Highly Decorative Yellow and Cream Painted Chinoiserie Bombe Commode Marble Top
Located in South Yarra, AU
A highly decorative Italian yellow and cream painted chinoiserie bombe three drawer commode with marble top and decorative gilt metal escutcheons and feet Measures: 115cm wide, 6...
Wood
Unavailable|$13,000
18th Century Inlaid Italian Commode with Bombe Shape and Dutch Marquetry
Located in Nashville, TN
18th century Italian walnut veneered commode probably Naples, of serpentine and bombe shape, profusely inlaid with Dutch floral marquetry and star bursts with fine cast gilt bronze h...
Walnut
Unavailable|$3,500
1930's Rococo style Bombe 9 Drawer Chest Dresser
Located in South Coast, CA
Gorgeous vintage bombe dresser in maple having original solid brass pulls. Stripped to it's bare wood it is beautiful in it's nude state, but can also be finished, painted, limed or ...
Maple
Unavailable|$357,200 / set
Pair of 18th Century Neapolitan Burl Walnut Parquetry Bombe Serpentine Commodes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A unique pair of 18th century Neapolitan burl walnut, mother-of-pearl, Parquetry Bombé serpentine commodes, each with a conforming Breccia Fior di Pesco marble top above two long dra...
Unavailable|$1,905
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. Serpentine fronted on splayed legs. Dimensions- 141cm wide, 91cm ...
ON SALE Commode with Sink 18th Century French Walnut Bombe' Original Hardware
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century French walnut bombe' commode with original hardware. Converted into vanity with stone sink and bronze hardware.
Wood
Unavailable|$949 / set
Antique Pair of Bombe Style Reproduction Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique pair of French bombe style reproduction mahogany chest of drawers. 20 to 30 years old. No loose joints and the drawers slide freely. No woodworm. Overall maximum dimensio...
Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Fine Kingwood and Marquetry Ormolu Mounted Bombe Commode
Located in Lakewood, NJ
Antique French Louis the 15th styled marble topped marquetry commode, 19th century. The serpentine molded breche d’alep marble top surmounts conforming case. The case of finely in la...
Bronze
Attic Find; Scandinavian Bombe Chest of Drawers from Clausholm Castle, Denmark
Located in Enschede, Overijssel
Attic find: Nice Danish bombe commode of walnut with parcel carving in the Rococo style. The commode was found at a former owner of Clausholm Castle, near Aarhus, Denmark. Nice detai...
Walnut
Unavailable|$9,832
French Louis XV Rococo Style Antique Painted Bombè Chest, circa 1885
Located in Houston, TX
A lovely antique French Rococo style bombé chest of drawers, circa 1885 having the original painted floral decoration.
Unavailable|$1,295
Baker Furniture Solid Oak Three-Drawer Louis XV Style Bombe Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Geneva, IL
Elegant small scale Bombe chest by Baker Furniture. Solid oak, with a shaped top over a dramatically curved front. Medium brown satin finish, with solid antiqued brass Louis XV style...
Oak
Antique Dutch Baroque Style Painted Bombé Mahogany Chest Holland, circa 1850
Located in Houston, TX
A classic Dutch bombé front painted mahogany chest of drawers from Holland, circa 1850. Please notice the shaped top having a serpentine front above the three cascading drawers. The ...
Bronze
Unavailable|$3,277
18th Century French Louis XV Bombe Cherry Chest of Drawers, circa 1780
Located in Dallington, East Sussex
A lovely original 18th century bombe commode made from cherry with a fabulous color.
Cherry
Dutch Bombe Chest of Drawers with Inlaid Foliate and Avian Motifs in Marquetry
Located in Salisbury, GB
Dutch bombe chest of drawers with inlaid foliate and avian motifs in marquetry design 18th century.
Walnut
Unavailable|$6,850
Small Dutch Baroque Oak Painted Commode Chest of Drawers, circa 1760
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a lovely Dutch, mid-18th century, small painted four-drawer baroque bombe shaped commode chest of drawers. Decorated on an oak carcass with original brass handles and escut...
Brass
Unavailable|$795
Italian Two-Drawer Painted Bombe End Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian two-drawer painted Bombe or Bombay style end table with painted floral leaf motifs on the drawer fronts and metal hardware, circa 1970s. Made in Italy. Please note of wear co...
