Chippendale Oxbow Chest of Drawers, Cherrywood, 18th century
Located in Houston, TX
Scarce 18th century American Chippendale Cherry oxbow Chest of Drawers with original or period brasses.
Cherry
Antique Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Mahogany Secretary Library Writing Desk 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
The desk rests over four oxbow drawers that are mounted with classic brass batwing pulls and escutcheon plates.
Mahogany
American Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Top Desk. Boston, Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
American Chippendale mahogany oxbow slant top four drawer desk with exposed dove tail, original brasses, fitted interior, shell carved skirt, and terminating on original claw and ba...
Early 20th C. Chippendale Style Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 20th century Chippendale Style Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Secretary Desk. 4 dovetailed Serpentine drawers.
Mahogany
1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk
By Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk with 3 drawers with dovetail construction, all very well functioning.
Brass
Late 18th c Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant of Massachusetts Origin
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Chippendale mahogany oxbow slant front desk. The desk features a compartmentalized interior with six fitted drawers and eight valanced open cubbies, with a centra...
Brass
Unavailable
H 43.5 in W 41.5 in D 24 in
Pollarded Walnut Oxbow Chippendale Fall-Front Desk, Massachusetts, circa 1780
Located in Alexandria, VA
This Georgian slant front desk is made of walnut and pollarded walnut with pine secondary wood and replaced brass Hepplewhite pulls. The desk has a leather writing surface, a fitted ...
Unavailable
H 34.5 in W 34.25 in D 20.5 in
Small Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Chest of Drawers Claw and Ball Feet, circa 1770
Located in Providence, RI
This chest is compact, 34 inches wide with a close conforming top and is elevated by four claw and ball feet, which are typical in style to those coming out of Boston at that time (s...
Mahogany
Boston Chippendale Oxbow Mahogany Desk, circa 1770-1790
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Federal Boston Chippendale oxbow mahogany desk with slant front upper case with hidden key escutcheon, a compartmentalized interior with central prospect door, op...
Mahogany
Sold
H 36.13 in W 41.75 in D 23 in
American Chippendale Oxbow Antique Chest of Drawers, Connecticut c. 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
While the "oxbow" or reverse serpentine facade has strong roots in Massachusetts craftsmanship, particularly in the South Eastern parts of the state, and notwithstanding the many doc...
Mahogany
Sold
H 44 in W 45.5 in D 24.25 in
American Chippendale Oxbow Desk on Ball and Claw Feet, Boston c. 1760
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A remarkable work of art, this fine American Chippendale slant front desk features the very desirable "oxbow" or "serpentine" facade cherished in the best pieces.
Brass
Chippendale Massachusetts Oxbow Desk, circa 1770
Located in Milford, NH
This exceptional mahogany slant-front desk has many fine attributes such as a well-balanced interior with fine fan carvings and a secret drawer. The bold claw and ball feet are finel...
Brass
Sold
H 44.38 in W 45.13 in D 26.5 in
American Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Desk, Massachusetts, circa 1770
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very fine work of the Chippendale period, this desk was an expensive and very time consuming piece to produce.
Brass
Sold
H 80 in W 33 in D 18 in
Antique Walnut Serpentine Secretary Desk Chippendale Style Bookcase Oxbow
Located in Dayton, OH
A gorgeous serpentine front one piece secretary desk. Made from American walnut. Interior opens to four drawers, pigeon holes and hidden compartments. Upper bookcase portion shows an...
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 76 in W 17 in D 31.5 in
Antique Maddox Walnut Serpentine Secretary Desk Chippendale Bookcase Oxbow
By Maddox Furniture
Located in Dayton, OH
A gorgeous serpentine front one piece secretary desk by Maddox Tables of Jamestown NY. Made from American walnut. Interior opens to four drawers and multiple divided and hidden compa...
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 40 in W 33 in D 17 in
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring serpentine form with drop front writing surface that opens to multiple drawers and cubbies, over four oxbow ...
Mahogany
Sold
H 41.5 in W 20.5 in D 36 in
Antique Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Mahogany Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early 20th century Chippendale style secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring serpentine form with drop front writing surface that opens to multiple drawers and ...
Mahogany
Sold
H 42.5 in W 19.5 in D 36 in
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Writing Desk Ball & Claw
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique mahogany secretary or writing desk, circa 1930s. Featuring a flip top that opens to multiple drawers, file storage and hidden compartments. The dresser or chest is constructe...
Mahogany
Sold
H 42 in W 19.5 in D 36 in
Antique Curly Maple Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Writing Desk Claw
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique secretary or writing desk. Made from tiger maple featuring a flip top that opens to multiple drawers, file storage and hidden compartments. The dresser is constructed with an...
