French Vintage Marble Top Demilune Chest
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Made in France circa 1965, this vintage chest was created in the style of Louis XV and underwent a refinishing in November of 2009.
Marble, Brass
French Victorian Fruitwood Demilune Chest with Parquetry Inlay
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian (20th Century) fruitwood and parquetry inlaid demilune shaped narrow chest of drawers / semanier with bronze trim.
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite Louis XVI style commode with amazing detail. Half round body with two center drawers, tapered legs, brass hardware, inlay mahogany and burl veneers, and thick marble top. Plea...
Marble, Brass
Louis XVI Demilune Chest of Drawers, Mahogany & Marble, France, 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI style.
Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Chest of Drawers, Vitrine / Showcase Cabinet
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Mahogany Vitrine / Showcase Cabinet Maison Jansen/ Louis XVI style chest or étagère.
Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Carved Walnut Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Invite Classic French elegance into your home with this Louis XVI style fruitwood bombe chest of drawers. Crafted in Paris, circa 1960 and built of walnut wood with ormolu mounts acc...
Marble, Brass
$15,000 / set
A Pair of French Empire-Style Demilune Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French Empire-style demilune cabinets. The white marble tops supported by rosewood bases with two cabinet doors. The bases accented with gilt classical figure heads and sta...
Marble
Louis XVI Style, Demilune Commodes, A Pair, Inlaid, Bronze, France, 19th c.
Located in Stamford, CT
A Pair of Louis XVI Style, Demilune Commodes, Marquetry Inlay, Bronze, France, 19h c. Pair of gorgeous fully refinished demilune cabinets designed and produced in the Later 19th or ...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style King Wood, Exotic Woods Demilune Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th century marble-top commode made with various exotic woods; King wood, tulip wood and satinwood are combined to create intricate Marquetry patterns. Floral and urn design...
Wood
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
French Directoire Louis XVI Demilune Shape Marble Top Marble Top Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This elegant French Directoire Louis XVI demilune console table embodies the refined neoclassical style of the late 18th to early 19th century. Crafted with precision, the piece feat...
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Marble Top Inlaid Demilune Walnut and Fruitwood Commode Console
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XVI demilune marble top commode or console is a remarkable work of art: it features a fully curved casework in a demilune form that presents no corners or sharp ...
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Satinwood Demilune Commode Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Satinwood Demilune Commode Dresser. Item features a pink marble top, satinwood inlay, demilune shape, fancy brass hardware, 3 dovetailed draw...
Marble
French Louis XV Style Rouge Marble Top Demilune Commode Cabinet with 5 Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Rouge Marble Top Demilune Dresser Cabinet with 5 Drawers.
Marble
Walnut Demilune Commode with Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This refined French demilune commode is a superb example of late 19th Century Louis XVI revival craftsmanship. Its delicate proportions and graceful curved front make it ideal as a s...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Elegant 19th century Louis XVI style demilune commode, finely crafted in marquetry and adorned with a richly colored breccia marble top. This refined piece beautifully reflects the n...
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Diminutive Louis XV Style Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a Louis XV style mahogany inlaid commode with a sienna marble top over two inlaid drawers, supported by slender cabriole legs with brass mounts.
Marble
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Walnut Demilune Commode or Table Chiffonière
Located in Berlin, DE
Late 18th Century Louis XVI walnut demilune commode or table chiffonière A demilune or semi-ellyptical commode with a straight front and curved sides: The commode is raised by fou...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
A fine pair of late 18th century Marquetry demilune cabinets with marble tops
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine pair of French Louis XVI mahogany and marquetry inlayed demilune side cabinets with marble tops . Gilt bronze mounts
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 35.83 in W 44.1 in D 18.9 in
Art Deco Demilune Mahogany & Marble-Top Commode / Chest of Drawers, circa 1925
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in L'Etang, FR
Demilune commode / chest of drawers. In solid mahogany and inlaid.
Marble, Bronze
Painted Demilune Commode/Buffet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A three-drawer painted demilune commode/buffet in the Directoire style.
Hardwood, Paint
Unavailable
H 35.44 in W 60.24 in D 25.2 in
Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Parquetry Demilune Commode a L'Anglais
By Fidelis Shey
Located in London, Middlesex
With Breche d’Alep marble top above a central frieze drawer inlaid with arches above two trellis veneered drawers decorated sans-traverses, fitted with ring dropped handles and ribbo...
Kingwood
French Louis XV Style Painted Demilune Cabinet Commode Chest
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning neoclassical Louis XV style demilune cabinet. Love the grey finish offset by the hand painted classic designs - Including acanthus leaves, floral motifs and arabesques - Fin...
French Louis XVI Demilune Chest
Located in Austin, TX
Demilune chest of drawers, French, in the Louis XVI style mad of solid ebonized cherrywood and finished with a lustrous Museum quality French polish.
