American Queen Anne Cherry Flat Top Graduated Highboy, Connecticut, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
American Queen Anne cherry flat top highboy with a molded edge cornice, two flanking upper case drawers with a centered fan carved drawer and four lower graduated drawers retaining t...
Brass
$7,875Sale Price|50% Off
18th Century New England Queen Anne Highboy
Located in Norwood, NJ
Queen Anne bonnet top highboy, Northeast, Connecticut, Rhode Island or Massachusetts 18th century, cherry wood constructed in two parts.
Cherry
18th Century Connecticut Queen Anne Cherry Highboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Dimensions: 71” H x 37” W X 20” D Provenance: Note attached to back of cabinet suggests this highboy comes from Sentry Hill, Norwich Connecticut and note offers more provenance in...
Cherry
Queen Anne Cherry Highboy
Located in Wells, ME
Weathersfield, Connecticut Queen Anne cherry highboy. The original cove molded rectangular cornice above the upper case with a fan-carved center drawer flanked by two short drawer...
Cherry
Late 18th Century Connecticut Highboy
Located in New York, NY
Like many Queen Anne-styled Connecticut highboys (circa 1740-1760), this flattop piece has an elegant and austere design.
Maple, Pine
18th Century Connecticut Highboy In Cherry
Located in Doylestown, PA
A fine example of an 18th century Connecticut chest-on-chest in Cherry with a bonnet top and flame finials, over three small drawers, the center with a carved fan, over 7 full length...
Cherry
Good Connecticut 18th Century Cherry Highboy
Located in Essex, MA
Good period Connecticut highboy. Top and bottom original to one another.
Cherry, Pine
18th Century Connecticut Cherry Two-Part Highboy
Located in Milford, NH
A fine 18th century cherry two part highboy, probably Connecticut in origin, with five drawer top with molded cornice over a base with one long drawer over three fitted drawers, a ca...
Cherry
Connecticut Maple Two-Part Highboy, circa 1750
Located in Milford, NH
Probably Connecticut in origin, dating to circa 1750. This highboy is in very good overall condition, retaining a nice patina, with some restorations, minor surface scratches and exp...
Brass
Connecticut Queen Anne Flat-Top "Highboy" High Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
A cherry "highboy"/high chest of drawers, circa 1770, with long graceful shaped cabriole legs and pad feet, shaped apron both front and sides, four (4) drawers in base / bottom, five...
Brass
18th c Connecticut Cherry Wood Highboy Base or Server
Located in Milford, NH
A nice example of an 18th century Connecticut cherry wood highboy base or server now fitted with a top.
Cherry
18th Century Queen Anne Cherrywood Highboy of Connecticut Origin
Located in Milford, NH
18th century Queen Anne cherrywood highboy of probable Connecticut origin. Upper case with a central pinwheel-carved drawer flanked by stacks of two narrow drawers all-over four grad...
Cherry
18th c Connecticut Queen Anne Highboy Emily Post Estate
Located in Milford, NH
18th century Queen Anne highboy in cherry with chestnut secondary wood. The upper section featuring a cornice with secret drawer and four graduated and moulded drawers appearing to r...
Sold
H 61.5 in W 39.25 in D 19.5 in
Antique American Queen Anne Connecticut Maple Highboy Chest on Stand, 1760
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique American maple highboy or chest on stand, Connecticut, circa 1760.
Maple
American Queen Anne Highboy Chest of Drawers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
I p. 269 [American Queen Anne Highboy, Connecticut c. 1740-60 exhibiting sunburst drawer over half sunburst drawer w/ a concave apron] American Antiques from Israel Sack Collectio...
Eldred Wheeler Queen Anne Style Fan Carved Flat Top Highboy
By Eldred Wheeler
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The present example closely reproduces the flat top highboys of Connecticut circa 1760-80 and can still be commissioned from Eldred Wheeler.
Cherry
18th Century Connecticut Queen Anne Highboy
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century highboy in the Connecticut Queen Anne style. The highboy is expertly crafted from cherry wood.
Brass
Cherry Queen Anne Highboy, Connecticut, Circa:1760
Located in Alexandria, VA
This highboy is ready to make a statement in living room, dining room, hall or bedroom -- wherever beauty is wanted.
Cherry
Connecticut River Valley Queen Anne Cherry Highboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
An early flat-topped slightly diminutive high chest (chest of six drawers on a three drawer stand). The cherry case of two parts features a FAN CARVED top center drawer, a shaped ap...
