French 18th Century Régence Chest of Drawers with Bow Front in Grey-Blue
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large French Régence bow front chest of drawers, c. 1740–1760.
Brass
Louis XV Country French Style Blue Distressed Chest of Drawers by Hickory
By Hickory Manufacturing Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 29 1/4 in W: 34 in D: 20 in Elevate your space with this charming Louis XV Country French style chest of drawers, crafted by Hickory Chair Company—renowned for their...
Metal
French Neoclassic Commode, Cornflower Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Neoclassic style French commode, with its beautiful blue and white coloring, is a cute-sized case piece being approximately 3.25 feet in width; a great option when a smaller foo...
Marble
18th Century Louis XVI Fruitwood Chest with Blue Paint and Marble Top
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th Century French Louis XVI Fruitwood Chest with the ORIGINAL blue paint.
Marble
19th Century French Painted Blue and White Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorative French blue and white painted commode with old Carrara marble tops. Makes a beautiful statement and adds a lot of character. So pretty!!
Wood
French 19th C. Serpentine Commode, Blue Finish w/Gold Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
Finish is not new, but not original to the piece. This wonderful 19th French serpentine chest-of-drawers will make an eye-catching case piece, with it's soothing blue color and fluid...
Brass
$717Sale Price|40% Off
Pale Blue French Provincial Commode, Hardwood & Brass, 20th Century
Located in Malibu, CA
Pale blue French provincial commode/ nightstand with built-in tray & two spacious drawers. Well made piece with dovetail construction. The finish has been hand painted in multipl...
Brass
French Neoclassical Commode w/Marble Top & Brass Accents, Custom Midnight Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped marble top, with pronounced rounded corners at front, which rests atop a neoclassical case with rounded and fluted side p...
Wood
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
French 19th C. Neoclassical Bow-Front Commode in Blue/Gray w/Charcoal Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th century French neoclassic bow-front chest has a new custom blue/gray finish with charcoal accents.
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany & Blue Turquin Marble Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, flamed mahogany and bleu turquin marble commode à vantaux possibly by Henry Dasson after a model by Je...
Marble, Ormolu
French Regence Style Commode with a Blue, White and Black Lacquered Finish
By Maison Romeo
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Regence style Commode with a black blue and white lacquered finish with a parquetry design.
Bronze
19th Century Blue Painted Commode with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Blue Painted Commode with Marble Top and Bronze Mounts
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 35.38 in W 46 in D 21.25 in
Louis XV Style Chest Drawers in Blue Painted Finish with Faux Marble Top, 1940s
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Louis XV style chest with four drawers, each lined in a white on white cotton stripe fabric. Excellent condition. A beautiful modeled blue finish with marbleized top.
Paint
Blue Three-Drawer Dresser
Located in Woodbury, CT
A three drawer dresser, scalloped base
Blue-Painted and Mirrored Commode
Located in Madrid, Madrid
A blue painted-wood and mirrored commode with white-painted claw feet.
Mirror, Sycamore, Wood
Blue French Commode Chest of Drawers, circa 1715
Located in Madison, MS
This is an incredible blue painted French commode. The year it was painted is unknown, but seems to be in the same period of the chest since the paint is aged.
Wood, Paint
French Consulat Period Blue Patina Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
French Consulat period, solid cherrywood, French blue & white patina chest with 3 dovetailed drawers and cast, gilded bronze, lion's head pulls.
Ormolu
Vintage Karges French Provincial Navy Blue High Chest
By Karges Furniture
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Vintage Karges French Provincial Navy Blue High Chest. Featuring four small top drawers, four larger bottom drawers, original brass pulls, and a newly painted n...
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century French Provincial Chest By John Widdicomb In French Blue
By John Widdicomb
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a French Provincial chest in an original French blue paint by John Widdicomb.
Brass
French 18th Century Yoke-Front Wood Chest in Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome 18th century French four-drawer commode. This antique chest from France features four graduated doors held within an oxbow (or yoke carved) front case, and is raised nicel...
Wood
Blue Folk Art Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Troy, MI
This handpainted wooden box in blue tones has a hinged lid and its original painted finish. Found in France, this piece dates from the early 19th century. This makes a great storage ...
