Sold|$2,500
Fine French Bombe' Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Generously scaled with exceptional and extensive marquetry inlays. The bronze mounts are elaborate. Beautiful quality and workmanship. The commode is fitted with a fine marble top.
Marble, Bronze
Sold|$8,500
Continental Bombe Chest
Located in Chamblee, GA
This exquisite 19th c. walnut and rosewood chest with a serpentine top has 3 drawers with bronze hardware. There is satinwood scroll inlay on the drawers and sides
Wood
Sold|$3,600
Custom Painted Italian Bombé Commode
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A mid-20th century Italian three-drawer bombé commode custom painted with trailing vines and flowers throughout.
Sold|$8,600
Antique French bombe parquetry commode.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French bombe parquetry commode. Kingwood and mahogany. Rouge Royale marble top.
Kingwood, Mahogany
Louis XV-Style Bombe Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV-Style Bombe Commode with Walnut Parquetry, Bronze Ormulu and Violet Marble Top - Napoleon III - Circa 1880
Sold|$3,334
Louis XV Oak Bombe Commode
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A particularly finely carved Louis XV oak bombe commode. Profuse decoration to all surfaces and excellent overall patina.
Oak
Sold|$3,421
Late 19th Century Bombe Commode
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
An unusual late 19th century bombe commode of very small proportions, the fine striking gilt bronze mounts with original well cast and chiseled decoration.
Wood
Sold|$12,250
19th century Italian bombe commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An unusual marble topped Italian bombe commode in the 18th century taste. Burr Walnut and Kingswood inlay and gilt bronze mounts. Original Italian label to the rear.
Sold|$5,062
Small French Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in Winchcombe, Gloucesteshire
This is a small French antique bombe commode in figured walnut with inlays and rosewood banding. Good quality cast mounts and original shaped marble top. Ideal for a small hallway or...
Walnut
Sold|$22,000
Large Mahogany Bombe Commode, Continental
Located in Providence, RI
This commode has an extremely well-developed serpentine (or bombe) shape not only in the front, but also developed along its sides. It is a beautifully sculptured early piece of monu...
French 1750's Louis XIV Walnut Bombe Chest Commode with Bronze
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
middle eighteen century french walnut bombee commode with 3 drawers very nice gilded bronze ornementation
Sold|$6,800
Inlaid Italian Bombe Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
An ornately inlaid two drawer Genovese commode. The serpentine sides each show an inlaid sunburst design which is also found on each drawer of the bombe front and top.
Wood
Sold|$5,200
Vintage Dutch Bombe Chest
Located in Chamblee, GA
Beautiful vintage walnut Dutch bombe chest with carving at the bottom.
Walnut
Sold|$2,200
Silver Gilt Bombe Chest
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An elegant two drawer silver gilt bombe chest with a faux marble top.
Sold|$699
Marble Top Bombe Chest
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
2 Drawer Bombe Chest, Marble Top, Gold Etching on corners and handles. Beautiful wood.
Sold|$2,700
Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A casual white and charcoal hand painted striped bombe chest of drawers, the rectangular moulded edge top above two cavetto drawers above two long bombe drawers above a serpentine ap...
Sold|$2,900
Handpainted Venetian style bombe' commode.
Located in New Orleans, LA
A hand painted Venetian Style bombe', circa 1970's. Faux marble top. Two handpainted large drawers in scroll and floral motif with pewter finish rococo hardware.
Sold|$3,995
Bombe Continental Walnut Chest
Located in Roswell, GA
Fine Walnut double bombe chest in the Louis XVth style. Great patina. Satinwood stringing. Brass handles. 4 Large Drawers
2 Small Drawers. Foliate 'knees'
Brass
Sold|$2,445
Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A stunning French hardwood veneer and gilt metal mounted chest of drawers in a Louis XVI style, in bombe shape. With a variegated grey marvel top above three long drawers.
Marble, Metal
Sold|$2,400
Pair of Italian Bombe Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
This pair of two-drawer commodes/night stands have beautiful parquetry and ormolu mounts.
Sold|$5,196
Chinoiserie Bombe Red Lacquer Commode
Located in Chulmleigh, Devon
Stunning French commode with hand painted lacquer finish, fab green marble, (has had very good repair to marble), stunning mounts all round.
