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A Very Unique French 18th C. Chest w/ Reed Carved Accents & Side Doors w/Storage
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful French bleached-wood carved chest of drawers from the 18th century. This antique
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Antique 18th Century French Buffets
Materials
Wood
H 34 in W 54.5 in D 24.5 in
Late 18th c. to Early 19th c. French Provencial Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
late 18th c to early 19th c French Walnut carved provencial commode. Hand pegged construction
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th C. French Walnut Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Really nice piece, solid. Take a look at the back.
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th c. French Regency style Commode / chest with ornate bronze dore mounts
Located in Houston, TX
This French 18th century commode is in the regence style. Bronze
Handles in a brilliant hue and
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 34.5 in W 50 in D 25.5 in
18th c. Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully shaped commode with lovely patina
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th C. French Commode w/Nicely Carved Trim Details
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French wooden three-drawer carved-wood commode from the 18th century. This antique chest from
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th c. Walnut commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptionally Carved 18th c. Commode
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th c. Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wonderful 18th c. Walnut Commode
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th C. French Louis XV Carved-Wood Serpentine Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV carved-wood commode, with subtle serpentine front, from the 18th century. This
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th c. Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful 18thc. Walnut Commode
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th c. Regence Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional Carved Walnut Commode
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French Late 18th C. Curvy Bombé Front Chest w/Fabulous Paw Feet w/"Fur" Ankles
Located in Atlanta, GA
sides, which can be viewed more in detail in the additional images. This late 18th century French chest
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Antique Early 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 32.5 in W 37.5 in D 24 in
French 18th/19th C. Walnut Commode
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine traditional French Chest in original condition having dove-tail drawer construction and
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Brass
18th C. French Rococo Commode w/Elegant Serpentine Shape & Faux-Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Rococo period painted commode from the 18th century. This antique chest from France has a
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Antique 18th Century French Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 38.5 in W 48.5 in D 24 in
18th C. Walnut Commode
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French walnut commode with a nice finish. Having moulded, ebonised panels to the sides
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Antique Late 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th C French Provincial Five Drawer Walnut Commode with Serpentine Front
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful French Provincial walnut commode with serpentine front and conforming molded edge top
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Brass
H 34.75 in W 49.5 in D 24.5 in
18th C. French Louis XVI Tall Secretaire (Retains Original Leather on Desk-Top)
Located in Atlanta, GA
desk, from the 18th century. This antique "secretaire an abattant" from France features an arched top
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 87.5 in W 51.5 in D 25 in
18th C French Walnut 3-Drawer Serpentine Commode with Original Rococo Hardware
Located in Milford, NH
Rococo hardware and continued crossbanded borders, supported on a bracket base. The commode is French in
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Brass
H 32 in W 32 in D 19 in
18th c. Louis XV Fall Front Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful Inlaid Walnut Secretary
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th c. Painted Commode with Carved Heart
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovely Painted Commode with Carved Heart on Apron
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th c Régence walnut commode
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Exceptional carved French Régence walnut commode. Has original hardware and a wonderful patina
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Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18thc Regence chest
Located in Dallas, TX
18th c fine Regence rosewood and mahogany commode. Original marble top
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C French painted oak commode with a faux marble top. 1790.
Reference: 8039
Dimensions
46
Category
Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
stacked drawers adorned with Rococo handles and escutcheons, serpentine apron centred by a C-scroll
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in the region of Languedoc in the south of France, this late eighteenth century Louis XVI
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French Regence Chest of Drawers with Ormolu Fittings, Early 18th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique French Regence chest of drawers
France
Kingwood
early 18th century
Dimensions: H x W x D
Category
Antique 1720s French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
H 33.08 in W 51.19 in D 25.6 in
Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Style Hand Carved Walnut Commode or Chest
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late-eighteenth century Louis XIV style hand carved walnut commode or chest of drawers was
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
H 37 in W 53 in D 25.5 in
18th Century French Serpentine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Exceptional 18th C French fruitwood serpentine three drawer commode with a wonderful 1.25" thick
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C French painted oak commode with carved decoration. 1790.
Reference: 7925
Dimensions
48.5
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Provincial Fruitwood 2-Drawer Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
Beautiful 18th century French Provincial fruitwood 2-drawer commode with shaped top, scrolled feet
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century French Serpentine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th C French fruitwood serpentine commode. Lovely pale timber. 1780.
Dimensions
52.5
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th c. French Louis XV Style carved 3 Drawer Walnut Commode with Bronze Hardware. Lyon, France.
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Walnut Chest Of Drawers, Braunschweig C. 1730
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare Baroque chest of drawers with architectural characteristics.