Wood
Unavailable|$5,500 / set
Matched Pair of Venetian Painted Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Matched Pair of Vintage Venetian Painted Bombe shaped Commodes/Bedside Chests, floral painted design on tops and face of drawers. 2nd 35" x 16" x 27" high
Pine
Unavailable|$30,044
French Louis XV Style Chest of Drawers by E Kahn
By E. Kahn
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An outstanding French Louis XV style two drawer bombe shaped and serpentine commode chest of drawers by E.
Bronze
Bombé Louis XV Rococo Bombe Commode or Chest of Drawers by Mariano García, 1960s
By Mariano Garcia
Located in Valencia, Valencia
Midcentury handcrafted Bombé Louis XV Rococo Bombe commode or chest of drawers by Mariano García, Valencia, Spain, circa 1960s.
Pine
Antique Chinese Red Lacquer Bombe Commode Chinoiserie Chest Drawers, 1910
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous antique Chinese red lacquer commode of bombe form. The chest also features intricate chinoiserie on all areas which is a delight to look at and a feat of craftsmanship.
Midcentury Louis XV Style Rococo Serpentine Bombe Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Valencia, Valencia
One of a kind midcentury handcrafted Louis XV Rococo Bombe commode or chest of drawers with green marble on top, made in Spain during the 1940s-1950s
Wood
Unavailable|$2,150
Baker Furniture Swedish Bombe Style 2 Over 2 Drawer Gilt Accented Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Baker Furniture Swedish Bombe Style 2 over 2 Drawer Gilt Accented Chest Features Dovetail Drawers, Brass Hardware, Dutch style rolled Legs, 2 over 2 drawers, original factory design...
Wood
Sold|$5,121
18thc Ebonised Dutch Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1780. 18the ebonised Dutch Bombe commode chest with original hardware. Ebonised with large lion paw feet.
Wood
Antique French Serpentine Bombe Commode / Chest Of Drawers
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Very high quality Antique French Serpentine Bombe Commode / chest of drawers in Louis XV Style with original Marble top.
Marble
Mid century mahogany bombe commode chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century kingwood and mahogany bombe commode chest of drawers, circa 1950. Good quality rococo inspired 3-drawer commode.
Marble
Mid century mahogany bombe commode chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century kingwood and mahogany bombe commode chest of drawers, circa 1950. Good quality rococo inspired 3-drawer commode.
Marble
Italian Rococo Style Walnut Veneer Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Italian bombe commode, chest of drawers, or dresser featuring a patchwork of stunning walnut veneer.
Brass
Vintage Italian Hand Painted Yellow Chinoiserie Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian hand painted yellow chinoiserie bombe commode chest. Item features hand painted scenes to front, top and sides of bamboo trees and a person, wood construction, origin...
Wood, Paint
French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Marble-Top Bombe Commode Chest
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fabulous quality old French Louis XV style marquetry inlaid and parquetry kingwood marble-top bombe commode chest with ormolu mounts.
Marble, Ormolu
Mid Century Italian Burl Olive Wood Inlaid Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid century Italian burl olive wood inlaid bombe commode chest. Large inlaid design gives it a fresh modern organic look. 2 drawers lined in paper.
Olive
Italian Burl Olive Wood Parquetry Inlaid French Style Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian burl olive wood parquetry inlaid French style bombe commode chest. Item features beautiful parquetry inlaid burl olive wood, shapely bombe form, original label, cabriole legs...
Wood, Olive
Mid-20th Century Kingwood and Mahogany Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century kingwood and mahogany bombe commode chest of drawers, circa 1950. Good quality Rococo inspired 3-drawer commode.
Kingwood
Early 19th Century French Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Early 19th century French Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers This is an excellent piece, it is superb in quality and design The chest is ash lined and made with burr elm, mahogany and w...
20th Century 1950's Kingwood and Mahogany Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century kingwood and mahogany bombe commode chest of drawers, circa 1950. Good quality rococo inspired 3-drawer commode.
Mahogany
Vintage Italian Marble Top Small French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian marble top small French Louis XV style bombe commode chest. Item includes a marble top, small unique size, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, 2 dovetailed...
Marble
Petite French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode, Chest of Drawers
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Petite French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode, Chest of Drawers This Walnut Marquetry Chest is a very rare piece, it has the classic bombe shape of a Louis XV commode but this one is s...
Walnut
Pair of French Louis XV Style Pink Marble-Top Inlaid Bombe Commode Chests
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of French Louis XV style pink marble-top inlaid bombe commode chests. Items include pink marble tops, beautiful parquetry inlay, bronze ormolu, shapely bombe form, 2 dovetailed ...