Marble
Sold|$1,890
Italian Painted Bombe Chest
Located in Summerland, CA
A wonderful painted Bombe chest of drawers. Graduating four drawers with lovely scrolled original gilt bronze hardware. Base is painted decoratively in yellow and green acanthus leaf...
Sold|$2,295
French Louis XV Bombe Commode
Located in Santa Ana, CA
This marble top commode was imported from France by George II Antiques. The ornate details include inlaid parquetry and figural ormolu accents. The marble has a designed, beveled e...
Marble, Ormolu
Sold|$1,875
French Colonial Bombe Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
A highly decorative and diminuitive bombe chest, probably of French Colonial African origin, featuring original decorative brass hardware, scalloped skirt, shaped top, claw and ball ...
Brass
demi-lune bombé chest
Located in New York, NY
An Art Deco demi-lune bombé chest
designed by Michel Dufet (French 1888-1985)
Three central drawers framed by two doors.
Black laquer with giltwood accents.
Sold|$2,400
Italian Style Gilt Bombe' Commode
By John Widdicomb
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Visually stunning, hand painted and gilded. The 3 drawer chest is generously scaled. Unusual form and proportions, with a removable tray in the top drawer Made by John Widdicomb Co....
Metal
Sold|$2,950
Faux Snakeskin Bombe Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
This amazing piece is covered with faux snakeskin with a cream and green hue.
Sold|$12,013
Late 19th Century Kingwood Bombe Commode
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Late 19th Century Kingwood Bombe Commode with good gilt bronze mounts.
Kingwood
Sold|$5,500
Unique Early Art Deco Bombe Commode
Located in Boca Raton, FL
One of a kind Austrian Art Deco walnut veneer bombe shape commode.
Walnut
Sold|$9,381
A 19th Century Cherrywood Bombe Commode
Located in London, GB
A 19th century cherrywood bombe commode with finely cast brass handles in the Louis XV taste.
Cherry
Sold|$4,200
PAIR OF SMALL ITALIAN BOMBE COMMODES
Located in Natchez, MS
Pair of late 19th c early 20th century bombe form painted and gilt marble topped commodes. Perfect for bedside tables.
Marble
Sold|$8,600
18th Century Northern European Bombe Commode
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A large late 18th century sycamore and marquetry inlaid three drawer serpentine front bombe commode with original cast gilt brass pulls.
Sycamore
Outstanding French Kingwood Serpentine Bombe Commode
Located in Stutton, GB
Outstanding French kingwood serpentine bombe commode, with breche Violette marble top, above three short and two long drawers. with lovely ormolu mounts, escutcheons and handles, ser...
Kingwood
Sold|$7,964
1940s Italian Bleached Walnut Bombe Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very elegant and large pair of circa 1940s Italian bombe commodes in bleached walnut with three drawers each, in the 18th century taste. Italy.
Walnut
Sold|$9,314
Late 19th Century Kingwood Bombe Commode
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
An unusually shapely kingwood bombe commode. With massive original gilt bronze mounts oxidised evenly. The marquetry work of the finest quality including contrasting edging and reser...
Sold|$5,264
Louis XV style Bombe Serpentine Commode
Located in Cork, IE
Louis XV style bombẻ serpentine commode in Kingwood and Tulipwood, with elaborate brass mounting, and a bull-nosed marble top. Dating from the late 19th Century. This item is on sho...
18th c. Louis XV Bombe Commode Marble Top Commode
Located in Miami, FL
18th c. Louis XV style bombe marble top commode, having a mottled beige marble top above a parquetry inlaid kingwood case with two large drawers and leaf-form pulls and escutcheons,...
Marble, Bronze
Sold|$5,950
18th C. French Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th Century French Walnut Bombe Chest of Drawers 53''w x 27.5''d x 38.5''h (dresser)
Sold|$6,000
Italian Rococo Olive Wood Bombe Commode
Located in Woodbury, CT
An inlaid and cross banded olive wood commode of complex blocked bombe form. Made as a 'piccolo comodino' for bedside; it is proportioned and eminently suitable today for a variety...
