Empire Walnut & Black Marble Top Commode, circa 1815
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Walnut and Black Marble Top Commode, circa 1815. 35" H x 48" W x 23" D.
Antique 19th Century French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Empire Walnut & Black Marble Top Commode, circa 1815
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Walnut and Black Marble Top Commode, circa 1815. 35" H x 48" W x 23" D.
Marble
Unique Three Drawer Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This three drawer commode is an absolutely unique piece - something Alice, no doubt, carried back from her visit to Wonderland! The cantaloupe-like finish is fun, precarious and soph...
Marble
19th c. Empire Walnut Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
The case is crowned by an elegant black marble top, creating a dramatic contrast against the honey-toned wood and lending both durability and sophistication.
Marble, Brass
French Empire Commode w/Black Marble Top & Stunning Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire painted commode, with marble top and brass accents, from the mid 19th century.
Marble
Antique Black Painted Victorian Commode/ Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Wichita, KS
Antique black painted Victorian commode/ chest of drawers with marble top.
Carrara Marble, Brass
Italian Venetian Commode, Black Marble Top, Hand-Carved, Circa 1850
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian (19th Century) stripped pine chest with three drawers, each having a keyhole and two round (modern) handles resting on two claw carved front legs with a black marble...
Marble
Art Deco Black Lacquer Commode with Marble Top, Walnut, France, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Crafted from walnut, the piece retains its original structure while embracing a striking contemporary finish that highlights the essence of Art Deco design—balance, symmetry, and lux...
Marble, Brass
Painted French Style Commode Chest of Drawers with Black Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gorgeous French Provincial style chest of drawers by luxury designer EJ Victor painted in a distressed cream, having 3 drawers (with key) and black lions head pulls. The top is figu...
Marble
Antique French Neoclassical Style Commode w/Black Marble Top & Scraped Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French two-drawer commode, with shallow break-front design and marble top, from the early 20th century.
Marble
Antique Louis Philippe Burl Veneered Marble Top Commode
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely constructed 19th century French commode with book matched burled veneers. The case with canted corners and a marble top. The four graduated drawers with carved escutcheons w...
Belgian Black Marble
19th Century French Empire Provincial Ash Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century French Empire Provincial Ash Commode with Black Marble Top
Ash
French 1930s Empire Style Walnut Commode with Grey Marble Top and Black Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style walnut commode from the early 20th century, with grey veined marble top four drawers and black columns.
Marble, Bronze, Brass
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Decorated Marble Top Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautiful early 20th Century French marble top commode. Circa 1920. Decorated in the Chinoiserie manner with ormolu fittings. In very good overall condition.
Lacquer
French Empire Period Commode w/Black Marble Top, Revival Accents, & Paw Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This antique commode from France features a rectangular-shaped black marble top, above a case which houses three drawers and is designed with clean lines and column-style side posts ...
Wood
19th Century French Louis Phillipe Walnut Marble Top Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Constructed of four drawers, raised on typical Louis Phillipe bracket feet, and topped with the original black Belgian marble. As with most of these commodes, there are age cracks on...
Belgian Black Marble
Pair of Italian Marble Top Ormolu Bombay Commodes, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian zebra wood three-drawer marble top Bombay commodes with inlaid fruit wood front drawers and side panels, original ormolu mounts, escutcheons, and decorative pulls, te...
$4,716Sale Price / set|20% Off
Fine Pair Crackle Paint Decorated Creme and Marble Top French Louis XV Commodes
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
The shaped serpentine front is crowned with a rich black marble top, adding a dramatic contrast to the lighter painted body and ensuring durability as well as sophistication.
Belgian Black Marble
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Dra
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Drawers is a superlative example of the tailored architecture and restrained ornamentation that has made ...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Empire Chest of Drawers Cherry Wood with Black Colones and Black Marble Top
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
EMPIRE chest of drawers cherry wood with black colones and black marble top
Belgian Black Marble
Fine Charles X French Semainier Circa 1830 With Black Marble Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine antique French Semainier tall chest of drawers featuring seven drawers. Crafted from flame mahogany and characterized by its dramatic, undulating grain patterns created throu...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
19th Century French Painted Wood Side Chest with Black Marble Top & Faux Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood side chest with marble top from the 19th century. This smaller-sized commode from France has a black marble top, with case below which houses a single recessed-...
