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Arbalete Chest

Danish 18th Century Arbalete Commode
Located in Washington, DC
A Danish 18th century commode in the arbalete form. This piece is soundly constructed in painted
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Antique 18th Century Danish French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Dra...

Materials

Paint, Wood

 Danish 18th Century Arbalete Commode
 Danish 18th Century Arbalete Commode
H 35 in W 51.5 in D 25 in
18th Century Regence Period Carved Walnut Lyonnaise Commode 'Arbalete'
Located in Dallas, TX
balance can be seen in our hand-carved walnut commode en arbalete from Lyon, France. Although the overall
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal, Bronze

18th Century French Louis XV Period Lyonnaise Commode en Arbalete in Walnut
Located in Birmingham, AL
walnut by skilled artisans of the Lyon region. The front facade having an arbalete or cross-bow form with
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

French Carved Oak Coffre Chest or Trunk with Shaped Legs, 20th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Chests are one of the oldest pieces of furniture, as ancient Egyptians first used them around 3000
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20th Century French Blanket Chests

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Oak

Louis XV Provincial Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial walnut 3 drawer chest of drawers, early 19th century. With an overhanging
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Early 19th Century Curved Cherry Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Chest of drawers "en arbalète" in Louis XV style. Circa 1st half of the 19th century. Made of solid
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Cherry, Pine

19th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French commode made of solid walnut with an arbalète, or crossbow front and
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Walnut Commode
19th Century French Walnut Commode
H 31.5 in W 37 in D 20 in
18th Century Walnut Wood Crossbow Commode from Provence, France
Located in Dallas, TX
In French, arbalete means “crossbow” and is typically used to describe the shape of furniture when
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

French Louis XV Period Commode
Located in Marseille, FR
arbalete form, all four carved snail feet, cartouche at the bottom, and original bronze hardware.
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

French Louis XV Period Commode
French Louis XV Period Commode
H 35.44 in W 49.22 in D 24.81 in
18th Century French Louis XV Period Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
having an arbalete with shaped top. The original bronze hardware drop handles and escutcheons adorn the
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Small Antique Whitewashed Dutch Bombe Commode, Circa 1780
Located in Dallas, TX
A very unique small chest of drawers, hand-carved in the Netherlands, circa 1780, the wood has been
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Antique 1780s Dutch Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal, Iron

18th Century Four-Drawer Louis XV Walnut Commode
Located in Houston, TX
throughout. Top has a slight "arbalete" shape to it.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XIV Period Commode
Located in Pembroke, MA
arbalete form, all four carved snail feet, nice foliate cartouche at the bottom, and original bronze
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Antique 18th Century French Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XIV Period Commode
French Louis XIV Period Commode
H 38 in W 50 in D 26.5 in
Louis XV/XVI Transition Style Kingwood and Marquetry Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
conforming marble top. This shapely commode is perhaps more en arbalete than serpentine, with its shaped
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Kingwood

Mid-18th Century Louis XV Bombe Shaped Chestnut Provincial Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
Of an unusual curvaceous waisted form having a shaped front (often referred to as arc-en-arbalète
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Rare 18th Century Period, French, Louis XV Commode
Located in Birmingham, AL
aged patina. It's a very rare example of a commode that has both a galbe (curved) and arbalete
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

French 1720s Regence Walnut Commode in the Manner of the Thomas and Pierre Hache
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Regence walnut three-drawer commode en arbalete made in the manner of Thomas and Pierre
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Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Louis XIV Cherrywood Commode from France, Early 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
commode is an arbalete top that slightly hangs over the three stacked drawers below. Each drawer has three
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Flemish Louis XV Secretary Chest of Drawers in Oak
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
. Slightly S-shaped curved front (en arbalète) and rounded pilasters, as well as profiled curved plinth apron
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Antique 18th Century Belgian Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Oak

