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 marble top. 1780. Reference: 8119 Dimensions 51.5 inches (131 cms) Wide 26 inches (...
Marble
18th Century French Serpentine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th C French fruitwood serpentine commode. Lovely pale timber. 1780. Dimensions 52.5 inches (133 cms) wide 26 inches (66 cms) deep 36 inches (91 cms) high.
Fruitwood
French Parquetry Commode with Ormolu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French parquetry commode with ormolu and marble top.
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good example of a carved french walnut commode with a slight bow fronted design, paneled to the ends and with french scroll feet. original handles and good colour and condition thr...
Walnut
18th Century French Cherrywood Serpentine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French cherrywood serpentine commode with marble top. This commode is a restrained example of the French Rococo, having serpentine front but straight, panelled side...
Cherry
French Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Commode
Located in New York, NY
French ormolu-mounted marquetry commode marble top with gilt bronze mounts, signed. France, 19th century Measures: H 33 in.; W 43 in.; D 19 in. Please note this item is current...
Ormolu
19th Century French Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th C French painted oak 3 drawer commode. 1820 Reference: 7474 Dimensions 50 inches (127 cms) Wide 24 inches (61 cms) Deep 39 inches (99 cms) High
Oak
French Bleached Oak Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Interesting 19th century French three drawer bleached walnut commode with a good marble top. 1860. Code: 8499 Dimensions: W: 51.5" (130.8 cm) H: 38.5" (97.8 cm) D: 22.5" (57.2 cm)
Walnut
18th Century French Marquetry Inlaid Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century French marquetry inlaid commode. Circa 1780.
Wood
18th Century French Ebonised Bombe Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French ebonised bombe commode with marble top. This rustic commode has an ebonised finish and a black, white and grey marble top with a moulded edge. The commode is...
Ebony
French Provincial Oak Commode, C. 1800
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome French oak commode dating to circa 1800, featuring three drawers adorned with distinctive diamond-carved panels across the drawer fronts.
Oak
French Carved and Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century French carved and painted three-drawer commode, 1820. Dimensions: 44.5 inches (113 cms) wide 19 inches (48 cms) deep 34.5 inches (88 cms) high.
Oak
18th Century French Provençal Painted Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French commode from the Provence region. Made in solid beech with two drawers, an attractive soft paint finish and faux marble painted top.
Beech, Pine
French Provincial Carved Oak Commode
Located in Vista, CA
A French provincial carved oak commode, 18th century, serpentine top, the blocked case with three drawers, panelled chamfered stiles, C-scrolled apron centred by a shell, and cabriol...
Oak
$3,500
French Provincial chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very beautiful reproduction French Provincial style two drawer chest, pair available but sold separately
Cherry
18th Century French Walnut Commode Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Superb 18th Century French walnut commode cupboard with arbalete or crossbow shaping to the front. It has two doors with a single internal shelf. With an iron catch and original lo...
Iron
French Painted Oak Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French oak and painted oak commode. Circa 1880. Adds warmth and charm to any room!.
Oak
French Empire Style Commode "Chiffonnier"
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French Empire ctyle commode "Chiffonnier".
Marble
18th Century French Provincial Walnut Commode
Located in Houston, TX
This exceptional 18th century French provincial commode embodies the warmth, craftsmanship, and understated elegance that define the finest provincial furniture of the Louis XV perio...
Walnut
Mid-Century French Macassar Ebony Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning example of a Mid-Century French macassar ebony commode. With original coppered handles and unusual locking mechanism. Circa 1960.
Ebony, Macassar
19th C. Country French Provincial Pine Wood Plank 2 Drawer Commode Chest Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Country French Provincial Pine Wood Plank 2 Drawer Commode. Item features hand carved details, large impressive size, plume carved legs, working locks and keys, figural bronz...
Pine
French Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Pembroke, MA
French marquetry commode with nice marble top, two drawers, foliate bronze hardware (Louis XV style, circa 1880). Commode has working locks with key. Marquetry of bois de rose (or tu...
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Louis XIV Style Commode/Chest of Drawer
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Louis XIV style commode/chest of drawer The fittings are pronounced and of exceptionally good quality. (D-Sam-98).
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Commode
Located in Houston, TX
18th century French Louis XV Commode. Stunning period 18th century French Louis XV three-drawer commode, chest of drawers or credenza with bronze hardware.
Bronze
$2,400 / item
French Early 20th Century Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Charming Tall Dresser, it is French Louis XV style and it is made of Rosewood with a beautiful pattern.
Rosewood
$23,000Sale Price|20% Off
French Louis XIV Period Commode
Located in Pembroke, MA
Beautifully carved French walnut commode (Louis XIV period, circa 1720) with three drawers in arbalete form, all four carved snail feet, nice foliate cartouche at the bottom, and ori...
Bronze
French Early 19th Century Directoire Commode
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome early 19th century - Directoire Period Commode from the Provence region of France. Wonderfully constructed from beautiful walnut with 3 long drawers and slightly tap...
Walnut
French 18th Century Marquetry Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite and impressive French marquetry commode from the 1700’s. The commodes top is in wonderful antique condition with marquetry designs trimmed with ebonized molding. There are t...
Bronze
20th Century French Louis XV Marble-Top Bombe Chest or Commode with Two Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A fine Louis XV two-drawer commode with Breche d’Alep marble conforming top in shades of pink and grey with molded edge and notched corners, all with rosewood and tulipwood crossband...
