$6,400
Painted Dutch Bombe
Located in South Salem, NY
Dutch commode dry scarped to it's original painted surface. Unusual brass hardware featuring two lion heads holding a swag and branches. This is a simplified version of the iconic Du...
Wood
Bombe French Marble-Top Bronze Ormolu Louis XV Style 3 Drawers Dresser Commode
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Stunning rouge marble-top French inlayed wood dresser with significant bronze ormolu. Very nice decorative piece.
Satinwood
Bombe French Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Louis XV Style 4 Drawers Dresser Commode
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Stunning rouge marble top French inlayed wood dresser with significant bronze ormolu. Very nice decorative piece.
Hardwood, Walnut
$11,200Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry and Ormolu Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine example of French 19th century Louis XV style Bombe two drawer chest commode. The oak carcass is veneered in kingwood and amaranth and inlaid with floral designs on the f...
Kingwood, Oak
French Louis XV Style Breche d'Alep Marble Bombe Chest of Drawers Circa 1900
Located in London, Park Royal
A distinctive French Louis XV style bombe commode, France, circa 1900, with striking original Breche d’Alep marble top and exquisitely cast ormolu mounts.
Marble
Antique 19th Century Dutch Bombe Oak Chest of Drawers With Ornate Brass Hardware
Located in High Point, NC
This striking 19th-century Dutch bombe chest of drawers showcases the rich craftsmanship and sculptural form characteristic of Continental European design. Handcrafted from solid oak...
Wood
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Exquisite Inlaid Bombe Chest of Drawers with Marble Top and Bronze Dore Hardware
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This piece is not a typical French bombe chest. The deep, rich color and the extent of the floral inlay on this well proportioned chest make this item more unique. The rich inlay pat...
Marble, Bronze
$3,800Sale Price|69% Off
Karges Louis XV Bombe Serpentine Bowfront Chest of Drawers in Walnut, Late 20thC
By Karges Furniture
Located in Miami, FL
Karges Louis XV Bombe Serpentine Bowfront Chest of Drawers in Walnut, Late 20thC Offered for sale is a late 20th-century Karges Furniture Company Louis XV Bombe Chest Inspired by a ...
Brass
$9,410Sale Price / set|50% Off
Pair of Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Petit Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Fine French late 19th century Louis XV style around 1890 fruitwood floral marquetry and bronze mounted two drawer bombe petit commode. The serpentine shaped chest of two drawers, eac...
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Inlay Bombe Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
For extra surface space in a living room or dining room, try this elegant bombe chest of drawers. Measures: 51" W x 25.25" D x 34.5" H.
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Provincial Walnut Bombe Chest with Metal Inlay, circa 1780-1810
Located in New Orleans, LA
This wonderful piece has superb pewter, brass and exotic wood inlay. It is a very fine piece that has worn its age very, very well.
Walnut
Fine Pair of Italian Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bedside Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very decorative pair of Burr Walnut, Italian Marquetry inlaid Bombe bedside table sized chests A very good looking and well made pair of vintage bom...
Satinwood, Walnut
$22,400Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Italian, Louis XV Period Three-Drawer Black Walnut Bombe-Form Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
The serpentine top above a bombe-form body fitted with three drawers adorned with bold bronze foliate mounts; all in a well-figured and richly patinated black walnut veneer.
Walnut, Olive
French Late 18th C. Curvy Bombé Front Chest w/Fabulous Paw Feet w/"Fur" Ankles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French bombé style painted wood commode from the turn of the 18th and 19th century.
Wood
$2,850 / set
Pair Of Venetian Style Walnut Bombe Commodinis
Located in Essex, MA
Each bombe form with two drawers with brass handles. Cabriole legs.
Brass
Fantastic Paint Decorated Italian Bombe Rococo Sideboard Buffet Fitted Drawers
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fantastic Italian bombe Rococo sideboard buffet showcases the dramatic curves, ornate decoration, and timeless elegance associated with the Rococo period. The serpentine bombe f...
Walnut
Pair of French Provincial Inlaid Bombe Nightstands with Shaped Marble Tops
Located in Pasadena, TX
They feature a shaped rouge/Grey marble top with a molded edge. The case is made of burl walnut with a light wood veneer in a bombe form. They have single hinged doors with an open i...
Marble
Pair of French Louis XV Style Fruitwood and Green Marble Bombe Bedside Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) fruitwood bombe-shaped bedside commodes / tables with three drawers, bronze trim, and a shaped green marble top. (PRICED AS Pair) Ant...
Bronze
Italian Patch Olive Burl Wood Bombe Shape Hall Cabinet Console Cabinet Credenza
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fine petit wall console credenza chest meticulously finished in thick olive burl wood veneers. Two door cabinet with one shelf storage space. Made in Italy.