Maple
New England Chippendale Cherry Oxbow Slant Front Desk, circa 1780-1800
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Chippendale cherry oxbow slant front desk with compartmentalized interior over four conforming graduated drawers with replaced oval period brasses, all supported by four nicel...
Brass
Antique American Mahogany Oxbow Front Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique American mahogany oxbow front slant top desk, 19th century.
Brass
American Chippendale Oxbow Serpentine Chest of Drawers, Massachusetts
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A rather striking chest of drawers, the oxbow is a particularly difficult form to master and added significant cost for clients requesting this kind of case during the period. The t...
Brass
Sold
H 41.5 in W 36.5 in D 18 in
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary, bureau or writing desk. Made from mahogany featuring a flip top that opens to multiple drawers and file storage.
Mahogany
19th Century New England Chippendale Cherry Oxbow Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fine oxbow front Chippendale graduated four drawer chest with figured cherry ends and figured cherry overhanging top sitting atop ogee corner bracket feet.
Cherry
Sold
H 32 in W 39.75 in D 20.5 in
American Federal Chippendale Cherry Chest of Drawers Reverse Serpentine Form
Located in Wells, ME
American Federal period reverse serpentine (oxbow) Chippendale solid cherry chest of four graduated drawers.
Cherry
$5,213Sale Price|24% Off
H 33 in W 47 in D 24.5 in
Antique Mahogany Georgian Architect's Drafting Drawing Desk Table Chest 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A rare George II mahogany architect's desk/chest, circa 1750. The desk/ top slides forward, thus allowing the sitter to work, the top having a drafting table that has an easel suppor...
Mahogany
$3,750
H 33 in W 38 in D 21 in
Antique American Chippendale Serpentine Mahogany Bachelors Chest of Drawers 38"
Located in Dayton, OH
An American Chippendale Bachelor's Chest or Dresser. Made from mahogany with a rectangular serpentine fronted case with four hand dovetailed drawers and solid brass batwing hardware...
Brass
18th Century George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a very good quality 18th century George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a well figured mahogany top, above a brushing slide with a single drawer below. The desk has a ...
Mahogany
$1,575
H 36.5 in W 41.25 in D 23.75 in
Mid Atlantic Chippendale Inlaid Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Freehold, NJ
This chippendale style chest of drawers from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States features hardwood construction, beautiful mahogany veneer with original finish, four dovetai...
Mahogany
Chippendale Mahogany Secretary Slant Top Desk, 1920's
Located in Southampton, NJ
Beautifully. maintained all original 1920s Chippendale Mahogany secretary slant top desk featuring fold-out writing surface, fitted interior of cubbies with small drawers, four serpe...
Brass
$2,250
H 32.25 in W 35.5 in D 19 in
18th Century New England Chippendale Chest of Drawers in Maple and Tiger Maple
Located in Milford, NH
A well made Chippendale chest with rectangular top with molded edge surmounting a case with four dovetailed drawers, each featuring batwing brasses, original wide board back, all sup...
Maple
18th Century Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in High Point, NC
18th century mahogany chest on chest from England. There is a dentil moulding, over an arched cove moulding. This chest is of exceptional quality. The sides are made from mahogany as...
Mahogany
Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in East Aurora, NY
A nice early 19th century Cherry slant front desk probably Pennsylvania or Virginia. Nicely dovetailed case resting on tall bracket feet. The interior surface is fitted with severa...
Cherry
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 39.5 in D 20.25 in
Antique Chippendale Cherry Graduated 4-Drawer Chest C1800
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chippendale Cherry Graduated 4-Drawer Chest C1800 Measures - 35 1/2" x 39 1/2" x 20 1/4" A classic example of Chippendale style, this antique cherry wood chest features four...
Cherry
Antique Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk, Queen Anne Style, 1880s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 19th century English Queen Anne style slant front desk with three drawers & inner compartments.
Walnut
English Chippendale Style Chest, Ca. 1770-90
Located in Bridgeport, CT
18th Century Chippendale four drawer Chest for restoration. Mahogany chest of drawers having a fine form with four graduate drawers with beading trim in the original finish. This res...
Brass
Early 19th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19th century American mahogany slant front desk. Probably Boston, has the blockfront shape that is typical to that area. Nice quality mahogany, exposed dovetails on top and oge...
Mahogany
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
H 69.75 in W 40.5 in D 23.5 in
Antique Empire Classical Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk c1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Empire Classical Flame Mahogany Secretary with Blind Door Upper, Drop Down Desk and Graduated Drawers C1840 Measures - 69 3/4" x 40 1/2" x 23 3/8"
Mahogany
Walnut Chippendale Chest, Pennsylvania, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chippendale walnut chest of drawers, Philadelphia, 1765-1780. Rectangular top above a conforming case with four graduated drawers, flanked by fluted quarter columns, over a mold...
