George II Burr Walnut Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George II Burr Walnut Chest on Chest Item Code: S27-750A A handsome and well-proportioned George II chest on chest, beautifully veneered in richly figured burr walnut and displaying ...
Walnut
George II Walnut Chest on Chest Circa 1740
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fine George II walnut chest on chest dating to circa 1740 The upper section features two short drawers above three graduated long drawers Lower chest fitted with two further graduate...
Walnut
Louis XV Kingwood Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With inset serpentine blu turquin marble top over two conforming drawers. Tapered legs.
Marble
18th Century French Provincial Commode
Located in Westlake Village, CA
An 18th-century French Provincial commode in a richly worn black patina, showcasing beautifully aged moulded drawer fronts and subtly canted corners. Its time softened surface and qu...
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Decorative mid-19th Century French commode with later paint. With original hardware throughout.
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Empire Commode
Located in Madrid, ES
XIX Century Empire Commode 19th CENTURY EMPIRE CHEST. LARGE FRENCH EMPIRE CHEST IN MAHOGANY AND DECORATED WITH GOLDEN BRONZE.130X59X89 CM
Mahogany
French Early 20th Century Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This commode is made of fruitwood and has been refinished. It has castors on the feet witch makes it easy to move it.
Fruitwood
18th Century Swedish Pine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Swedish commode from Skattungbyn, Orsa. A patina and wear beyond the ordinary. The surface retains historical and original paint, beautifully aged. Worn down through th...
Pine
French Directoire Mahogany Miniature Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Of the period in the Directoire style. White marble with brass border over three drawers with circular ring handles and backplates. Circular tapered legs with brass toupie feet.
Marble, Brass
$4,131 / set
Pair of French Painted Commodes
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pair of early 20th Century French painted oak commodes. 1930. Internal reference: H Code: 9158 Dimensions: W: 48" (121.9 cm) H: 35.5" (90.2 cm) D: 20" (50.8 cm)
Oak
19th Century Italian Miniature Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
19th century Italian miniature commode with three drawers, brass pulls, and finely carved and inlaid detailing. The tapered legs and balanced proportions reflect refined neoclassical...
Wood
18th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A French walnut commode with molded drawer fronts and shaped paneling, fitted with three drawers and ornate brass pulls. The case has a shaped apron and stands on short legs, showing...
Walnut
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
$16,800 / set
Pair of French Empire Walnut Commodes
Located in Dallas, TX
This product is a pair of French Empire walnut commodes. These chests have a classic French Empire design, featuring intricate detailing and craftsmanship typical of that era.
Walnut
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. The cabinet is...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XV Pantolinier Commode
Located in Napa, CA
Gorgeous Louis XV Pantolinier from Arles, France. Has flowered red cloth liner in both drawers. Hardware in tact and holding strong, feels very solid. It is beautiful with great li...
Metal
19th Century French Empire Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Empire Commode in book matched flame mahogany and Black Marble Top
Marble, Brass
George II Walnut Chest On Chest
Located in Essex, MA
In two parts with molded cornice over three over three drawers. The base with three drawers. Bracket feet. Original handles.
Brass
19th Century French Oak Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century French Provincial oak commode. With a serpentine front and retaining it's original handles.
Oak
18th Century Painted French Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Handsome 18th Century French serpentine front commode. With carved details on the drawers and paneled sides. Retaining its original hardware, including flower motif fastenings to th...
Wood
18th Century German Walnut Serpentine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century German Walnut serpentine commode. Nicely decorated with fruitwood line inlay.
Rosewood, Walnut
$7,950 / set
Pair of Swedish Commodes, circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Swedish commodes, circa 1860, offering the rare luxury of matched case pieces. True pairs of 19th century commodes are far scarcer than singles and solve elegant problems i...
Wood
Italian Neoclassic Painted Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With demilune white and grey faux marble top over a conforming case section with two drawers with brass ring handles and stylized mounted giltwood acanthus leaves ,the case sides wit...
Walnut
19th Century French Bleached Oak Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century French Louis XV style bleached oak commode. Circa 1820.
Oak
Danish Rococo Chest on Chest, circa 1760
Located in Huntington, NY
A unique 18th Century Danish Chest on Chest with serpentine drawer fronts and cabriolet legs. Upper chest has two large drawers and lower chest has one. Older brass hardware and iron...
Brass, Iron
19th c. German Biedermeier Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The 19th c. German Biedermeier Walnut Commode is a vintage piece of furniture that is sure to add a touch of elegance to any room. This commode, with its traditional design and stur...
Walnut
Antique Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique Louis XV style commode with bronze mounts. The commode with cross-banding having mitered corners, serpentine front, recessed side panels, straight back legs and bronze mounts...
Bronze
19th c. German Biedermeier Mahogany Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
German Biedermeier Mahogany Commode is an antique piece of furniture that exudes elegance and craftsmanship.
Mahogany
Swedish Gustavian Chest on Chest, circa 1810
Located in Huntington, NY
An unusual Swedish Gustavian chest on chest featuring a dentil frieze top border with triple fluted canted front corners. Upper chest has two medium drawers over one large drawer. Lo...
Iron
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century Italian drawers, white marble top. Parquetry inlay.
Marble
18th Century German Bleached Ash Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century German bleached ash commode, with a serpentine front, finely inlaid decoration and three drawers. Circa 1850.
Ash
French 19th Century Louis-Philippe Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This is a French Louis-Philippe Period Commode that has been refinished. It is a beautiful flamed walnut with 5 drawers and a Set-Anne marble top.
