, Serpentine Top And Conforming Chest Of Three Drawers. Chest sits ...
Wood
Louis XV Provincial Commode In Walnut
Located in Kent, Dover
An XVIII Century French Louis XV walnut commode, with a serpentine front and five drawers. The original handles in gilt bronze, carefully restored with a great patina.
Bronze
Marble Topped Marquetry Commode After Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
Marble topped marquetry commode after Riesener French, late 19th Century Measures: Height 91cm, width 173cm, depth 64cm This exquisite commode takes after a commode made by the ...
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Provincial Fruitwood Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine rectangular top over three conforming drawers and a carved shaped apron raised on cabriole legs and scroll feet. Paneled sides. Provenance: Fogg Estate, Chestnut Hil...
Fruitwood
Italian Fruitwood Commode, Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Italian fruitwood commode, Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical fruitwood commode with a black marble top, detailed with outset rounded corners above three long drawers flanked ...
Fruitwood
19th c. French Louis XVI Painted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c. French Louis XVI Painted Commode. This makes a timeless statement. 32.5h x 36w x 20.5d
Wood
Antique Dutch Burled Wood Commode or Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century Dutch commode handcrafted in burled walnut featuring a dramatic tortoise shell like book matched top on a serpentine case with three drawers, brass hardware and...
Brass
19th Century French Empire Mahogany Commode
Located in GB
A fantastic quality 19th Century Empire mahogany and ormolu commode with marble top. This commode has three functioning, deep drawers with lovely gilded plaques.
Marble, Ormolu
$24,000 / set
Pair of Venetian Painted Neoclassical Commodes
Located in North Miami, FL
Very fine 19th century Venetian two-drawer commode with keys, the top is faux painted to simulate Sienna marble, over the neoclassical designed commode. Standing on square tapered le...
Wood
18th Century Louis XVI Burl Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
An excellent quality, 18th century French walnut commode with fabulous quarter veneered and moulded top, having a moulded and detailed edge, conforming to the shape of the commode be...
Wood
18th Century Baroque Walnut Three Drawer Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
A 18th century Baroque three drawer commode. Beautiful walnut veneer and boxwood inlays embellish this exquisite German baroque chest of drawers.
Walnut
Italian Neoclassical Walnut Commode With Walnut Veneer
Located in Viterbo, VT
Neoclassical commode hand-crafted in central Italy in the early 1800s and decorated with gorgeous walnut veneer. The chest of drawers is very unique in that it merges features of the...
Walnut
Georgian Chest Drawers Mahogany Revival Commode
Located in Potters Bar, GB
An exceptional Georgian Revival mahogany chest of drawers, crafted in the finest English antique tradition, combining timeless elegance with practical storage Raised on classic brack...
Mahogany
Italian 17th Century Arte Populaire Commode
Located in Round Top, TX
A terrific 17th century Arte Populaire Commode - Chest of Drawers from Northern Italy. Wonderfully constructed from poplar and pine woods with 2 drawers, molded panel sides and rais...
Poplar, Pine
French Provincial Charles X Burled Walnut Commode.
Located in Middleburg, VA
French Provincial Charles X Burled Walnut Commode. Beautiful proportions with book matched burled veneers throughout. Top drawer is hidden and three remaining drawers retain the or...
Walnut, Burl
Italian Neoclassical Walnut Commode with Inlay, 1800s
Located in Carmine, TX
Neoclassical commode hand-made in Italy in the early 1800s using walnut and decorated with walnut cross-banded veneer. The dresser features two overlay drawers with ogee edges. The d...
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Commode, Veneer of Walnut
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century Biedermeier commode from Austria made with beautifully patterned book matched veneer of walnut over pine. Three dovetailed drawers with flower form brass escutche...
Brass
$22,800Sale Price|20% Off
Elegantly Veneered, 19th Century Tuscan Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved, ebonized walnut and burl, three-drawer commode with suites of contrasting, pearwood inlay on each drawer. The sides with raised panels. The whole on a stepped and bracke...
Pearwood, Walnut, Burl
19th Century French Transitional Mahogany Commode
Located in Forney, TX
A shipping label, likely the original from the cabinet maker, is intact on top of the case. Circa 1870 Dimensions (approx): 34" H, 44" W, 18.5" D Great antique condition.