Walnut
$3,230
H 38.98 in W 32.68 in D 16.93 in
Antique French Mahogany Drop-Front Secretary Desk with Brass Trim
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and timeless, this antique French secretary desk is a refined example of classic craftsmanship, combining graceful proportions with exceptional practicality. Crafted in richl...
Oak
English Mahogany Slant Front Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany slant front desk with fitted interior, hand tooled leather,and terminating on original bracket feet.
$2,800 / set
H 14.75 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Glass Demi Lune Wall Sconces, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style Murano glass demi lune wall sconces, in stock One LED E26 base socket. Black glass sphere and brass fittings. Textured Murano glass, Wired to the American sta...
Brass
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Limestone
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Scalloped Lamp Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A beautiful antique Victorian burr walnut lamp table of outstanding colour and figure. The top is veneered in exceptionally well figured burr walnut displaying rich swirling grain pa...
Walnut
$220 / set
H 0.88 in W 3.63 in D 1.75 in L 0.88 in
Two large Beetle Bug Miniature Figurines, Vintage German 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Set of two larger decorative miniature figurines dating to approximately the 1960s. These charming vintage pieces are crafted from metal, possibly brass, and display an attractive ag...
Metal, Brass
English Aesthetic Movement Tall Glass Front Bamboo Cabinet
Located in Troy, MI
A bamboo cabinet in a dark brown finish, with two glass doors, each fitted with an X-strut bamboo motif at the top and bottom. Interior fitted with four shelves creating five compart...
Grasscloth, Bamboo, Glass
$1,713
H 15.36 in Dm 6.7 in
Pair of Natural Sea Shells on Mid-Century Swedish Skultuna Brass Candlesticks
Located in Valencia, VC
Pair of Monumental Sea Shells on Swedish Skultuna Brass Candlesticks An unusual and highly decorative pair of monumental natural Giant Tun sea shells (Tonna galea) mounted on Swedis...
Brass
Holdcroft Majolica Pond Lily Cheese Dome And Stand
By Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Holdcroft Majolica cheese keep which features fern fronds, and pond lily leaves and flowers. Colouration: green, white, brown, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the ...
Majolica
$15,900
H 119.5 in W 71 in D 28 in
Large 19th Century French Directoire Period Painted Bookcase or Display Cabinet
Located in Birmingham, AL
This exceptional mid-19th century French Directoire period painted bookcase or display cabinet from Gordes, circa early 1800s, embodies the elegance and craftsmanship of its era. Han...
Wood
Chinese Qing Chinoiserie Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Qing hand-painted lacquered wedding cabinets were popular in the1800s as wedding gifts and used to store linens, among other items The cabinet features front doors with a cen...
Wood
$3,495
H 36 in W 56 in D 24 in
Antique English Chaise Lounge Bench Victorian Hall Seat Carved Walnut c1880
Located in Choudrant, LA
Antique English Chaise Lounge Bench Victorian Hall Seat Carved Walnut c1880. Direct from England, a distinctive antique Victorian chaise lounge bench with elegant proportions and ex...
Textile, Walnut
Elegant Gilt Oak Leaves Mirror 53.75" x 39"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt oak leaf branches mirror, probably American, circa 1950s. Wonderful patina to both the gilt frame and the original mirrored glass. It measures an impressive 53.75" height x 39" ...
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
$12,739 / set
H 85.63 in W 46.07 in D 19.3 in
Rare 19th Century Italian Walnut Pair of Antique Bookcases or Vitrines RESTORED
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We are thrilled to present this fantastic pair of antique Italian bookcases dating to the final decades of the 19th century. A stunning pair of bookcases with a timeless antique char...
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Canopy Wedding Bed
Located in Marbella, ES
This is a wonderful example of a canopy bed from Shanghai Province, China. Made of Chinese Northern Elm, this bed features hoofed feet and multiple floral carvings. The exterior ...
Gold Leaf
$4,560 / set
H 32 in W 24 in D 15.5 in
Pair of Antique Chinese Lacquered Locking Cabinets, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
These small Chinese locking cabinets from the early 20th century have richly aged patinas that only time can achieve. The little cabinets have a minimal, square-corner design with st...
Elm, Pine
$3,750
H 29.25 in W 29.75 in D 16 in
18th Century Venetian Rococo Chinoiserie Yellow Polychrome Paint Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most charming authentic antique Venetian Chinoiserie decorated poudreuse (dressing table) with beautifully aged original patina! Venice, Italy, 18th century A wonderful...
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Wood, Oak, Pine, Paint
Empire period bed with its canopy
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Empire period bed in solid mahogany and mahogany veneer, richly decorated with finely chased and gilded bronzes, with its canopy. The front of the bed features a lyre in the center, ...
Bronze
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.