Olive, Burl
Italian Mid-20th Century Hand-Carved Olive Commode in Louis XV Style
Located in Southampton, NJ
Oyster Burl Olive Commode Bombe Chest with striking wood grains, banded top, inlay details & two generously sized drawers.
Bronze
Louis XV Bombe Commode or Chest with Marble Top
Located in Fulton, CA
Louis XV style Bombe commode with original beveled marble top. Features intricate marquetry and parquetry wood inlays and finely cast brass or bronze ormolu. Classic Bombe style with...
Marble
Drexel Heritage French Provincial Fruitwood Bombe Low Commode Nightstand Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Drexel Heritage French Provincial Fruitwood Bombe Low Commode Nightstand Chest. Item features a banded top, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, nicely carved detai...
Wood
Baker Furniture Dutch Baroque Burled Walnut Bombe Chest or Commode
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Dutch Baroque or Louis XV style bombay chest, commode, or dresser By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Burled walnut, with original brass hardware. Measures: 40.25"W x ...
Brass
Petite Vintage European Rustic Style 3 Drawer Bombe Commode Jewelry Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Petite Vintage European Rustic Style 3 Drawer Bombe Commode Jewelry Chest. Item featured is a small unique size, antiqued/distressed finish, solid wood construction, carved ball and ...
Wood
French Louis XVI Serpentine Walnut Bombe Marble Commode Nightstand Petite Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th Century French Louis XVI style bedside stand / bombe chest / commode / nightstand / end table.
Marble
2 Vintage Italian Walnut Serpentine Bow Front Bombe Chests Commodes Nightstands
Located in Dayton, OH
Two vintage bombe chests or commodes. Made of walnut featuring ornate French and Italian styling with two petite glove drawers over two drawers supported by cabriole legs.
Walnut
Maitland Smith Style Dutch Louis XV Burled Walnut Bombe Chest or Commode
By Maitland Smith
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Dutch Louis XV style bombay chest, commode, or dresser In the manner of Maitland Smith USA, Circa Late 20th Century Burled walnut, with original brass hardware. Measur...
Brass
Pair Vintage French Chinoiserie Marble Top Chests / Dressers / Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of petite vintage French chinoiserie bombe-shaped marble top commodes (dressers, chests of drawers) in the Louis XV/XVI style, with ebonized finishes with hand-carved polychrome...
Marble
Louis XV Style, Bombe Vitrines, Ormolu Bronze, Inlaid Marquetry, France, 19th
Located in Stamford, CT
Presenting a magnificent pair of fully refinished Vitrines or Showcase Cabinets. Each features a bombe-style low chest or commode, adorned with exquisite bronze mounts that elegantly...
Bronze
$23,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of French Commodes Bombe' Form with Elaborate Bronze Mounts
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of fine French commodes with exuberant bronze mounts on both fronts And sides. They have a bombe shape with bronze castings down each side ending in bronze sabots on both the fr...
Wood
Unavailable|$8,895
BAKER Stately Homes George II Inlaid Walnut Bombe Commode Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Charlotte, NC
A George II style bombe commode chest by Baker Furniture, from their Stately Homes Collection.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,697
French-style bombé commode (chest of drawers) in the Louis XV style
Located in Amstelveen, NL
This is a French-style bombé commode (chest of drawers) in the Louis XV revival style The characteristic bombé (outward-curving) front and sides give it an elegant, flowing silhouett...
Marble
Unavailable|$2,381 / set
Pair Italian Rococo Style Bombe Commodes Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning pair of Italian Rococo chests of drawers with bombe form. Delightful, eye-catching pair ready to be the focal point of any interiors scheme. Love the colourful marquetry i...
Unavailable|$3,195
French Louis Antique Inlay and Gilt Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a beautiful reproduction piece of a French Louis style antique commode or chest of drawers (or dresser), with a bow bombe shape.
Bronze
Unavailable|$1,898
Antique French Empire Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers, 1890
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Yummy antique Empire style bombe commode we date to circa 1890. Such a lovely shape to this piece, very sumptuos and sultry with all those curves. The bombe shape is quite a feat i...
Unavailable|$5,375 / set
Pair of French Boulle Style Inlay Bombe Commodes Chests Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning pair of French Boulle style commodes or chests of drawers. Chests are of bombe form and hence very elegant.
19th Century Swedish Marble Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers Louis XV Style
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
A fine quality 19th century Swedish marble topped and bronze mounted marquetry Bombe commode. This stunning decorative and richly hued commode is accented with a magnificent marble ...