Marble
Antique French Empire Walnut Chest of Drawers W/ Black Marble Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Expertly handcrafted from walnut, it boasts a naturally aged patina that highlights its timeless elegance. Topped with a sleek black marble slab, this commode exudes sophistication.
Marble
19th Century French Faux Bamboo Chest with Black Marble Top
Located in Richmond, VA
Gorgeous full sized 19th century French faux bamboo 4 drawer chest with original black marble top. Complimentary shipping to- Richmond, Va Charleston, Sc Atlanta, Ga Washingt...
Marble
Slate Gray French Provincial-Style Dresser with Black Marble Top by Widdicomb
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a marble-topped chest of drawers by the John Widdicomb Company. The design was directly inspired by 18th-century French Provincial aesthetics, specifically the Louis XV p...
Belgian Black Marble
Modern Black Sideboard with Marble Top and Brass, Copper, Bronze, Gold
By Renats Kotlevs
Located in Riga, LV
Made from ash veneer with steel legs, copper, bronze and brass drawers and unique marble top. It is wonderfully smooth to the touch and looks fantastic. Sideboard Soleil is beautiful...
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Copper
French 19th C. Two-Door Buffet Cabinet w/Nice Black Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French wooden buffet console, with really nice marble top, from the 19th century. This antique chest from France (just over four feet in length) features a rectangular-shaped black...
Marble
Vintage Regency Marble Top Marquetry Bombe Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning vintage Marquetry Bombe chest. Beautiful inlay detail and black marble top. A second matching chaser is also available on my page. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Belgian Black Marble
$10,361Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Walnut Chest of Drawers, Black Lacquer, Orange Marble Top, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Striking Art Deco chest of drawers, expertly refinished in a deep piano-black high-gloss lacquer, showcasing the elegance of streamlined design and luxurious material contrast. Craft...
Marble, Brass
Vintage French Piano Black Chest with a Marble Top and Brass Details
Located in Dallas, TX
This Vintage French Piano Black Chest with a Marble Top and Brass Details exudes elegance and sophistication with its rich black color and intricate brass details. This classic style...
Wood
Exceptional Bombé Marquetry Chest With Belgian Marble Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extravagant and large three drawer chest with extensive floral marquetry decoration, heavy bronze mounts, pulls and escutcheons (False), Belgian marble top with fine color and exc...
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Fine Paint Decorated Marble Top Bombe Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An Italianate design bombe chest in a speckled finish in black and red on pale tan. With carved neoclassical motifs- swags on the drawers, bows and ovals in between, and complementar...
Marble, Brass
Fine 19th Century Louis Philippe Walnut Veneered Marble Top Chest
By Louis Philippe
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A exceptional Chest with fine traditional French form and Belgian Marble top with great patterning and color. Standing on four feet, including front rounded feet and back squared fe...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Fine Empire Four Drawer Chest In Flame Mahogany With Gris Marble Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine diminutive Empire Chest dating to the 1st half of the 19th Century in original condition. The Chest with book matched flame mahogany drawer fronts with great color, refined ro...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
19th Century Post Civil War American Rosewood Chest of Drawers w/ Marble Top
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A beautifully-carved & highly decorated Victorian chest of drawers in prized rosewood with original statuary marble. Features original and complete carved rosewood appliqués and knob...
Marble
A Pair of Danish Empire Style Mahogany 3-Drawer Marble Topped Bow-Front
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome pair of Danish empire style mahogany 3-drawer marble-topped bow-front chests with brass inlay and bronze mounts; each with thick Napoleon machete mable top above a bowed c...
19th Century Painted French Empire Chest of Drawers with black Stone Top
Located in Wichita, KS
Period antique French Empire painted chest of drawers with beautiful black stone top. Beautiful decorative lion brass hardware and working key. Early and all original. Footed legs in...
Marble, Brass
$12,172Sale Price|40% Off
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Marble-Top Bombe Commode Chest, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This bombe black lacquer refinish walnut commode chest was designed in the classic French Louis XV style and boasts a stunning marble top.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Louis Philippe Commode with black marble top
Located in Denver, CO
This is a fine Louis Philippe commode with 3 drawers below. The lack of hardware puts the focus on the wood and marble top.