Wood
French Early 20th C. Wooden 3-Drawer Chest in Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This antique chest of drawers from France has a rectangular-shaped top which slightly overhangs the case below which houses three graduated drawers, and is presented upon spaded legs.
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Painted Blue Commode, Chest
Located in Carmine, TX
Painted Louis XV commode handmade in France in the mid 1700s using oak and pegged construction. The commode is a beautiful period piece with handmade large dovetail joints in the dra...
Oak
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H 45.5 in W 60 in D 23.5 in
Large 19th Century French Provincial Louis XIV Style Blue Painted Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
Large French Provincial Louis XIV style blue painted chest.
Wood, Paint
French Blue and White Painted Chest of Drawers, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
This late 19th century French chest of drawers is an exquisite piece that exudes timeless elegance and French Country charm.
Wood
French Louis XIV Style Grey Blue and White Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Constructed with wooden dowels and painted in French blue with white accents, this chest has gently undulating drawers and slightly bombé front and sides.
Sold
H 34.26 in W 59.45 in D 25.2 in
French Late 19th Century Blue Painted Chest of Drawers or Commode
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century chest of drawers with three drawers to the front, with brass handles and carved apron, all supported on hoof feet.
Brass
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H 42.75 in W 40.75 in D 20 in
French 19th C. Secretary Chest Neoclassic Brass Hardware, Black Finish w/Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood secretary chest from the 19th century.
Wood
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H 33 in W 33.5 in D 19.5 in
French 19th Century Painted Wood Three-Drawer Chest with Soft Blue & Cream Tones
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century painted wood three-drawer chest.
Metal
19th Century Blue Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1880 A late nineteenth century chest of drawers, with light blue painted surface, opening with three long drawers to the front with brass shield escutcheons, with ga...
Wood
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H 43 in W 45.5 in D 19.25 in
Antique English Edwardian Natural Pine Chest of Drawers with Blue French Line
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely charming antique early 1900s English Edwardian rustic natural pine chest of drawers dresser with a blue tromp-l'oeil French line around the perimeter of each drawers.
Pine, Paint
18th Century Blue Patina Chest of Drawers
Located in Madison, MS
This Louis XVI period commode has original blue patina paint. The paint chipping is consistent with age and use, but it gives the piece so much unique character. It is sturdy, and th...
Wood, Paint
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H 33.75 in W 34 in D 19 in
Mid-Century French Louis XV Style Chests / Commodes W/ Custom Blue Paint - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of 1960s/ 70s French Louis XV style chests with a custom finish….a blue ombre with silver gilt trim.
Brass
Louis XV Style Blue Patina Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XV style chest of drawers in solid walnut with a patined, French blue painted finish.
Bronze
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H 35.5 in W 38.5 in D 17.25 in
Antique Pine Chest of Drawers Painted With Blue French Line Motif on White
Located in Centennial, CO
An elegant and functional antique pine dresser with bracket feet, painted white and accented in a blue French line motif. Brass pull rings add to the elegance of this piece. The key ...
Brass
Blue Painted French Linen Trunk
Located in Stamford, CT
A very chic blue painted cedar linen trunk in the style of French Louis XVI by Lane Co., circa 1920s with original Lane stickers intact and folded shelving system. Raised on bulbous ...
Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Marble Top Chest with Blue Patina
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XVI style 2 drawer mahogany "commode sauteuse" with grey marble top, blue patined finish, brass hardware & feet.
Marble, Brass
Blue Washed French Country Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
With two short drawers above two long drawers, made with reclaimed pine with an antiqued and distressed washed blue painted finish. The scalloped and shaped top of oak in a natural f...
Wood
18th Century French Commode, Blue Patina
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
18th century French commode with a wonderful blue patina. Two small drawers on the top. The double door below opens to a cupboard with an interior shelf in the middle.
Wood
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H 32.29 in W 37.41 in D 22.05 in
Blue baroque chest of drawers with figural painting, 18th/20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque hand-painted chest of drawers with three drawers with asymmetrical iron fittings and cut-out frame feet. The front is slightly cambered. The light blue painting with yellow c...
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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