

Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 20th Century chinoiserie lacquer commode. Featuring its original bull nose marble top.
20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Lacquer


Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 20th Century chinoiserie lacquer commode. Featuring its original bull nose marble top.
Lacquer
18th Century style Chinoiserie lacquer commode.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite French bombe-shaped commode, crafted in the 18th-century Chinoiserie style, showcases intricate Coromandel lacquer work, vibrant with depictions of Chinese scenes.
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
English 19th Century Chinoiserie Lacquered Commode with Five Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Created in England during the 19th century, this lacquered commode features a rectangular top with Chinoiserie décor, accented with a guilloche frieze on the edge.
Wood
Century Furniture Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Commode
By Century Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie commode or chest of drawers By Century Furniture USA, Circa 1970s Red lacquered wood, with original Asian-inspired bras...
Brass
Century Furniture Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Commode
By Century Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie commode or chest of drawers By Century Furniture USA, Circa 1970s Red lacquered wood, with original Asian-inspired bras...
Brass
French Louis XV Style Bombe Chinoiserie Lacquered Commode
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very decorative French Louis XV style bombe chinoiserie commode lacquered overall. The painted top with gilt edge is over three long graduated drawers, raised on short cab...
Wood
ANTIQUE SAUTEUSE CHiNESE CHINOISERIE RED LACQUERED OAK, MARBLE & GILT COMMODE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand Painted & Lacquered, Marbled topped Chinoiserie Chinese Chippendale taste Sauteuse bo...
Marble
A Pair of French Chinoiserie Lacquered & Gilt Marble Top 2-Drawer Commodes
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Rare Pair of French Chinoiserie Lacquered & Gilt Marble Top 2-Drawer Commodes, Attributed to Jansen.
Marble, Bronze
Chippendale Chinoiserie Commode
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine faux red lacquer and gilt Chippendale style commode. The top is decorated with a rope carved edge which sits above a writing slide. Two short and three long drawers have cast ...
Brass
small late 19th century English red lacquered Chinoiserie marble top commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine late 19th century to turn of the century English red lacquered small commode with Chinoiserie decoration and gilt bronze mounts.
Bronze
Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Commodes, François Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Ormolu Mounted Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Commodes with marble tops, after François Boucher.
Marble, Ormolu
20th Century Lacquered Painted Gold Chinoiserie French Commode, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
A curved furniture, richly lacquered, gilded, and hand-painted with exquisite chinoiserie decorations.
Wood
Pair of George III Chinoiserie Lacquered Commodes with Hand-Painted Scenes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of English George III chinoiserie lacquered commodes, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century.
Softwood
English Queen Anne, Early 18th Century Red Chinoiserie Lacquer Desk / Commode
Located in Troy, NY
A small early 18th century red lacquer chinoiserie decorated commode with a desk compartment, the hinged slant front - flip top, supported by pull-out bars left and right, revealing ...
Wood
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Lacquer and Ormolu Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant early 20th century Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Commode designed in the mid 18th century style with marble topped ebonized lacquered and gild bronze mounts.
Marble, Ormolu
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Red Vernis Martin Chinoiserie Lacquer Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful mid-18th Century Louis XV Vernis Martin red lacquer two drawer commode. Decorated with Chinoiserie scenes and complete with original grey fossil marble top.
Marble
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Chinoiserie Lacquered Japanned Commode
Located in New York, NY
Antique (late 19th century) marble top commode in the Chinoiserie French Louis XV style made in Paris by the firm of Joseph Pierre Francois Jeanselme. Stamped JEANSELME.
Bronze
Exquisite Hand Painted Chippendale Chinoiserie Commode in Black Lacquer by Baker
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite Chippendale style hand painted chinoiserie commode in black lacquer by Baker Furniture, circa 1985.
Mahogany
19th Century Louis XV Style Brown Lacquer Chinoiserie Bronze-Mounted Commode
Located in Austin, TX
A rare Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted brown lacquer commodes decorated in chinoiserie decoration with marble top, two drawers.
Marble, Metal
20th Century Maison Jansen Style Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A striking 1950s French, Maison Jansen style, red lacquer and marble topped chinoiserie commode. The red lacquer decorated with gilt chinoiserie figures and pavilions in a wooded lan...
Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century French Maison Jansen Style Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An elegant serpentine shaped, Mid-Century French, black lacquered, two drawer commode. With beautifully shaped Sienna Brocatelle marble top.
