$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Superb French Louis XV Style Ebonized French Coromandel Lacquer Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This superb French Louis XV style commode is a stunning example of artistry, craftsmanship, and cross-cultural influence.
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 33 in W 54 in D 22 in
George III Coromandel Lacquer, Gilt Brass-Mounted Serpentine Commode
By Pierre Langlois
Located in London, Middlesex
A George III Coromandel lacquer, gilt brass-mounted serpentine commode, attributed to Pierre Langlois, the mounts possibly supplied by Dominique Jean The top decorated with a series...
Lacquer
Colonial commode
Located in London, GB
An 19th century Dutch Colonial coromandel and hardwood bombe commode
Hardwood
Excellent Pair of French Coromandel Commodes
Located in Dallas, TX
Fabulous pair of French coromandel two-drawer commodes. Having vibrant oriental scenes across drawer fronts, bronze mounts, and lovely arabscato marble tops.
Pair of Louis XV - XVI Marble Top Coromandel Commodes, 19th c.
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of Louis XV - XVI Transitional Sienna Marble Top Coromandel Two Drawer Commodes w Bronze Mounts.
Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XV style coromandel commode, charcoal grey marble top, bronze dore' mounts
Marble, Ormolu
French 1900 Coromandel Style Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Traditional commode consisting of serpentine breche d'alep top over two drawers sans traverse; with coromandel-style decoration on front and side.
Metal
French 1900 Coromandel Style Bombé Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Coromandel style ebonized bombé commode with a quality Breche d' Alep marble top and beautiful gilt motif.
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Lacquered Coromandel Marble-Top Commode
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV Style Lacquered Coromandel Marble-Top Commode
French Louis XV Style Coromandel Lacquer Ormolu Mounted Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 20th century French Louis XV style 'bombe' commode with a carved and hand painted lacquer finish featuring scenes of figures in a landscape with trees and rivers, and floral...
Lacquer
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H 35 in W 48 in D 20 in
Very Fine 19th century French Coromandel and gilt bronze marble top commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI style commode. Beautiful coromandel panels with fire gilt bronze mounts and mahogany body Original marble top.
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Coromandel and Marquetry Chest on Chest
Located in Astoria, NY
Art Deco Coromandel and Marquetry Chest on Chest, with five drawers, recessed circles to top of chest, top chest with three drawers and center panel with birds eye maple veneer and ...
Brass
Coromandel Style, Chinoiserie Commode, circa 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Absolutely charming, two-drawer, bombe-form, midcentury, Coromandel style, Chinoiserie commode in black lacquer, featuring a colorful scene of figures in an interior.
Wood
Pair of Louis XV Style Coromandel Lacquer Commodes
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pair of Louis XV style Coromandel lacquer bombe commodes with, gilt bronze mounts and marble tops, circa 1990.
Marble, Ormolu
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H 34.5 in W 49.5 in D 21.25 in
Coromandel Lacquer Chinoiserie Maison Jansen Style Commode Foyer Chest C1940
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Chinoiserie marble-top two-drawer commode with bronze mounts.
Marble
Sold
H 32.5 in W 42 in D 19.5 in
Rare Pair Coromandel Carved Lacquer Mable Top French Louis XV Style Commodes
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rare pair of Coromandel carved lacquer commodes with their original time-worn finish and beautiful scenery.
Marble
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H 40.16 in W 40.56 in D 17.72 in
Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Lacquer Commode by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI Style gilt bronze mounted mahogany and Coromandel lacquer, demilune commode, by François Linke.
Marble, Bronze
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H 37.8 in W 31.11 in D 15.36 in
Pair of Louis XVI Style Side Cabinets Attributed to François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The distinctive trophy mounts to the angles of the cabinets, are found on a number of cabinets by Linke; a Fine Louis XVI Style Coromandel Lacquer Commode with identical mounts signe...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Coromandel Commode, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Fine 19th century French Louis XV style chinoiserie coromandel commode with faux painted marble top. The exquisitely painted faux marble top is over two drawers with chinoiserie coro...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Coromandel Chest
Located in Austin, TX
A bow-front French Louis XV Style "Coromandel" Commode with lacquered Chinoiserie motifs on ebonized mahogany.
Marble
Rare Period Coromandel Panel Commode
Located in London, GB
Commode with 17th century coromandel lacquer panels, ormolu mounts, ebonized oak, very rare marble top.
Marble, Bronze
French Coromandel Lacquer Marble Top Bombe Commode
Located in New York, NY
20th C. French coromandel lacquer bombe commode having two drawers and bronze mounting.
Marble
Exceptional Louis XV Commode in Coromandel Lacquer
By Jacques-Philippe Carel 1
Located in Paris, FR
Bronzes are particularly delicately chiselled. Breche d'Alep marble top. Parisian work attributed to Jacques-Philippe Carel, reçu maître le 16 février 1723.
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H 33.08 in W 43.31 in D 23.63 in
Chic Louis XV Commode in Coromandel Lacquer with Marble Top, France, Late 19th
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Louis XV chest of drawers with two drawers in Coromandel lacquer veneer. Palace scene decor and black lacquer. Two drawers without crossbars and placed on curved legs. Beautiful orna...
Marble, Breccia Marble, Bronze
Louis XV-style Coromandel Lacquered Chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
Impressive two-drawer chest with conforming marble top; the whole decorated in incised lacquer with depictions of fanciful animals and people in a landscape; extravagant bronze mounts
Bronze
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H 33.5 in W 56.5 in D 23 in
Lacquered Wood in the Manner of Coromandel Louis XV Style Bombe Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
An exquisite French early 20th century commode with a large front panel in an exceptional Coromandel Lacquer representing an 18th century traditional Chinese Decor of People,House an...
