$27,950
18th Century Regence Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Important Regence commode created in the 18th century Four drawers with locking device Carved gilt bronzes and marble top Bronzes on front legs and lower middle decoration Escutc...
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Chireno, TX
18th century French walnut commode with serpentine block-front. Hand-carved in walnut and constructed with mortise and tenon joinery.
Steel
18th Century Regence Kingwood Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Early 18th Century French Kingwood Marquetry Commode. Original Marble top and ormolu mounts.
Marble, Ormolu
Louis Philippe Cherry Commode
Located in Woodbury, CT
This cherrywood commode has something unusual besides its wood, it has its original bronze hardware.
Cherry
Louis XV Kingwood Commode
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A Louis XV kingwood commode of a good color and patina: attractive serpentine and bombe shape, original mounts still retaining most of their gilding, original Saint-Anne Grand Dessin...
Kingwood
18th Century French Chest/Commode
Located in Nashville, TN
Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1760, this elegant commode exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of the Louis XV period.
Wood
French Faux Bamboo Commode 1900
Located in MILL, NL
Faux Bamboo Chest of Drawers / Commode. Ca. 1900-1910. Crafted in pine. With white marble top.
Carrara Marble
18th Century Swedish Pine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Swedish commode from Skattungbyn, Orsa. A patina and wear beyond the ordinary.
Pine
19th century Mahogany Bowfront Commode
Located in MILL, NL
Large chest of drawers / commode. Originally from England. With bow front.
Mahogany
French Early 20th Century Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This commode is made of fruitwood and has been refinished.
Fruitwood
Mid-19th Century French Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Decorative mid-19th Century French commode with later paint. With original hardware throughout.
Wood, Paint
$4,168 / 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
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
Italian Venetian Style Painted Commode
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (18/19th Century with 20th top) two-door chest/commode having a refreshed off-white painted finish with foliate gilt details on cabriole leg with a faux marble...
Gold Leaf
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.
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.
Walnut
19th Century German Biedermeier Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century German Biedermeier Commode in Cherry wood. Pulls have been changed, and it has been refinished some time ago.
Wood, Cherry
Louis XV Kingwood Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With inset serpentine blu turquin marble top over two conforming drawers. Tapered legs.
Marble
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
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.
Wood
Italian Empire Style Commode
Located in Houston, TX
1900s Italian Empire mahogany chest of drawers with gilt bronze ormolu, keys and black marble top.
Marble, Ormolu
$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
Antique Danish Oak Commode, 1850s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish Oak Commode, 1850s. Wonderful and perfect sized four drawer dresser insolid Nordic oak with a warm and soft tone.
Oak
Italian Rococo Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
A good clean chest with a serpentine top with banded edge over three conforming drawers with brass handles and escutcheons. Nice brown patina. Cabriole legs.
Brass
18th Century French Ebonised Bombe Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French ebonised bombe commode with marble top. This rustic commode has an ebonised finish and a black, white and grey marble top with a moulded edge.
Ebony
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
Late 18th Century French Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century French commode. Mid-blue shade of scraped back paint and a pale top.
Wood, Paint
$2,160 / item
Antique Country Style English Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
This chest would make an excellent addition to a bedroom, nursery, or cottage/cabin style home! Dresser, Commode, chest of drawers.
Oak
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.
Marble
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
$12,941 / 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.
Mahogany
Small Period South Swedish Gustavian Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A small period south Swedish Gustavian commode with three drawers. Decorative detailing to the bottom freeze, repainted in soft grey
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
Louis XV Walnut Serpentine Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A finely crafted Louis XV period walnut commode with a shaped serpentine front and carved apron.
Walnut
$4,200 / set
Parisian Oak Commodes, 19th Century
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Parisian Oak Commodes, 19th Century A refined expression of 19th-century French craftsmanship, this pair of Parisian oak commodes embodies the understated elegance of urban French i...
Oak
18th Century French Marquetry Inlaid Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century French marquetry inlaid commode. Circa 1780.
Wood
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century Italian drawers, white marble top. Parquetry inlay.
Marble
19th c. German Biedermeier Maple Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
German Biedermeier Maple Commode is a genuine, original antique piece . This commode, exudes the classic and elegant style of the Biedermeier period, featuring intricate detailing an...
Maple
$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
$7,492 / 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
Eatrly 19th Century Russian Commode
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine early XIX Century Neo-Classical Russian commode of three drawers, in mahogany, with brass detailing throughout.
Brass
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
19th c. German Biedermeier Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The product is a 19th-century German Biedermeier walnut commode. This commode features intricate craftsmanship and design typical of the Biedermeier style popular during that time pe...
Walnut
French Louis XVI Inlaid Commode
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI 6 drawer commode with bronze trim and marquetry inlaid veneer with a marble top.
Marble, Bronze
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.
Walnut
$11,904Sale Price|20% Off
Baroque Black Lacquer Commode, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A black lacquer refinished walnut baroque style table commode with two drawers, vegetative marquetry skirt and bombée legs, three drawer and gilded hardware
Brass
Hand-Painted Biedermeier Commode, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Hand-painted Biedermeier commode with three drawers and flanking columns.
Wood
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
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.
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.
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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.
Walnut
Venetian Rococo Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With paneled and crossbanded serpentine top over two drawers with oval brass handles, raised on carved cabriole legs.
Walnut
Louis Philippe Walnut Marble Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Louis Philippe walnut commode with four drawers and marble top.
Marble
$115,796
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.
Kingwood, Rosewood
18th c. Italian Inlaid Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Inlaid Walnut Commode is a stunning piece of antique furniture that exudes elegance and style.
Walnut
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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