Marble
Charles X Black Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Hudson, NY
Charles X black walnut four-drawer commode with marble top in soft purple and white tones.
Marble
Unavailable
H 36.5 in W 37.5 in D 19 in
Painted White Directoire Style Commode with Black Marble Top, France, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
Hand-painted directoire style commode with black marble top, one frieze drawer and two drawers flanked by pilasters on block feet.
Marble
Unavailable
H 35 in W 51 in D 22.5 in
French Empire Period Flame Grain Mahogany Commode Chest with Black Marble Top
Located in Wells, ME
This handsome chest retains its original separate black marble top, and the four drawers (the top drawer is part of the upper frieze and has no projecting handles, but as it is proud...
Marble, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 36.62 in W 48.43 in D 21.66 in
Bleached 19th Century Commode Chest of Drawers with Black Marble Top, circa 1880
Located in Salisbury, GB
Bleached 19th century commode chest of drawers with black marble top.
Wood
Unavailable
H 35.44 in W 49.22 in D 20.87 in
Louis XV Bronze and Portoro Marble Top Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XV bronze and Portoro marble top black lacquer chinoiserie commode. The molded edge Portoro marble top above two drawers "sans traverse" and two small drawers on the top.
19 th Walnut Nightstand with Black Marble Top
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Walnut venner nightstand with original marbe top and additional original crown.
Marble
Carrara Marble-Top Painted Chest
Located in Wichita, KS
Carrara marble-top painted chest with new brass hardware. Slight discoloration in marble.
Carrara Marble
Beautiful Pair of Marble Topped Semainiers
Located in Woodbury, CT
A pair of semainiers in the Louis XV style with breche d'alep marble tops over the seven drawers. Geometric parquetry inlays of contrasting mahogany on front and sides. Gilt bronze...
Marble, Ormolu
Marble Top Chest of Drawers with Brass Accent
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marble top chest of drawers with brass accent.
Marble, Brass
Unavailable
H 37.41 in W 51.97 in D 22.05 in
Large Antique French Bombe Chest Drawers, Serpentine, Marble Top
Located in Lingfield, West Sussex
Here we have a lovely french chest of drawers with Marble top. Very unusual decoration, depicting a lovely scene. Bombe shape on splayed legs. Dimensions- 132cm wide, 95cm tall, 5...
Mid Century Regency Four Drawer Commode
By Mastercraft
Located in Rochester, NY
An elegant mid 20th century classical regency four drawer black marble top commode credenza in a pale bleached surface to wood.
Louis XVI French Mahogany Demilune Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th Century Louis XVI French Mahogany Demilune Commode with original Black Marble Top. Commode features two drawers with brass ring pulls, the drawers are framed by two side do...
Brass
French Commode w/Black Marble Top, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical chest of drawers, with marble top, from the 19th century. This antique commode from France features a rectangular-shaped black marble top, which rests atop a ca...
Marble
French Transitional Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 20th century French Transitional black lacquered marble top commode, circa 1920. Perfect for today's design!
Marble
A Pair of Marble Top Black Laquered Commodes
Located in Toronto, ON
These sophisticated ebonized night tables are accented with
gilt details and bronze hardware. A rose marble top
over two drawers standing on graceful cabriole legs.
Marble, Bronze
French Black Lacquered Chinoiserie Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Black Lacquered Chinoiserie Marble Top Commode. Rococo influenced Commode with Bronze Ormolu Detailing.
Bronze
19th Century French Commode, Flamed Mahogany, Black Marble Top
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This wonderful commode is made of flamed mahogany and it has its original black marble top.
Marble
Antique Louis XVI Style Marble Top Commode in Black
Located in North York, ON
Exquisite antique Louis XVI style Marble Top Commode, a testament to the enduring elegance of French craftsmanship.
Marble, Brass
Antique Walnut Marble Topped Chest/Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
An exceptional quality black marble topped French Louis Philippe figured walnut five-drawer Commode.