Marble, Bronze
SUBLIME ANTIQUE STYLE CHINESE CHINOISERIE PAINTED & LACQUERED CHEST OF DRAWERs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique style Chinese hand painted Curved frame Chinoiserie chest of drawers Please note the...
Wood
$17,500Sale Price|30% Off
Gilt Bronze-Mounted Lacquered Commode, circa 19th Century, France
Located in Girona, Spain
19th century gilt bronze-mounted lacquered commode. 19th century French commode structure made with the drawers of an 18th century lacquered Japanese cabinet. Unique and very rare ...
Wood
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
Pair Victorian Style Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Stands / Side Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of vintage Victorian style chinoiserie black lacquered or japanned side tables (or stands) with circular top and stretcher each with brass gallery, with tops and frieze decorate...
Wood
1970s Henredon Chinoiserie Tansu Commodes in Mahogany & Brass
By Henredon
Located in Southampton, NJ
A pair of Henredon Chinoiserie Tansu Commode size nightstands with traditional Campaign styling. The refinished chests are of solid Mahogany, with polished brasses & custom made plin...
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Style Red Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Houston, TX
A Louis XV style bombé commode in red lacquer with figural Chinoiserie scenes, serpentine-outlined marble top, with bronze handles and ormolu.
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Lacquer Commode
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
This Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted lacquer commode contains a beautiful lake scene painted in chinoiserie style depicting people in a Chinese garden surrounded by a lake, small ...
Bronze
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Black Lacquer Tall Chest
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
An elegant Chinoiserie tall chest, finely decorated with hand-painted gilt and red scenes across a black lacquer ground. The front features ten drawers, each adorned with intricate l...
Wood
French Transitional Chinoiserie Commode with Breccia Marble Top
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This antique French Louis XV Style – Transitional commode features hand-painted chinoiserie lacquer panels depicting figural scenes in a romanticized Eastern landscape, set within a ...
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style French Dark Ocean Blue Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Hastings, GB
Spectacular late 19th century French marble top chinoiserie bombe commode in the Louis XV style. The raised chinoiserie decoration set against the beautiful dark ocean blue body, top...
Pine
19th Century French Lacquered Petite Chest with Exquisite Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Louis XV-style antique black-lacquered petite commode or bedside table, having a shaped top with gilt bronze border, over three-stacked drawers flanked by bronze Rococo mounts, raise...
Bronze
Gilt Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Serpentine Chest Dresser by Drexel Et Cetera
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful Chinoiserie style black lacquer and gilt three-drawer chest with by Drexel Heritage, Et Cetera Collection. Three dovetailed drawer fronts feature hand painted scenes of Asi...
Brass
18th Century Red Lacquered Italian Chest of Drawers with Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Dallas, TX
Red lacquered Italian commode with bucolic and chinoiserie decoration in paint and gilding.
Wood
Pair of Large Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Decorated Lacquer Chests from Paris
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Never in the 35+ years that we’ve been in business have we ever had anything like these rare matched chests. From Paris, this incredible pair of early 19th Century (C.1800) are in ex...
Brass
Palatial Louis XV Style 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary fine and Palatial French Louis XV style 19th century ebonized lacquered Chinoiserie style and finely chased gilt bronze-mounted two drawer Serpentine commode with ma...
Marble, Bronze
$2,548 / set
Wonderful Pair Chinoiserie Chests of Drawers
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A wonderful pair of chinoiserie lacquered three drawer chests of drawers with protective glass tops, brass handles, breakfront shaped fronts, made by American company Drexel, in over...
Lacquer
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Red Lacquer & Scenic Chinoiserie Decorated 3-Drawer Bombay Chest c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
This Bombay chest features a vibrant red lacquer finish adorned with extensive gilded chinoiserie decoration. The bombe-shaped case is fitted with three drawers, each displaying intr...
Wood
A Charming Shabby Chinoiserie Chest On Chest, Signed
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Charming Shabby Chinoiserie Chest On Chest, Signed The chest is a pretty bow fronted shape it has 6 long graduated drawers, the top drawers have dividers for you clothes, the ches...
Lacquer
Chinoiserie Decorated and Ebonized Wood Side Chest, Signed
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 20th Chinoiserie Decorated and Ebonized Wood Side Chest, Hand Painted Signed Sharon Peake. Thre flawlessly operating drawers. Top drawer equipped with Reed and Barton Anti tar...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
American of Martinsville Lacquered Bachelor's Chest
By American of Martinsville
Located in Dallas, TX
A refined lacquered bachelor’s chest by American of Martinsville, dating to the mid-20th century. This piece embodies the brand’s signature blend of tailored modernism and understate...