Marble, Bronze
Vintage French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Chest with Green Marble Style Top
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Chest with Green Marble Style Top This vintage Louis XV style chest exudes elegance with its green marble style top and burled satin wood...
Ormolu
Large French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode, Chest of Drawers
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large French Louis XV style bombe commode, chest of drawers This mahogany marquetry chest is a very rare piece, it has the classic bombe shape of a Louis XV commode but this one i...
Drexel Grand Villa 3 Drawer Oak Bombe Commode Chest Nightstand Dresser
By Drexel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drexel Grand Villa 3 drawer oak bombe commode chest nightstand dresser. Item features bombe form, solid wood construction, nicely carved details, original label, 3 drawers, cabriole ...
Wood
French Provincial Louis XV Country Sienna Cherry Bombe Commode Chest Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Provincial Louis XV Country style Sienna cherry bombe commode chest dresser. Item features panel carved sides, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, nicely carved det...
Cherry
French Louis XV Marquetry Bombe Commode Chest
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Louis XV style marble topped bombe' marquetry commode, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century. This highly decorative commode is made from rosewood a...
Marble
French Louis XV Styl Marquetry Inlay Bombe Commode Chest Bedside Table, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV style Marquetry Inlay bombe commode chest bedside table - a pair. Item features bombe form, marquetry inlay throughout, 4 drawers, cabriole legs, great style and form.
Wood
Vintage French Kingwood Louis XV Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An impressive and dramatically-shaped French ‘bombe’ commode veneered in kingwood and tulipwood and with highly-detailed brass mounts and the original shaped marble top.
Kingwood
Early 19th Century Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A provincial bombe chest of drawers or ‘commode tombeau’ in the Louis XV/Transition style.
Cherry, Walnut, Pine
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Mahogany Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality Dutch commode with original handles and estcheons circa 1820. 4 drawers. Some splits to sides viewable in photographs.
Mahogany
Antique Italian Provincial Chinoiserie Serpentine Bombe Commode Chest Dresser
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chinoiserie bombe commode or chest featuring serpentine form with baroque designs, and painted floral landscape scenes of trees and pagodas featuring geishas, warriors, music...
Bronze
1950s Kingwood and Mahogany Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality bombe shape commode, circa 1950. Three drawers with ornate handles. Inlaid and crossbanded with kingwood and mahogany, strung with satinwood. Marble-top. Oak lined d...
Kingwood
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unusually-small French 'Bombe' Louis XV style three drawer commode in kingwood and mahogany with boxwood stringing. The case and drawers are embellished with the original gilt bro...
Kingwood
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
Maitland Smith Dutch Rococo Style Leather Wrapped Bombe Commode Chest
By Maitland Smith
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Maitland Smith distressed leather wrapped bombe 4-drawer commode with paw front feet.
Leather, Wood
Antique Italian Venetian Walnut Bombe Commode Chest Mid-20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique and highly decorative Venetian Bombe "commode" of small proportions, Mid 20th Century in date. This piece was skilfully crafted in walnut with decorati...
Ormolu
Late 18th Century French Carved Oak Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
The petite chest with delicate curved sides and recessed panels over a scalloped apron decorated with shell motif, features two heavily bombe carved drawers.
Oak
Pair Antique French Bombe Commodes Chests Burlwood with Slate Marbled Tops
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Slate-Top Antique French Bombe style Chests, Small Console Commodes, Nightstands, End Tables with Gorgeous black marbled tops and...
Slate, Brass
20th Century 1950s Kingwood and Mahogany Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality bombe shape commode, circa 1950. Inlaid and crossbanded with kingwood and mahogany, strung with satinwood, marble top. Measures: Height: 31 1/3". Width: 39". Depth...
Kingwood
French Chinoiserie or Japanned Louis XV Bombe Commode Chest from Paris.
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A smaller French black lacquer ‘chinoiserie’ commode, the two drawers and sides with painted landscapes, the drawer edges and legs accented with gilding. The piece retains its origin...
Lacquer
Louis XV Style Figural Walnut Parquetry Marble Top Bombe Commode Chest Ormolu
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful 20th century French Louis XV style Bombe Commode. Made from walnut with a shapely form featuring lattice parquetry inlay, figural caryatid mounts, bronze foliate, swags a...
Marble
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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