Belgian Black Marble
Rich French Mahogany Empire Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very elegant French Empire rich mahogany commode having stunning black marble top, original brass hardware, and 4 roomy drawers, one that is almost hidden at the top sans handles, in...
Marble
First Empire Mahogany Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Empire Period commode was produced from exotic imported mahogany from the Americas, and boasts cabriole cornerposts and its original black marble top.
Marble, Bronze
French Transitional Marble-Top Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Transitional (Louis XV - XVI) marble-top blocked front chinoiserie decorated two-drawer commode with bronze mounts.
Louis Philipe Commode with Black Lacquer finish and marble top
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautiful Louis Philipe commode chest of drawers. we have refinished the piece in a beautiful piano black lacquer. the commode retains its original brass hardware and original beau...
Marble
Louis Philip Commodes with Black Lacquer finish and marble top
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautiful Louis Philipe commode chest of drawers. we have refinished the piece in a beautiful piano black lacquer. the commode retains its original brass hardware and original beau...
Marble
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Marble-Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Italian neoclassical marble-top commodes like this example are becoming more difficult to find with each passing year, especially those handcrafted from exotic imported ...
Marble
French Chinoiserie Mounted Marble-Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Commode is ebonized with carved chinoiserie decorated. Commode has bronze mounts and marble top.
Marble Top French Louis XV Style Black Chinoiserie Commode Nightstand
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful hand-painted commode. The commode is in good condition and measures 36 wide x 17 deep x 32 tall. The commode has beautiful painted scenes with figures.
Marble
Fine Louis XVI Walnut & Marble Top Commode
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine French Louis XVI walnut commode of three drawers, with brass filleting, handles, sabot, and match strikers. The shaped top of variegated grey fossil marble, overall, with very...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Maison Jansen Ebonized Marble-Top Commode
Located in New York, NY
Maison Jansen bronze- mounted, ebonized commode with marble top with five pull-out drawers, circa 1940s, 1950's
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H 37.25 in W 51.25 in D 23.75 in
19th Century Empire Walnut Commode with Ebonized Columns & Black Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
Empire Period commode with black marble top, light walnut patina, three drawers, flanking ebonized columns with gilt mounts and all resting on turned feet, 19th century Continental E...
Marble
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H 39.75 in W 52.13 in D 21.5 in
19th Century Bleached Mahogany Louis XVI Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Carmine, TX
Louis XVI/Directoire chest built in France in the mid to late 19th century using mahogany and oak secondary with dove-tailed drawers. The chest features four large inset drawers fram...
Marble
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H 28.25 in W 34.75 in D 21 in
2 Modern Black Marble Top Bedside Chests 4 Drawer Commode Nightstands Dressers
Located in Dayton, OH
A neat pair of contemporary chests. Finished in black with 4 oak dovetailed drawers and a white marble top. Features fluted sides and silvertone bail style drawer pulls.
Marble
French Directoire Mahogany Marble-Top Commode, Silver Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
French Directoire mahogany marble-top commode, silver chest combines the tailored architecture of antiquity with the sheer natural beauty of exotic imported mahogany and purity of Ca...
Carrara Marble, Brass
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H 33 in W 40 in L 33 in
Elegant Black and Gold Louis XV Chinoiserie Commode with White Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Superbly elegant Louis XV style bombay shaped French commode having black background and glamorous gold painted Chinoiserie scenes, cabriole legs, two drawers, and a contrasting whit...
Marble
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.
Walnut
Ebonized Marble-Top Commode by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
An ebonized marble-top commode by Maison Jansen. Tapering bronze caped feet supporting a group of three drawers. The secondary woods of solid oak. The exterior of a fine ebony finish...
Wood
Rare French Art Nouveau Leather Lined Marble Top Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
A wonderful and rare French Art Nouveau leather lined and bronze studded marble top commode. French Circa 1900 The black fossiliferous marble top with out-curved front ...
Marble
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H 35.75 in W 45 in D 21 in
19th Century French Empire Walnut Four-Drawer Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique fruit wood chest of drawers was crafted in France, circa 1830. The traditional commode features three drawers across the front with swan-shape bronze handles, a...