Brass
French White Painted Demilune Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI style chest of drawers, overall white distress-painted with parcel-gilt detail, half-moon shaped top over a conforming case fitted with three drawers, flanked by flu...
Wood
French Louis XVI Demilune Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Louis XVI style demilune chest of drawers in ebonized mahogany with a lustrous French polish finish.
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Charming French Louis XVI demilune chest of drawers, of solid cherry wood with blue/gray patina, white trim, finely cast gilt bronze hardware, fluted legs.
Cherry
Louis XVI Style Demilune Chest
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI Style. This piece is made of mahogany that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish finish of museum-quality. There ...
Brass
Inlaid French Louis XVI Satinwood Inlaid Demilune Commode Chest Buffet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rather spectacular piece of furniture with breathtaking inlay of burled amboyna, olive and boxwood in a satinwood case. The case is absolutely stunning and you won't see an...
Satinwood
Sold
H 34.5 in W 54 in D 22.5 in
Antique French Provincial Hand Carved 3 Drawer, 2-Door Ivory Demilune Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Provincial Hand Carved 3 Drawer, 2-Door Ivory Demilune Storage Chest Gorgeous Antique French Country Ivory 3-Drawer, 2-Side Door Demilune Storage Chest.
Brass
Sold
H 36 in W 44 in D 19 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Carved Mahogany Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Invite Classic French elegance into your home with this Louis XVI style fruitwood bombe chest of drawers. Crafted in Paris, circa 1880 and built of mahogany wood with ormolu trim acc...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 33 in W 40.25 in D 20 in
French 19th Century, Demilune Chest with Honed Marble and Marquetry Wood Details
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century, demilune chest with honed marble top.
Marble, Metal, Brass
Sold
H 33.5 in W 14 in D 34 in
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Burl Marble Demilune Commode Chest 34"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage French Louis XVI style commode, dresser or console, circa 1970s. Made of mahogany featuring half round demilune form with ornate brass trim, notched marble top, three drawer...
Marble
Louis XVI French Mahogany Demilune Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th Century Louis XVI French Mahogany Demilune Commode with original Black Marble Top.
Brass
French Mahogany Marble Top Demilune Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI style mahogany demilune commode, circa 1950s, the shaped marble atop a half-moon shaped conforming case decorated with Mylar veneer and bronze mounts, raised on tape...
Louis XVI Marble-Top and Bronze Demilune Commode Chest
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite French Louis XVI demilune commode with original marble top features beautiful bronze mounts and pulls.
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Demilune Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
The perfect choice for any formal room, this demilune buffet boasts a marquetry faade adorned with cast bronze ormolu mounts which enhances its half-moon shape. Fluted pilasters blen...
French Marble Top Demilune Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine French Directoire style demilune commode, the bow-shaped marble atop a half-moon case fitted with four drawers each with ebony marquetry banding, over a bronze decorated apron...
Marble
20th Century French Inlaid Demilune Dresser
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Small 20th century French dresser. Furniture nicely inlaid in mahogany, rosewood, maple and boxwood richly decorated with gilded and chiseled bronze. Demilune dresser of beautiful li...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Demilune Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Ideal in an entryway, between windows, on a stairwell landing, or anywhere an unobtrusive yet classically styled case is needed, this elegant 19th Century French Louis XVI Demilune C...
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Demilune Cabinet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A charming French Louis XVI style commode hand-crafted in France circa 1800. This fabulous mahogany commode / buffet displays a wonderful demilune shape and is topped with its origin...
Marble, Brass
19th Century Small French Kingwood Inlaid Demilune Commode
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small french commode circa 1860. 3 drawers flanked either side by small cupboards Profusely inlaid with satinwood and ebony. Original handles and hardware. Standing on 4 tapering...
Kingwood
20th Century French Demilune Dresser with Marble Top
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French dresser of the 20th century. Furniture of beautiful line and good taste in mahogany and burl wood, richly decorated with bronzes. Dresser with three drawers of good ability wi...
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style French Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an attractive small-scale French’s Louis XV style demilune inlaid two-drawer commode with a marble top. The commode is decorated with gilt metal mounts, early 20th century.
Marble, Metal
French 18th century Louis XVI Demilune Commode by Schey
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rare example from the atelier of furniture maker Fidelis Schey circa 1780, made in Paris. The demilune-commode is topped with dark, Saint Anne marble that is shaped specifically to...
Marble, Brass
Magnificent French Louis XVI Style Marble Top Demilune Cabinet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful inlaid mahogany French Louis XVI style marble top console cabinet, having four fitted drawers, tapered legs and ornate bronze mounts. #2775.
Bronze
Sold
H 31 in W 30.25 in D 16.25 in
Antique French Carved Mahogany Marble Top Demilune Commode, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XV commode offers marble top surmounting mahogany demilune case having three drawers, foliate and scroll carving over pierced skirt, raised on cabriole legs w...
Marble, Metal
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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