Walnut veneer with light
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Antique Mid-18th Century German Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French Side-Chest with Shapely Serpentine Front, from the Turn of 18/19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French raised fruitwood side chest from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique
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Antique Early 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
H 30.75 in W 24.5 in D 14.25 in
French Louis XV Kidney Style Iroko & Marble Top Little Chest of Drawers, c 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique commode in the Louis XV style, French chest of drawers, circa 1960. Iroko, marble top and
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 32.09 in W 23.82 in D 16.54 in
18th c. German Baroque Commode in Original Patina with Arbalette Shaped Front
Located in Wichita, KS
A German chest of drawers from the 18th century in original, natural pine with traces of original
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Antique 18th Century German Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
H 33.09 in W 46.88 in D 25.5 in
Regency Mahogany Chest with Tooled Leather Slide, England, C 1830
Located in Norwalk, CT
Regency Chest, beautifully French polished mahogany with original solid brass pulls. Flared French
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Antique 18th Century English Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Walnut Directoire Commode, c.1790 - 1800
Located in Napa, CA
Louis XVI Directoire commode from the late 18th Century. Walnut with three drawers with bronze
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
18th C. Louis XIV Style Commode with Ormolu Bronze Mounts attrib. Etienne Doirat
Located in Miami, FL
Important Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Commode or Louis XIV Regence commode or chest of
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
H 33 in W 48 in D 22 in
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive and high-quality 18th century French Louis XV period two drawer walnut commode
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Pair of Neoclassical Commodes. Vienna, c. 1800.
Located in Vienna, AT
.
Dimensions:
H: 37, W: 52 inches, D: 25 inches.
French polish finish.
Vienna, circa 1800
The pieces are in
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Antique 18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Serpentine Walnut Commode, Provence, France, c. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV Period Serpentine Commode in Walnut with two sliding drawers featuring gilt-bronze fixtures, and mounted atop a carved shaped apron resting on cabriole legs.
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Serpentine, Bronze
Rare 18th Century Period, French, Louis XV Commode
Located in Birmingham, AL
Rare 18th century period, French, Louis XV commode having three small top drawers over three single
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Commode Signed T.C.
Located in Nashville, TN
A very fine Period French Louis XVI Commode signed T.C.
Oak and Walnut construction in the case
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Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Superb Louis XVI Commode, Stamped "J. Manser", France c. 1770
By Jacques Manser
Located in Atlanta, GA
inside one upper drawer "J MANSER" & "JME". French in origin, and dating from the third quarter of the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Commode With Marble Top
Located in Houston, US
drawer joints typical of early provincial pieces.
18th C. French commodes are increasingly difficult to
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Vintage Louis Revival Marquetry Commode Chest 20th C
Located in London, GB
to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made
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Vintage 1980s Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
18th Century Louis XVI Rosewood Commode
Located in Houston, TX
), 18th c. and later elements, three drawers flanked by fluted corner posts, rising on tapered cylindrical
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
18th C. Transitional Louis XV to Louis XVI Marquetry Marble Topped Commode
Located in Hudson, NY
quality ormolu mounts which are original and the chest is topped with its original shaped mottled grey and
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
H 32.75 in W 51.25 in D 23.25 in
Louis XV Petite Serpentine Commode w/ Marble Top, France c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Louis XV period serpentine commode in East Indian Rosewood & Kingwood, mounted with a mottled gray marble top, gilt-bronze mounts and hardware throughout, 3 drawers and end...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Empire Revival Burr Maple Tall Chest 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Empire Revival burr maple tall chest dating from the late 20th Century.
This
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Vintage 1980s Empire Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Small Empire Chest of Drawers in Mahogany with Marble Columns, Sweden, c. 1790
Located in Miami, FL
on tapered square feet. Brass key plates and pulls were added in the late 1800s. French-polish finish
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
H 29.75 in W 32.25 in D 18 in
18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Black Painted Commode with Original Brass Hardware
Located in Wichita, KS
An exceptional 18th century Swedish commode from the Rococo period with original brass hardware
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 30.69 in W 43.5 in D 21.63 in
Scottish Hepplewhite Mahogany Graduated Brushing Slide Chest of Drawers, C 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
scalloped skirts, and resting on the original splayed French feet. Late 18th century.
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Antique 1780s Scottish Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 31.5 in W 36 in D 17.5 in
18th Century Original Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Fabulous 18th C French original painted oak commode. 1780.
Reference: 8112
Dimensions
49.5 inches
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Bleached Oak Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C French serpentine front bleached oak commode. 1770.
Reference: 7907
Dimensions
46 inches
Category
Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
American Hepplewhite Mahogany Reeded Chest of Drawers with Splayed Feet, C. 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
drawers with circular brasses, and resting on the original french splayed feet, Late 18th Century
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Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 42 in W 41.75 in D 18 in
George III Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic George III mahogany with satinwood banding chest of drawers with a two-over-two
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Provincial Carved Oak Commode
Located in Vista, CA
A French provincial carved oak commode, 18th century, serpentine top, the blocked case with three
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Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Regence Provincial Commode
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good provincial period Regence carved walnut commode or chest of drawers. The
Category
Antique 1720s French Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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French 18th C Chests For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of French 18th c chests available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, walnut and metal, all French 18th c chests available were constructed with great care. French 18th c chests have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. French 18th c chests are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XV, Louis XVI and Regency styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Leonard Boudin, Matthieu Criaerd and Claude Charles Saunier each produced beautiful French 18th c chests that are worth considering.
How Much are French 18th C Chests?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $8,349, while they’re typically $680 on the low end and $445,000 highest priced.
Finding the Right commodes-chests-of-drawers for You
Is it 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 a 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.
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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