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Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XV walnut commode, the front sculpted, "en arbalete" and having three drawers, the drawers
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Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Dutch style chest of drawers Arbalete with special shape of a crossbow with 4 drawers made in oak
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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18th Century
Located in Saint Helena, CA
rich carving typical of the region; Chest of drawer "arbalete",the top in solid walnut rounded side
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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H 34.5 in W 51 in D 26 in
18th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Petworth, GB
An 18th century French walnut commode arbalete (crossbow) with original locks, keys and escutcheons
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Antique 18th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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18th Century French Walnut Commode
18th Century French Walnut Commode
H 35.83 in W 48.23 in D 25.2 in
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Located in Charleston, SC
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Located in Charleston, SC
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French Régence, Walnut, Two-Drawer Commode
By Pierre Hache
Located in Charleston, SC
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Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Located in London, GB
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Located in Stockbridge, GA
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H 38.32 in W 50.88 in D 24.75 in
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Located in Paris, FR
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in Forney, TX
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Located in Winter Park, FL
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Located in LEGNY, FR
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Located in Montreal, QC
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Elegant Louis XV Period Cherrywood Commode
H 35.75 in W 48.25 in D 26.25 in
20th Century French Louis XV Style Beech Commode, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
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19th c. Petite Commode Sauteuse
Located in Houston, TX
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19th c. Petite Commode Sauteuse
H 32 in W 335 in D 17.75 in
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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George III Satinwood Commode
Located in London, GB
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George III Satinwood Commode
George III Satinwood Commode
H 34.5 in W 54 in D 25.5 in
A Well-Figured Pair of Italian Rococo Style Burl-Walnut Commodes
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in Doylestown, PA
Louis XV Provincial light walnut commode from Arles, France, mid 18th century, the chest with
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18th Century French Commode from Arles
18th Century French Commode from Arles
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Located in Dallas, TX
close attention to line and form. Commodes, or chests of drawers, from this region are sometimes called
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Dallas, TX
, which is surrounded by a quarter round strip of bronze that embellishes the subtle arbalete (“crossbow
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Brass, Bronze

Magnificent Period Louis XV Walnut Wood Commode, Circa 1760
Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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French Provencal 18th Century Arbalete Commode
French Provencal 18th Century Arbalete Commode
H 38.25 in W 49.5 in D 25.13 in
19th century Painted French Commode Arbalete
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century, Louis XV style small, charming two drawer commode in worn light gray patina with rounded corners, shaped top with molded fore-edge, drawers with deep moldings and supe...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Early 18th Century Period French Regence Commode en Arbalete
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a stunning period Regence commode with its front façade having an arbalete or cross-bow
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Antique Early 18th Century French Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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19th Century Louis XV Style Painted French Commode Arbalete
Located in Charleston, SC
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

18th Century Chest of Drawer
Located in Charleston, SC
18th Century chest of drawer from Baroque period in style of "commode arbalète" with shaped top
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Antique 18th Century German Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

18th Century Chest of Drawer
18th Century Chest of Drawer
H 31.75 in W 38 in D 19.25 in
Antique Chestnut Wood Trunk from Brittany, France, Circa 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
of the apron is linear, but it is flanked by a pair of arbalete carvings, each with a floret center
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Antique 1860s French French Provincial Blanket Chests

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Metal, Iron

19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XV style commode with an arbalete, or crossbow, front made of walnut
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode
19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode
H 32.5 in W 40.5 in D 23.5 in
18th Century French Louis XV Lacquer Commode
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Louis XV walnut three-drawer commode with original hardware and slight arbalete form
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Exceptional 18th Century Walnut Commode from Languedoc, France
Located in Dallas, TX
"galbe" or rounded/curved in the front. More rare, were models which were both galbe and "arbalete" or
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Stone

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Arbalete Chest For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the arbalete chest you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A arbalete chest — often made from wood, metal and bronze — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect arbalete chest — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A arbalete chest made by louis xv designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular.

How Much is a Arbalete Chest?

The average selling price for a arbalete chest at 1stDibs is $8,200, while they’re typically $2,200 on the low end and $37,500 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right commodes-chests-of-drawers for You

Is it 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 a 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.

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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