Chestnut
Maple Queen Anne Highboy, Connecticut River Valley, circa 1760
Located in Alexandria, VA
This highboy has 11 drawers two with carved fans. Graceful Queen Anne cabriole legs with pad feet.
Connecticut Chest-on-chest-on-legs
Located in Vancouver, BC
Early American Cherrywood Bonnet-Top Highboy from Connecticut. C 1750 in three parts: The upper with a molded swan's neck.
Cherry
New England 18th Century Highboy
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Two part high style fan carved country highboy. A really nice example of a Connecticut flat top highboy from the Glastonbury area.
Brass, Iron
$2,625Sale Price|30% Off
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
$341,267
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Guggenheim Museum, Pauly et Cie
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
18th Century George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Beautiful Mahogany George III Chest on Chest. Carved Adam Frieze with exotic wood chamfered corners. Original backboards and dovetailed drawers. Quite lovely patina and color. Early ...
Mahogany
17th century Antique Side Chair Wabi Sabi Free Shipping
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Acquire a fragment of pastoral elegance with this original 17th-century farmer's chair, a treasure adorned with hand-carved motifs that complement a minimalist or wabi-sabi style int...
Pine
$983
H 7.75 in W 10.75 in D 5.5 in
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Blue White Chien Lung Soup Tureen Centerpiece
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Fine & Rare Example of an Eighteenth-Century Chinese Porcelain Export Circular Lidded twin handle blue and white Deep Dish Tureen or Centerpiece Bowl of generous proportions a...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$3,900Sale Price|40% Off
H 83.5 in W 38.75 in D 22 in
Old American Mahogany "New England Block Front" Chippendale Style Chest on Chest
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Superb quality old American mahogany "New England Block Front" Chippendale style chest on chest, circa 1910-1915. Please note hand dove-tailed, oak- lined drawers and original "Willo...
Mahogany
Early 1900's Chippendale Mahogany Highboy Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful and patinated Early 1900's Chippendale genuine Mahogany highboy chest of drawers in good condition. Beautiful mahogany grain. Dovetail drawers construction with patinated...
Mahogany
Eldred Wheeler Tiger Maple Bonnet Top High Boy In Two Parts
By Eldred Wheeler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautifully crafted Eldred Wheeler tiger maple bonnet top two part High Boy in Queen Anne style with cabriole legs, pad feet, and a bonnet top with finials and a carved fan motif. Cr...
Brass
18th Century Massachusetts Cherry Chippendale Chest on Chest
Located in Essex, MA
A Massachusetts Chippendale period 18th century cherry chest-on-chest. In two parts, the swan's neck pediment with brass floral rosettes centering brass spherical and flame finial...
Chestnut
Bonnet Top Highboy with Pinwheel Carvings & Impressive Size
Located in Milford, NH
A Queen Anne style bonnet top highboy with swan’s neck split pediment with urn form finials surmounting an upper case with three pinwheel carvings over three fitted drawers, the cent...
Pine
American Highboy Chest of Drawers
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is a special piece. Solid cherry wood exterior with solid poplar interior. Dowel construction on the entire casing. Each of the 9 drawers has dovetail construction on both the f...
Cherry
$22,400Sale Price|30% Off
H 86 in W 46 in D 23 in
18th Century English Mahogany Chippendale Style Chest on Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Thrilled to find this piece! An exceptional 18th century English Chippendale style mahogany chest on stand. Having flame mahogany veneer drawer fronts over solid oak, the body of so...
Brass
18th Century American Queen Anne Cherry Highboy
Located in Essex, MA
Early 18th century, having carved fan drawers in upper case and lower, appears to retain original hardware. Old refinish Provenance: Connecticut Historical Collection
Cherry
American Chippendale Style Mahogany Chest
Located in Queens, NY
American Chippendale style (Early 20th Century) mahogany chest on chest cabinet with 7 drawers below 3 shell carved small drawers with flame form finials and broken pediment top.
Mahogany
Queen Anne Walnut Flat Top High Boy
Located in West Chester, PA
Walnut Queen Anne highboy with lovely figured wood drawer fronts. Nicely scalloped aprons and cabriole legs terminating in trifid feet.
Walnut
$10,500
H 87 in W 44 in D 23 in
19th C. Chippendale Style Mahogany Ball and Claw Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C. Crotch Mahogany Chippendale Style Ball and Claw Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers. Item features three carved mahogany urn form flame finials, 11 dovetail constructed drawers, tw...
Mahogany
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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