Marble, Bronze
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H 34 in W 28 in L 34 in
19th Century Ebony Bronze Mounted Four-Drawer Commode with Black Marble-Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century ebony bronze mounted four drawer commode with black marble-top. This early commode or chest having been fully done over in an ebony finish later on in its life is simply...
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H 29.5 in W 33.5 in D 18.5 in
1820's French Burl-Wood Commode w/Original Black Marble Top (Cute Size!)
Located in Atlanta, GA
A smaller-sized French burl wood veneered commode, with its original marble top, from the early 19th century.
Marble
18th Century Chinoiserie Commode with Faux Marble Top
Located in East Hampton, NY
Fabulous 18th century chinoiserie commode with faux marble top with two drawers. It has some restoration work.
Marquetry Inlaid Three-Drawer Commode with Marble Top French
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unusual and elegant three drawer chest. Beautiful inlaid marquetry with original brass hardware hardware and sabots and bevelled edge rouge marble top. French, circa 1900.
Marble
Late 18th Century French Empire Cherry Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Stunning French Empire Chest from the late 18th century made of solid cherry, with original hardware and black marble. This piece was hand selected by us because of its large size an...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
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H 37.5 in W 51.13 in D 22.75 in
19th Century Bleached Mahogany Louis Philippe Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Carmine, TX
Louis Philippe chest of drawers with black marble top hand-made in France in the mid 1800s using mahogany.
Mahogany
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H 31 in W 39 in D 18 in
Marble Top Bronze-Mounted Maison Jansen Style Marble Column Front Commode
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
This Neoclassical style marble top bronze-mounted Maison Jansen fashioned marble column front commode. This rare and hard to find fine commode or night table having a pink and white ...
Mahogany
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H 37.5 in W 51 in D 23.25 in
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Burl Walnut Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique fruitwood chest of drawers was crafted in France, circa 1860. The traditional commode with simple lines stands on four square feet over a thick and raised base ...
Marble
Black Marble-Topped Empire Style Chest
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Empire style chest with black marble top. This French antique piece is made of mahogany and features an intact marble slab, three dovetailed drawers, bronze hardware, and ...
Marble, Bronze
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H 35.5 in W 50.75 in D 23.13 in
18th Century Bleached Mahogany French Empire Commode with Black Marble Top
Located in Carmine, TX
Empire chest of drawers hand-made in France in the early 1800s using oak and decorated with mahogany veneer. The chest of drawers has been bleached and shows gorgeous striations of g...
Mahogany
Jansen Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Commode with White Marble Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A Louis XVI style Maison Jansen commode with marble top. A finely polished and refinished piece of history in this brilliant Louis XVI style commode. The bronze sabots leading to a t...
Marble
Maison Jansen Louis XVI Style Commode with Marble Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A Maison Jansen Louis XVI style commode with marble top. A fine representation of this highly sort after decorator. The ebonized case having three drawers with bronze pulls flanked b...
An Ebonized Commode with a Marble Top by Jansen.
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine Louis XVI Style Commode by Maison Jansen. The bronze framed Carrera White marble a top a two over three drawer Hollywood Regency case with inverted curved sides. The structure...
19th Century French Mahogany Louis Philippe Marble-Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This handsome 19th century French mahogany Louis Philippe marble-top commode features a tailored casework, all rendered from exotic imported mahogany which was considered the premier...
Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Commode with Marble Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Birmingham, AL
Solid mahogany Maison Jansen attributed Louis XVI style five-drawer commode, ebonized with a lustrous French polish, having a high polished Alpine Breche marble top. The five drawers...
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H 29 in W 40 in D 17 in
Black Lacquer White Marble Top French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Beautiful painted ebonized black laqcuer case and nice white marble top. The piece measures 40 wide x 17 deep x 29 tall. Good used condition.
Walnut
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H 36.5 in W 54 in D 23 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Carrera Marble-Top Ebonized Neoclassical Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted with stunning quality from the master artisans of Paris during the waning years of the Napoleon III period, just like later works by Maison Jansen. Spectacular Louis XVI styl...
Marble, Bronze
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H 25 in W 86 in D 25 in
18th Century French Regence Commode with Marble Top from the Lyonnaise Region
Located in Dallas, TX
An 18th Century French Regence Commode with original Marble Top from the Lyonnaise region.
Marble, Bronze
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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