Marble, Bronze
$5,502 / item
French Louis XVI Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
A late 18th-century style Neo Classic dresser. With three long soft closing drawers in a natural oak veneer finish, with paneled sides, polished brass accents and hardware, fluted st...
Wood
French Commode with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very quiet French Louis XV fruitwood bombe commode. The Verdi green marble top rests over two long drawers. the case piece is raised on splay feet flanking a shaped apron, ...
Marble
Empire Commode, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
France, 19th century. Rectangular chest of drawers with top board in Sainte Anne marble, made of carved mahogany and oak, with three drawers at the front, decorated on the front wit...
Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century French Painted Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century French commode with serpentine front. Circa 1790.
Wood, Paint
18th Century French Rococo Period Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French Rococo period commode with traces of original paint. Of beautiful proportions.
Wood, Paint
Baker Furniture French Style Commode
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Portland, OR
Charming chest of drawers with French attitude. Finely crafted by Baker Furniture featuring a painted and glazed finish with interested hand pained details. The design includes a sha...
Wood, Paint
Louis Phillip Mahogany Chest of Drawers Commode With Ebonized Detail
Located in Wichita, KS
Elegant French Louis Philippe commode crafted in richly figured flame mahogany veneer, showcasing exceptional bookmatched grain throughout the drawer fronts and lower apron.
Brass
Phillips Scott Sophia Chest Painted Shell White Commode NEW
Located in Atlanta, GA
This timeless style European inspired chest is perfect. Phillips Scott Sophia Chest measures 48 inches wide by 20 inches deep by 36 inches high. This is a standard Philip Scott fin...
Brass
French Oak Commode, Late 18th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A distinguished late 18th-century French commode crafted in solid oak, featuring a rectangular case with elegantly canted corners and three generously proportioned drawers. The piece...
Oak
$2,384Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Country French Painted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Painted Commode will make a charming addition to any casual decor! Crafted from a variety of woods, it features a two-toned painted finish that highlights the ...
Brass
French Louis Philippe I Walnut Commode
Located in Faversham, GB
A substantial Continental chest of drawers or commode in burr walnut with a gently over sailing original marble top.
Marble
French Bombé Carved & Painted Wood Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved and painted-wood chest of three drawers.
Wood
French 18th Century Regence Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional 18th century Regence commode galbe´e (curved). Curved front with exquisite rocaille carvings, having three drawers and a shaped apron. Rests on short cabriole legs with s...
Bronze
18th Century French Provincial Walnut Commode
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A mid 18th century walnut French provincial commode of the Louis XV period.
Walnut
Gray Onyx Top Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers Dresser Commode
Located in Long Branch, NJ
mazing Gray Onyx Top Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers Dresser Commode Dimensions : 43" W X 20" D X 37" T This onyx top commode was made in the 1920's and is in the Swedish Gustavia...
Onyx
18th Century French Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Commode, of pine, with original finish, its shaped and molded top on conforming base, two stacked drawers adorned with Rococo handles and escutcheons, serpentine apron centered by a ...
Pine
19th Century French Marble Top Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A French marble top commode with a shaped marble top over a serpentine case fitted with two long drawers and three smaller drawers above, including a central top drawer. Veneered sur...
Brass
Royal Commode/Chest of Drawers after Jean Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Louis XVI Style Commode/Chest of Drawers after Jean Henri Riesener Bronze, gilded or partly dark patinated. Marble plate, over three frying chunks and a large two-third...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique Country French Painted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French painted commode features a graceful appearance enhanced with subtle scrollwork from the carved ornamentation on the drawer facades to the four legs below, each...
Brass
19th Century French Provincial Oak Commode
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century French Provincial oak commode with three drawers, carved knees and feet and three board top.
Oak
Early 19th Century French Fruitwood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A French fruitwood three-drawer commode with bombe front and sides, circa 1820.
Fruitwood
19th Century French Louis Philippe Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A 19th century French Louis Philippe commode in well-figured walnut, topped with a deep gray marble. The drawer fronts showcase rich grain patterns, and fine dovetail joinery is visi...
Marble
18th Century French Provençal Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A lovely 18th Century French, serpentine fronted walnut commode. Comprising of two drawers with their original handles. Supported on cabriolet legs. Circa 1740.
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Period Commode ~ Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Louis XVI Period Commode ~ Chest of Drawers features a facade en arbalette lavished with superb neoclassic carved detail that is visually captivating! When viewed from ...
Brass
18th Century French Parquetry Bombe Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French, Louis XIV style, walnut commode. With a parquetry top and sides with good set of rococo handles; all in very nice condition.
Walnut
18th Century French Provincial Walnut Commode
Located in Richmond, VA
18th century French Provincial walnut 3-drawer commode with hoof feet, heart carved apron and shaped top. Gorgeous patina. Old charming repair to the front left corner of the top- se...
Walnut
French 19th Century Petite Walnut Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite walnut commode from circa 1840 France, it is a multipurpose storage piece scaled down to use practically anywhere around the home. Transitional in style, the silhouette alig...
Brass
Country French Louis XV Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Charming Country French Louis XV styling gives this walnut commode a graceful, well-defined silhouette that immediately draws the eye. Each drawer is shaped in a serpentine form ref...
Bronze
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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