Wood, Lacquer
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H 32.5 in W 26.5 in D 16.5 in
19th Century Lacquered Commode or Chest of Drawers in the Transitional Manner
Located in London, GB
A late nineteenth century Coromandel lacquer three drawer commode in the transitional manner, the finely veined original black marble top above three shaped long drawers, all set upo...
Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Coromandel Commode, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive 19th Century French Louis XV/XVI style Chinoiserie coromandel commode. The mottled marble top over two fine coromandel doors portraying an Asian scene of fishermen on the...
Marble, Ormolu
A French Louis XV Style Coromandel Commode
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A marble-topped, bombay and serpentine shaped buffet with front and sides decorated with polychromed incised chinoiserie scenes with ormolu fixtures.
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Coromandel Commode with Marble Top
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A Louis XV, transitional-style, Bombay and serpentine commode with conforming marble top and ormolu mounts beautifully lacquered on the front and sides with colorful depictions of mu...
Marble, Ormolu
Dutch 18th Century Bombay Chest of Drawers in Mahogany and Coromandel
Located in Wells, ME
This small Dutch Bombay chest of drawers of exquisite proportions, made in the late 18th century, was crafted using mahogany and crossbanded with coromandel. The drawers are oak line...
Mahogany
Austrian Bentwood Queen Sized Bed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, 1900
Located in Miami, FL
Designed by J & J Kohn, this mahogany stained bentwood bed features curved head and footboards swelling with decorative scroll form tendrils. J & J Kohn, No. 876, 1900 Catalog. He...
Bentwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Belmont, MA
Elaborate Louis XVI style settee, finely carved pearwood. Straight back crowned with wreath, upholstered seat and back, ending on round tapered baluster legs. Originally the settee b...
Pearwood
$9,850
H 20 in W 16 in D 12 in
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box, Attributed to Jansen. At first glance, the box's visual allure is simply breathtaking. Adorned with ...
Wood
$4,200
H 36 in W 37 in D 21 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Oversized Bergere Marquise Armchair
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century French Louis XVI style bergère marquise upholstered armchair in painted wood frame with neoclassical architecture embellished hand-carved foliates, rosettes and tapered ...
Fabric, Wood, Paint
$24,950Sale Price|48% Off
H 37.5 in W 57.75 in D 24.75 in
A 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted & Marquetry Bombé Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood floral marquetry Bombé two-drawer commode with a Royal veined yellow marble top. The serpentine body wit...
Marble, Bronze
$970
H 20.5 in W 31 in D 13.25 in
20th C. Georgian Style Chinoiserie Tole Jardinière with Hand‐Painted Gilt Scenes
By Maitland Smith
Located in Morristown, NJ
A striking oval tole jardinière in fine Georgian‑style, featuring a glossy black lacquer base accented with hand‐painted gilt chinoiserie village and swan scenes framed in red accent...
Metal
$124,850Sale Price|28% Off
H 38.25 in W 82 in D 32 in
Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marquetry & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large French late 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany, kingwood bandings and fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquetry and gilt bronze mounts, After a...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
One of a Kind Pedro Friedeberg Hands and Ties Chair Gold Leaf
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is an extremely rare opportunity. One off chair by artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg. This stunning chair is upholstered in Mr. Friedeberg's own personal neck ties. 17 hand-c...
Gold Leaf
Louis XV Style Painted Bed
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Rocaille Louis XV style bed made by La Maison London, hand carved in solid wood and hand painted in a Provençal yellow ochre with white highlights. Take a 200 x 210 cm mattress (78 i...
Wood, Paint
Circa 1880 Italian Large Gilt wood LXV Style Confidente Sofa
Located in London, Park Royal
A rare antique find from Tuscany Italy. This 'Confidante' sofa, circa 1880, is in beautiful condition. The large frame is finely carved in the LXV style, with its original water gild...
Gold, Gold Leaf
Antique French Régence Ormolu Mounted Commode 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive and rare antique French Régence wood and ormolu mounted commode, circa 1720 in date. The stunning breche violette marble top over a serpentine front having tw...
Marble, Ormolu
$3,900
H 31.252 in W 44 in D 17.5 in
Single Royal Blue and Parcel-Gilt Decorated Bombay Commode or Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
Royal blue and parcel-gilt decorated Bombay commode, nightstand or chest. This fine hand painted dramatic commode or chest are simply stunning done in the Bombay Louis XV style. This...
Wood, Giltwood
Therien Studio for Dessin Fournir Walnut Volute Dining Table
By Dessin Fournir, Therien Studio Workshops
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental round walnut dining table crafted in the baroque taste. Designed by Therien Studio workshop for Dessin Fournir, Hollywood, CA. The rare volute dining table crafted from so...
Walnut
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Attractive Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed tanned leather top writing surface centered on a beautiful satinwood veneered panel and marquetry finished frame, fine rocaille m...
Wood
$35,348Sale Price|20% Off
H 58.27 in W 42.52 in D 22.84 in
Japanese Lacquer Meiji Period Cabinet on Stand, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A exquisite, fine quality Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese black lacquer cabinet on stand with wonderful scrolling gilded decoration. Having a pair of inset panel doors depicting sc...
Lacquer
$1,650Sale Price|29% Off
H 29 in W 20.5 in D 2.5 in
Regence to Louis XV Transitional Style Giltwood Mirror with Bow Arch
Located in Nashville, TN
With later beveled plate .The whole with pierced crest, floral or foliate motifs and 'c' scrolls throughout. Touchups to gilt. Extensive bleeding of the bole in three charming color...
Wood
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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