Brass
Antique Chest Drawers Commode Chinese Lacquer Chinoiserie, 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Stunning antique Chinese red lacquer chest of drawers or commode - We date this important piece of furniure to 1890 - With three drawers there is ample storage on this gorgeous c...
Lacquer
Rare Queen Anne Chinoiserie Japanned Chest On Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
A sophisticated Queen Anne-period chinoiserie japanned chest raised on elegant cabriole legs with 'pony foot' carved detailing. This early-18th century chest on stand demonstrates t...
Lacquer
Large Mid-20th Century Italian Faux Bamboo Étagère with Chinoiserie Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive mid-20th Century Italian faux bamboo étagère of generous scale. Finished in black lacquer with striking oxblood red shelves. The structure is formed from turned faux b...
Wood, Lacquer
$2,520Sale Price|83% Off
17th Century, William and Mary Chinoiserie Trunk on Stand
Located in Nashville, TN
Featured is an extremely rare 17th century Dutch William & Mary Chinoiserie style coffer trunk on stand. This gorgeous piece was constructed of oak in the traditional William and Mar...
Oak
$3,734Sale Price|20% Off
vintage chest of drawers with mirror, gilded with painted chinoiserie, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
vintage dresser, old chest of drawers complete with wavy and gilded mirror, gilded base decorated with painted chinoiserie, built in the mid-20th century in Italy. Chest of drawers m...
Mirror, Pine
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Ornately Carved Asian Modern Red Lacquer Gilt TV Cabinet Bar with Brass Hardware
By James Mont
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Hand carved chinoiserie style motifs adorn this substantial red lacquered TV cabinet. Accented by brass metal hardware, the cabinet has a regal presence. The gilt gold painted relief...
Hardwood
21st C.Theodore Alexander, 'The Opulent East' Red Lacquer Serpentine Bombe Chest
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Morristown, NJ
., "The Opulent East" commode from Theodore Alexander .A faux-craquelure red lacquer serpentine bombe chest of drawers, with brass mounts and pulls, drawer fronts, top, and sides pai...
Brass
WaterCloset Commode Armchair Table Red Lacquer Alnwick Castle DukeNorthumberland
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare red lacquer, Chinoiserie water closed and matching table cupboard from the Collection of the Duke & Duchess of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle of Harry Potter fame Dating from c1...
Lacquer
BAKER Black Lacquer and Gilt Chinoiserie Commode (Chest) with Mirror, circa 1985
Located in Encino, CA
BAKER Black Lacquer and Gilt Chinoiserie Commode with Mirror, circa 1985 A piece like this does not merely furnish a room—it defines it.
Wood
Unavailable|$90,000
Rare chinoiserie lacquered á Balestra two-drawer commode
Located in New York, NY
A very rare chinoiserie lacquered á Balestra two-drawer commode (without traverse) above cabriolé legs with pad feet, with gold and red chinoiserie figural decoration set amidst a f...
Marble
Unavailable|$5,313
French Bow Fronted Commode with Later Chinoiserie Lacquer, 18th Century
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very elegant, 18th century French bow fronted three drawer commode with later chinoiserie lacquer decoration.
Wood
Unavailable|$21,400
Italian circa 18th Century Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Sydney, NSW
Italian Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Commode, circa 18th century. The Alep Breccia Marble Top Above Two Drawers Decorated With Chinoise Scenes Of Landscapes And Pagodas With A Shaped Skir...
Unavailable|$65,000
French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Commode
Located in New York, NY
It is mounted with gilt bronze foliate handles, escutcheons and sabots. The chinoiserie lacquer scenes depict figures in an exotic landscape with pavilions.
Lacquer
Unavailable|$14,500
Antique Venetian Chinoiserie Bombe Commode
Located in Fulton, CA
A stunning and fine 18th century Italian commode embellished with hand lacquered chinoiserie detail.
Wood, Lacquer
Unavailable|$4,975
French Bamboo Chinoiserie Lacquer Chest
Located in Montecito, CA
Charming French bamboo chinoiserie lacquer three-drawer chest with woven straw side panels; early 20th century.
Bamboo, Lacquer
BAKER Collector's Edition Hand Painted Lacquered Chinoiserie Occasional Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian Style occasional four-drawer chest by Baker Furniture, from their Collector's Edition. Solid wood with rust red color lacquer, hand painted with chinoiserie scenes to drawer...
Marble, Brass
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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