Unavailable|$2,255 / set
Pair of Art Deco Style Bookcases Shelf Unites Blonde Walnut
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous pair of Art Deco style shelf units or bookcases. Fantastic design, clean and minimal look really embodies the 1920s aesthetic. Ready to be the talking point of any interio...
Antique French Walnut Bombe 1920s Commode Bedside Lamp Side Table Music Cabinet
Located in Dorking, Surrey
Delivery: Free delivery in the UK. Description: Elegant solid Walnut "Bombe" shaped table on Cabriole legs, circa 1920s Very pleasing shape and proportions. Versatile occa...
Brass
Unavailable|$2,700
Inverted or Reverse Bow Front Narrow Chest of Drawers Dresser
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite burl walnut chest of drawers is a new reproduction handmade in England by a third-generation cabinetmaker. The inverted bow Front Design certainly sets this gorgeous c...
Walnut
Unavailable|$4,963
19th Century Chest of Drawers Biedermeier Era
Located in Senden, NRW
Build in the 1860s in Vienna, Austria. An antique masterpiece and one of a kind piece with a amazingly grained walnut veneer on the front.
Walnut, Spruce
Sold|$3,352
Antique Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Two Door French Walnut Commode. Circa 1880 Languedoc Region
Walnut
Sold|$3,672
Antique Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Three Drawer Walnut Commode with Limestone Top.
Limestone
Sold|$2,050
Antique Walnut Commode Buffet from 1880s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers, walnut helper. Wood: walnut, Year: circa 1880, Origin: Western Europe, Dimensions: height 201 cm, width 143 cm, depth 56 cm.
Walnut
Unusual Antique Walnut “Commode Buffet” from Southern Germany, circa 1760
Located in Dallas, TX
This unique and elegant walnut veneer commode-form buffet is from Southern Germany, circa 1760. Originally produced as a three-row chest of drawers, a previous owner had the commo...
Brass
Antique Swedish Walnut Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
This Swedish antique walnut commode has a lovely shape and is excellent quality.
Walnut
Antique Swedish Walnut Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
This Swedish antique walnut commode has a lovely shape and is excellent quality.
Walnut
Sold|$2,552
Antique French Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French walnut commode with marble top. Marseilles area.
Marble
Sold|$8,800
French Antique Louis Philippe Walnut Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Exquisite, antique French Louis Philippe style commode, done in a book-matched walnut.
Walnut
Sold|$3,007
Antique Walnut French Marble Chest/Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
This antique commode has a beautifully figured grey marble-top with a double scrolled edge above a shaped walnut oak lined cushion top drawer and a central brass inset escutcheon, be...
Marble
Sold|$2,529
Antique Walnut Marble Topped Chest/Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
An exceptional quality black marble topped French Louis Philippe figured walnut five-drawer Commode. This antique commode has a beautifully figured black marble top above a shaped wa...
Belgian Black Marble
Sold|$1,708
Antique French Marble-Top Walnut Commode
Located in London, GB
Antique French style marble-top commode in good condition, having just been re-polished.
Marble
Sold|$3,850
Antique Louis XVI Figured Walnut Commode
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Louis XVI figured walnut commode, circa 1780-1800, having the original white marble top over three brass-trimmed drawers with period drop bail handles flanked by turreted reeded colu...
Walnut
Sold|$1,503
Antique French Burr Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous original antique French bombe chest of drawers in burr walnut. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period. It is a lovely petite size, with plen...
Walnut
Sold|$2,995
Antique Hand Carved Walnut French Commode
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful hand carved French walnut console with marble top. Hand carved drawer fronts and carving on the corners, legs and bottom apron. The dark green marble top is original. Has i...
Marble
Sold|$1,850
Antique English Walnut Chippendale Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique English walnut Chippendale commode features timeless lines, the sheer natural beauty of the wood, and finely carved accents across the entire facade, and even on the rolled a...
Mahogany
Sold|$3,980
Antique Italian NeoClassical Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Rendered in Romanesque magnificence from fine Italian walnut, this handsome commode boasts fluted cornerposts topped with Corinthian corbels acting as framework for finely molded dra...
Sold|$3,985
Antique Louis XVI Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant commode combines the richness of select Italian walnut with the luxury of finely veined black marble, coupled with cast bronze keyguards and drawer pulls and finally art...
Sold|$7,800
Antique Italian Walnut Wood Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This magnificent Italian walnut wood commode from the late 1800s, has three large drawers with hand carved frontages. Each drawer frontage has three cartouches with a central raise...
Antique 18th Century Dutch Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive late 18th century dutch walnut bombe shaped commode having four long graduated drawers with original brass fittings raised on delighted original carved paw feet.
Walnut
Antique Italian Piemontese Walnut Marble-Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-crafted by the master artisans of Piemonte, this elegant hand-carved Italian Walnut Commode features a luxurious black marble top and its original cast brass pulls. The signatu...
Walnut
Antique Italian Burr Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in London, GB
A very rare and beautiful antique North Italian commode in burr walnut with what looks like the original marble top.
Marble
Antique French Walnut Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A handsome and solidly-built country Louis XVI style commode in solid walnut, the drawer faces veneered in book-matched figured walnut. Featuring fluted corner column details, turn...
Walnut
Antique French Walnut Commode Louis Philippe Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Antique French four drawer walnut commode Louis Philippe Style A well-proportioned antique commode featuring four equal-sized drawers of full width.
Bronze, Steel
Antique French Burr Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in London, GB
Antique French burr walnut marble top commode chest of very high quality and with small proportions.
Marble, Brass
Antique French Walnut Commode with Original Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Walnut Commode with Original Marble Top
Marble
Antique Swedish Walnut Parquetry Commode C1880
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique Swedish ormolu mounted walnut commode of Louis XV style c.1880 This piece exemplifies Swedish cabinet making at its very finest.