Sold|$3,500
EARLY 1900'S FRENCH BOMBE COMMODE
Located in San Francisco, CA
EARLY 1900'S FRENCH BOMBAY COMMODE
41''W X 18.5''D X 32''H
(also chest of drawers, dresser)
Sold|$18,500
Fine Louis XV Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fine Louis XV walnut bombe (tombeau) chest of drawers, the mitered serpentine top with bread-board ends over three long drawers, each with replaced brass handles and escutcheons with...
Brass
Sold|$4,900
Mid 19th C Bombe Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid 19th C French Oak Bombe Chest
Sold|$4,400
Pair Of French Bombe Chests
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of mid century French bombe chests
Giltwood
Sold|$12,500
18th Century Swedish Bombe Chest
Located in Hudson, NY
Swedish Louis XV bombe three-drawer chest in birch marquetry with ebonized trim and bronze mounts.
Sold|$13,000
A Mid-Eighteenth Century Bombe Commode
Located in London, GB
The shaped top over four long drawers each with two drop handles and a central escutcheon the lower drawer being incorporated into the low ‘bombe’ with a simple carved frieze along t...
Pine
Bombe Chest by Antoine Schapira
Located in New York, NY
Bombe chest in black palm by studio maker Antoine Schapira. Classical bombe styling with contemporary details. Three drawers seem to float between curved, metal leaf enhanced ends. T...
Brass
Sold|$4,500
Bombe chest with marble top
Located in Seattle, WA
Charming Bombe chest with marble top. Chinoiserie design with raised gesso ornament, brass mounts and hardware. Great size for a bedside table.
Marble
Italian Parquetry Miniature Bombe Chest
Located in Houston, TX
MinIature bombe chest made in Italy in the mid- twentieth century with two drawers. The backside is also finished. small scale great for beside a chair.
Mahogany, Walnut
Sold|$4,500 / set
Pair of Italian Bombe Chests
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 1970s pair of Italian olivewood two drawer bombe chests with diamond lattice marquetry and brass scrolled foliage handles. The chest is supported by curved legs and also featur...
Brass
Sold|$21,063
A Louis XVI Mahogany Bombe Commode
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Marble top and pierced brass gallery . Three brass moulded panel long drawers.Tapered legs with ormoulu mounted. This commode is stamped by Bonnet who restored furniture in the ...
Brass
Sold|$6,749
Early 18th Century Oak Bombe Commode
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI oak bomb�� commode, with later black paint with traces of blue underneath. Gris d'Ardennes marble top (this quarry was located in Belgium and was in operation during the 18...
Marble, Ormolu
Sold|$4,500
Early Small Dutch Bombe Chest
Located in Port Chester, NY
Fabulous Dutch bombe chest. Small in size, but grand in presence. This three drawer bureau is made of rich dark oak with a beautiful color and rich patina. Details of note include al...
Oak
Sold|$3,850
LXV Kingwood Bombe Three Drawer Commode
Located in New York, NY
Having three drawers below a marble top. The drawers have sides inlaid in Marquetry floral form with dore bronze handles. The lowest drawer has a bronze cartouche form mount. 20th C.
Late 19th Century Italian Marquetry Bombe Commode
Located in Wembley, GB
A serpentine-fronted bombe commode or chest of two long drawers with decorative marquetry inlay.
Walnut
Sold|$2,800
Old French walnut marble top bombe commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Old French walnut marble top bombe commode
Sold|$12,500
Superb Quality Louis XV Bombe Marquetry Commode
Located in Toronto, ON
Fantastic quality bombe commode with gilt ormalu mounts and breche marble top.
Rosewood
Continental Marquetry Bombe Serpentine Commode, circa 1920
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Continental Marquetry bombe commode This continental Marquetry bombe commode was made, circa 1920.
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.
A bombe chest is a set of drawers that bulges outward in the front and on the sides. The style, whose name comes from French word bombé, meaning “curved,” originated in 17th-century France.
A bombe chest cost depends on its size, age, designer, location, condition and other factors. If the piece is in relatively good condition, it may cost anywhere between $300 and $3,000.
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