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
$7,532 / set
Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 19th Century Italian two drawer commodes on cabriole legs. Later painted in a soft pale grey with borders picked out in a darker grey. With decorative drop handles. Present...
Wood
French Serpentine Rare Two Drawer Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A French 19th Century decoratively carved serpentine Walnut two drawer bleached commode with original its hardware. A wonderful top with pronounced notting over two serpentine carved...
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Rosewood Commode
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI rosewood commode, attributed to Nicolas Petit (French, 1732-1791, master 1761), 18th c. and later elements, three drawers flanked by fluted corner posts, rising on t...
Rosewood
Late 18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Decorated Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century Italian commode. In original decorative Chinoiserie paint and in good overall condition. An original piece of 18th century Italian furniture. Circa 1790.
Paint
18thC French Walnut Bombe Chest Commode
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1750 18thC French walnut bombe chest Commode Measures: W 133 x D 64 x H 95cm.
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Bordelaise Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Superb Louis XV period Bordelaise two-drawer commode. Composed of solid hand-carved walnut and original fine-cast brass fittings. Circa 1730.
Walnut
Louis XV Walnut Commode, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Louis XV carved walnut commode, 18th Century. Five drawers with three smaller drawers including a hidden drawer over two large drawers. Provenance: Estate of T. Boone Pickens (J....
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Commode
Located in High Point, NC
Superb quality 18th century period Louis XV two drawer commode. The top has scalloped and shaped edges, which are beveled and molded and follows down to hand paneled sides, which are...
Brass
Superb Walnut Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A super quality continental walnut two drawer deep serpentine chest of drawers, ioth gilt handles, cubb locks, standing on solid walnut base. in very good colour and condition. 36.5...
Walnut
18th Century German Baroque Sauteuse Commode
Located in Forney, TX
A unique signed original Baroque Sauteuse commode from the 18th century. Exceptionally executed, this elegant German mid-sized walnut cabinet presents with absolutely beautiful inlay...
Fruitwood, Maple, Olive, Walnut, Burl
19thC French Faux Bamboo Apprentice Commode
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1880 19thC French Faux Bamboo Apprentice Fruitwood Commode with Carrara Marble Top sku 944 W31 x D22 x H51 cm
Carrara Marble
18th Century Swedish Painted Rococo Commode
Located in San Angelo, TX
A beautiful late 18th century Swedish commode from the Rococo period with original brass hardware and locks. This commode has a serpentine front, shaped top and apron to the front an...
Wood, Paint
French 18th Century Transitional Marquetry Commode
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV-XVI transitional period commode with lovely marquetry in satinwood, rosewood and tulipwood, Gris Sainte Anne marble top and three drawers. The commode features a cent...
Marble
Continental Red Chinoiserie Three Drawer Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
a Continental red chinoiserie decorated commode / chest of drawers, the shaped top with a scenic figural landscape, above the three conforming drawers further decorated with figures ...
Wood
19th c. French Transitional Walnut Inlaid Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th c. French Transitional Walnut Inlaid Commode is a beautiful and functional piece of furniture. Featuring intricate inlay, beautiful hardware and a marble top. This piece a...
Marble, Brass
18thC French Provincial Serpentine Walnut Commode
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1750 18thC French Provincial Walnut Commode with Serpentine Shaped Top, Drawers & Marquetry Star Inlay. Exceptional colour and patination sku 987 W110 x D61 x H83 cm
Walnut
French Louis XVI Marble Top Inlaid Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
French Louis XVI period commode featuring exquisite geometric parquetry inlay and a richly veined demilune Breche marble top.
Marble
19th c. French Louis XVI Fruitwood Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This product is a 19th-century French Louis XVI fruitwood commode, with a beautiful marble top. It features intricate detailing characteristic of the Louis XVI style, with a sleek de...
Marble
Large 18th Century Italian Rosewood Rococo Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large and imposing Italian Rococo Rosewood Inlaid Commode. The serpentine top sits above a subtle bombè case, fitted with two short drawers over three long drawers, each adorned wi...
Rosewood
$5,628Sale Price|44% Off
A George III Serpentine Mahogany Commode
Located in London, England
An elegant serpentine fronted commode in well figured mahogany bordered with box and rosewood above shaped brushing slide with original baize above three graduated drawers, original ...
Mahogany
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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