Marble
18th Century French Provençal Cherrywood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French Provençal cherrywood commode. Having three drawers and the original handles. With great colour and patina.
Cherry
$12,826 / item
George III Mahogany Serpentine Commode
Located in London, GB
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE, CIRCA 1760. The angles with a blind gothic fretwork. Handles original.
Mahogany
Louis Philippe Marble-Top Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis Philippe period commode featuring a dark marble top over a case of matched veneer drawers with rounded corners and brass drop pulls. The bold grain and restrained design are ch...
Marble
19th c. German Biedermeier Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The 19th century German Biedermeier Walnut Commode is an antique piece of furniture that exudes elegance and craftsmanship. Made with high-quality walnut wood, this commode showcases...
Walnut
Period German Biedermeier Inlaid Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The product is an antique German Biedermeier inlaid walnut commode. This piece of furniture is a dresser or chest of drawers with intricate detailing and craftsmanship typical of the...
Walnut
Louis XV Period Sauteuse Commode
Located in Charmes, FR
veneered wood chest of drawers opening with three drawers in two rows, gilded and chiseled bronze ornamentation, marble top generally in good house condition
Wood
18th Century Italian Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th century Italian painted pine commode with secret drawer compartments. 1760. Code: 8887 Dimensions: W: 62.5" (158.8 cm) H: 40" (101.6 cm) D: 29" (73.7 cm)
Pine
19th Century Ebonized Gustavian Style Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
A striking 19th century Swedish Gustavian style commode featuring a richly layered ebonized patina with subtle charcoal and graphite undertones.
Wood
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Early Italian Commode
Located in Augusta, GA
Early Italian commode Made in the 18th century Beautiful craftsmanship and details Key to drawers included
Cherry
18th Century French Fruitwood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French fruitwood commode.Of interesting design with a great set of ormolu handles.
Fruitwood
a Regence provincial commode en tombeau
Located in Augusta, GA
Finest quality walnut lyonnaise commode with bronze hoof sabots
Wood
$7,425 / item
18th Century Breakfront Dutch Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th century oak breakfront Dutch commode with a faux marble top. 1780. Code: 8833 Dimensions: W: 53.5" (135.9 cm) H: 36" (91.4 cm) D: 24" (61 cm)
Oak
George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality, George III Mahogany chest on chest, having a dentil moulded cornice, above four graduated drawers, each with brass plate handles, flanked by canted corner...
Mahogany
Italian Neoclassic Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with string banded inlay over three drawers, flanked by a framed case with carved corners and central carving on apron, raised on circular tapered fluted legs headed ...
Walnut
French Provincial Oak Commode, C. 1800
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome French oak commode dating to circa 1800, featuring three drawers adorned with distinctive diamond-carved panels across the drawer fronts.
Oak
$2,446
Mahogany Chest
Located in London, England
Mahogany chest of drawers. Circa 1870.
Mahogany
French Painted Two Drawer Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 20th century French painted pine bonbe front two drawer commode with good distressed paint. 1910. Code: 8812 Dimensions: W: 51" (129.5 cm) H: 37" (94 cm) D: 24" (61 cm)
Pine
Late 18th Century Italian Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good late 18th Century Italian walnut commode. With three drawers and fretwork legs which extend up each side of the commode. Circa 1780.
Bronze
Antique Directoire French Commode, Circa 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined French commode in the Directoire style dating to circa 1850, featuring elegant clean lines and beautifully balanced proportions. The restrained neoclassical design reflects...
Marble
Northern Italian Baroque Walnut Commode
Located in Queens, NY
Northern Italian Baroque walnut commode (17th/18th Century) with 4 drawers pulls carved in the form of busts in Renaissance costume. Resting on hoof carved feet.
Walnut
$198,500 / set
Louis XVI-Style Marquetry Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent pair of French commodes captures the refinement of the Louis XVI style. A highly detailed parquetry design is inlaid into the commodes’ facades and centered by beaut...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Satinwood Marquetry Demilune Commode
By Robert Adam
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Allow yourself and houseguests to be mesmerized with the splendor of fine antique woodworking with this spectacular satinwood demilune (or halfmoon) commode/washstand fit for a palac...
Wood, Hardwood, Satinwood
19th Century German Biedermeier Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century German Biedermeier walnut commode. Exceptional finish on this piece and 3 drawers for storage. Superb!! Circa 1820. 44.5x 23d x 36h
Walnut
Louis Philippe Walnut Marble Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Louis Philippe walnut commode with four drawers and marble top.
Marble
Late 17th Century English Commode
Located in Round Top, TX
A very striking late 17th century English Commode. Beautifully constructed from handsome walnut with a shaped top over conforming case with 3 drawers flanked by paneled pilasters. Ve...
Walnut
19th-century English Mahogany Campaign Chest-on-Chest
Located in Montreal, QC
19th-century English mahogany campaign chest-on-chest fitted with typical flush-mounted brass hardware. England c.1860
Mahogany
$114,761
Pair of Kingwood Commode, Genoa
Located in London, GB
AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND ROSEWOOD COMMODES, GENOA, CIRCA 1775. The gilt-bronze mounts original. Each with two drawers inlaid sans traverse. 35in. (89cm)...
Kingwood, Rosewood
18th Century French Cherrywood Serpentine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French cherrywood serpentine commode with marble top. This commode is a restrained example of the French Rococo, having serpentine front but straight, panelled side...
Cherry
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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