Marble
Unavailable|$4,500
Bombe Commode
Located in Southampton, NY
An 18th century three-drawer bombe commode with walnut veneer and marquetry panels on a later (19th Century) base, Continental- possibly Switzerland.
Walnut
Unavailable|$2,034
Beautiful French Bombe Shaped Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Applyby Magna, Staffordshire
A very pretty Kingwood bombe shaped chest of drawers of small proportions, inlaid with bone and exotic woods, brass mounts and handles, in very good condition. 23" wide 14" depth...
Kingwood
Unavailable|$7,500
18th Century Dutch Oak Bombe Chest or Commode
Located in Port Chester, NY
Fabulous early Dutch bombe chest, grand in presence. This four drawer bureau is made of dark oak with a beautiful color and rich patina. Details of note include all original handles,...
Oak
Unavailable|$7,076
marquetry bombe commode
Located in Salisbury, GB
Marquetry bombe commode This marquetry bombe commode was made circa 1920. The walnut is inlaid with fine marquetry to the front top and sides, the marquetry of elaborate patterns of ...
Walnut
Unavailable|$8,900
Italian Bombe Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
18th century Italian bombe commode
Wood
Unavailable|$3,550
Italian Bombe Parquetry Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A Rococo style three-drawer Italian bombe commode or chest of drawers with inlaid cross hatch design, sitting on cabriole legs.
Unavailable|$7,000
Swedish Bombe Form Commode
Located in New York, NY
Three-drawer oak bombe-form commode with stylized apron
Unavailable|$65,873
18th Century Bombe Commode
Located in Monza, IT
18th century Italian commode with a bombe' shape on front and sides. Walnut burl veneer on front and side with elegant ornamental marquetry. The decoration on the top is made with ...
Walnut
Unavailable|$4,998
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Floral Marquetry Commode Bombe Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very fine Connoisseur style 19th century French large commode with ormolu mounts in kingwood, rosewood and floral marquetry Bombe Chest of Louis XV style, second half of the 19th c...
Ormolu
Unavailable|$4,400
Italian Bombe chest
Located in Seattle, WA
Charming 2 drawer bombe chest with faux marbled top. Lovely dusty blue coloring with sepia marble top.
Unavailable|$23,100
Florentine Bombe Chest
Located in Seattle, WA
A vintage bombe chest from Florence Italy painted with red chinoiserie designs on a blue ground. Whimsical handles supported by Chinese figures.
Brass
Unavailable|$5,500
French Bombe Chest
Located in Carson City, NV
This is a finely made French Bombe three drawer chest. The chest is made of mahogany with fancy inlays of kingwood, walnut and mahogany. The chest has gilded ormalu bronze decor and ...
Mahogany
Unavailable|$6,055 / set
Pair of French Empire Style Bombe Marquetry Commodes Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning pair of French Empire style commodes with bombe form Intricate marquetry inlay in abundence on all surfaces, floral motifs, arabesques etc. Ormolu fixtured really well cas...
Unavailable|$2,600
Italian Fruitwood Bombe Commode
Located in Middleburg, VA
Lovely fruitwood italian commode consisting of 2 small drawers over 2 large deep drawers on cabriole legs.
Brass
Unavailable|$2,714
Antique Louis XVI French Chest Drawers Marquetry Inlay Bombe Commode
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous Louis XVI chest of drawers of bombe form - Such a delightful piece and we date this to circa 1890. - Original ormolu mounts - handles, sabots, key covers - are all origina...
Unavailable|$32,500
Napoleon III Bombe Commode
By Paul Sormani
Located in Cleveland, OH
With serpentine breche Violette marble top over a conforming case, with two long drawers, each inlaid with floral sprigs in satinwood and ebony on a kingwood ground, with gilt bronze...
Bronze
Unavailable|$2,721
Commode, Chest of Drawers Inlaid Walnut Dutch Bombe early 19th Century
Located in Uppingham, GB
Early 19th century Dutch bombe commode or chest. Walnut, Floral marquetry inlay throughout, oak lined drawers.
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Unavailable|$3,333
Antique French Empire Bombe Commode or Chest of Drawers, circa 1880
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire bombe commode or chest of drawers. I love this piece, so eye catching and distinctive a real feat of cabinet making and other crafts and skills.
Unavailable|$29,937
Fruitwood Bombe Commode, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
An 18th century fruitwood bombe two-drawer commode with finely cast brass handles. Continental circa 1770, possibly Dutch.
Fruitwood
Unavailable|$6,875
Oak Bombe Four Drawer Commode
Located in New York, NY
Oak bombe four drawer commode with shaped top and curved sides
Oak
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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