Antique French Louis Philippe Style Burl-Walnut Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Antique French Louis Philippe style commode, constructed of bookmatched burl walnut, complimented by an exquisite piece of marble, which in itself is extremely rare to find.
Walnut
Antique Louis XV Provincial Style Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis Provincial style walnut bombe commode, early 19th century.
Brass
Antique Limed Walnut Serpentine Commode, German, 18th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful bleached and limed walnut serpentine commode or chest of drawers. It has an appearance of old stone.
Walnut
Antique French Louis Philippe Four Drawer Walnut Commode
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French Louis Philippe period four drawer walnut commode, mid 19th c.
Brass
Antique French Burr Walnut Commode Louis Philippe Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Antique French burr walnut commode Louis Philippe style A beautifully figured burr walnut commode / chest of drawers, constructed in oak with dovetail joints.
Metal
Antique South German Walnut Chest Commode, circa 1760
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and rare 18th century Bavarian walnut bowfront chest of drawers that features three useful and capacious full width drawers. The top and drawer fronts are elegantl...
Walnut
Handsome Antique Walnut and Ebony Italian Commode Dresser
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very rich handsome antique Italian walnut and ebony chest having four spacious drawers and original hardware. #4249
Ebony, Walnut
Antique French Walnut & Marble Louis-Philippe Walnut Commode Chest Drawers 1840
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis-Philippe figured burl walnut & marble top commode, chest of drawers, circa 1840.
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Satinwood & Walnut French Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in North York, ON
This stunning chest of drawers is an early 20th century American piece made with beautiful book matched satinwood and burled walnut banding. It is in pristine showroom condition hav...
Walnut
Sold|$4,950
Petite Biedermier Walnut Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite neoclassical Biedermier walnut 3 drawer commode. For many more fine antiques, please visit our online gallery at: www.williamwordantiques.com William Word Fine Antiq...
Brass
Antique French Empire Walnut Commode Early 19th Century
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Antique French Empire Walnut Commode Early 19th Century This impressive Empire Commode features a beautiful black and white fossilised free standing marble top (25 mm thick) with a...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Eastlake Victorian Marble Top Backsplash Walnut Washstand Commode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Eastlake Victorian Marble Top Backsplash Walnut Washstand Commode.
Marble
Antique Neoclassic Continental Walnut Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique commode crafted in walnut having geometric designs and crossbanding over a bowfront case with four drawers, brass hardware and elegant tapered legs, French polished ...
Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Marble Top Entrance Commode
Located in North York, ON
This beautiful walnut antique commode is in its original excellent condition.
Walnut, Rosewood
Small Antique Walnut Wood* Commode from France
Located in Dallas, TX
Small antique French commodes are extremely difficult to find.
19th Century Antique Walnut and Rosewood French Provincial Commode
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century antique walnut and rosewood French provincial commode Stunning example of a French walnut carved commode.
Walnut
Antique French Directoire Cherry and Walnut 3-Drawer Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Outstanding original antique French Directoire style commode constructed of solid cherrywood with an amazing sun-bleached, book-matched, figured walnut two board top.
Brass
Antique Victorian Marble-Top Walnut Commode Washstand, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian washstand commode offers shaped and beveled backsplash with flanking candle stands over walnut base with paneled frieze drawer having foliate carved handles over...
Marble
Antique French Walnut & Marquetry Commode Rouge Marble, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique French Louis Revival burr walnut serpentine fronted bombe' marble top commode, circa 1880 in date.
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Victorian Walnut & Burl Marble Top Commode, Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique wash stand offers shaped marble top with shaped backsplash having candle stands over walnut and burl base with frieze drawer over cabinet with double doors having arched p...
Marble
Antique Campaign Chest of Drawers Commode Walnut
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous and on trend campign chest of drawers in light walnut We date this to circa 1920 and it's in great shape Classic campaign look with brass protectors to the corners and sid...
Other
Sold|$6,850
Louis XV Style Walnut Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Antique walnut Louis XV style commode with lock front and original marble top.
Marble
Antique Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Walnut Commode, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive and rare antique Louis XVI gilt bronze mounted walnut and marquetry conmmode, dating from the late 18th Century.
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Country French Louis XIV Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Louis XIV Walnut Marble Top Commode will make a splendid addition to any room!
Marble, Bronze
Antique Italian Walnut & Olive Wood Serpentine Bombe Commode Chest Dresser
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Italian bombe, commode or chest, circa first half 19th century.
Olive, Walnut
Sold|$3,250
19th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique French walnut commode with marble top. Entirely in original and perfect condition.
Walnut
Antique Commode from the Late 19th Century Veneered with Walnut
Located in Opole, PL
Antique Commode from the Late 19th Century Veneered with Walnut We present you this piece of furniture composed of a corpus with two drawers under the top.
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.
Simple or sophisticated, equipped with console, cart or custom cabinetry, these stylish bar areas deserve a toast.
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
The furniture equivalent of a Swiss Army knife, it's the multifunctional piece you didn't know you needed.
Italian studio DimoreMilano mustered great ingenuity when crafting these sculptural shelves, which are built without any screws.
Leaping into a design project, whether it's refreshing the bedroom or redoing the whole house, can be overwhelming. Luckily, we know more than a few interior designers. You asked questions on Instagram, and now they're answering.
Introduced nearly 500 years ago, curiosity cabinets are finding new fans among today's collectors and designers.
In the hands of New York Heartwoods cofounder Megan Offner, unwanted local trees become works of design art.
From Brooklyn townhouses to Maine campgrounds, Trattie Davies and Jonathan Toews relish a challenge, like transforming a former warehouse space into the new 1stdibs Gallery.