Sold|$5,800
French Mahogany Directoire' Style Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome French mahogany Directoire' style commode with brass trim and a Carrara marble.
Mahogany
Sold|$4,100
French Directoire Style Painted Commode
Located in Hudson, NY
This very well made Directoire style five-drawer commode is stylish and beautiful. Constructed of mahogany then gessoed and painted in a dull light creamy green color the carved rais...
Paint
Sold|$5,300
French 18th Century Directoire Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Beautiful Commode is made of flamed walnut with black lacquered paint on the top of the flat columns.
Walnut
Sold|$11,800
Directoire Period French Provencal Commode
Located in New York, NY
A piece of exceptional quality, this solid walnut commode has two drawers with bronze fittings, reeded side columns and apron, inset panels on front and sides, raised on tapered legs...
Sold|$4,350 / item
French Directoire Style Painted Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Directoire-style commode with an antiqued whitewash finish.
Wood
French Directoire Mahogany & Marble Top Commode
Located in Kent, Dover
A French mahogany, three drawer Directoire commode, with brass mounts and inlay and a shaped variegated pale grey marble top.
Marble
Sold|$3,800
French Directoire Style Marble Top Commode
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Black ebonized three drawer commode in the Directiore style, marked "Made in France" possibly Maison Jasen, in the Directoire style.
Marble, Brass
Sold|$6,750
French Walnut Directoire Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century French walnut Directoire commode with three drawers.
Sold|$3,995
French 18th Century Directoire Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Crafted with a very beautiful speckled mahogany veneer, this chest of drawers with sheath legs remains marked by the Louis XVI style. However, its decorative escutcheon keyholes and ...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Sold|$7,250
French Directoire Period Commode
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome early 19th century Directoire period commode from the Provence region of France.
Walnut
Sold|$12,000
Directoire Ebonized Commode
Located in New York, NY
Directoire ebonized commode French, circa 1790. Measure: 32 x 45 x 22 ¼ inches. 2102.
Walnut
Sold|$3,600
French Directoire Elm Commode, circa 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century Directoire commode in elm with three drawers, brass pulls, shaped apron and square tapering legs. William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique inter...
Brass
French Directoire Style Ebonized Commode by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Directoire style ebonized commode, circa 1940s, overall ebonized and parcel-gilt, all drawers banded, raised on circular tapering legs ending in toupie feet.
Sold|$10,200
French c1790 Directoire Commode "Pieds Toupies"
Located in Austin, TX
French Directoire period chest of drawers in solid walnut with Carrara marble top. Three dovetailed drawers have brass trim and hardware. Hand carved fluting on all corners sides, el...
Carrara Marble, Brass
18th Century French Bleached Directoire Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Directoire commode hand-made in Southern France in the late 1700s using walnut.
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Directoire Walnut Commode
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19h-C. French Directoire walnut commode with a single plank top, which is beautifully banded.
Walnut
Sold|$5,800
Directoire Fruitwood Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With original bowed St Anne marble top over two conforming drawers with round brass handles, lower conforming shelf and ending on turned feet. From the estate of William Hodgins note...
Fruitwood
Antique French Directoire Style Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted from exotic imported mahogany then trimmed with brass molding and fitted with brass pulls and keyguards, this tailored commode has been topped with beveled Cararra marble. ...
Sold|$6,800
Directoire Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top over three graduated drawers with brass moldings, raised on square tapered legs. Lions head handles and shield form escutcheons.
Walnut
Sold|$4,200
French 19th Century Directoire Inlay Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This wonderful commode was made circa 1830 in France. The gray marble top is full of beautiful veining and in great antique condition. The craftsmanship of the inlay is of wonderful ...
Stone, Marble
French 19th Century Fruitwood Transitional Directoire Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This attractively restrained French Directoire-style four-drawer commode, features two short drawers over two long drawers, and fitted with patinated-brass ring handles and escutcheons.
Brass
Sold|$4,950 / set
French Mahogany Directoire Style Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
19th century French directoire style mahogany commode.
Mahogany
French Directoire Style Marble Top Commode by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Directoire style mahogany commode, the white marble atop a frieze fitted with a narrow drawer flanked by bronze mounts, over two large drawers, raised on tapering bulbous legs...
19th Century Country French Fruitwood Directoire Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Country French fruitwood Directoire commode exhibits the clean lines and stately appearance that has made the style so popular for over two centuries!
Brass
Sold|$5,795
19th Century Directoire Commode
Located in High Point, NC
19th century directoire commode from France made from walnut. The top has a beveled edge and follows down to three central drawers and hand paneled sides.
Brass
French Epoque Directoire Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Highwood, IL
This short period of time is often considered to be a transition between Louis XVI and French Empire. Our commode, according to the experts in France is referred to as époque, meani...
French 19th Century Solid Walnut Directoire Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A classically designed Directoire period commode, crafted in France during the 1790s.
Metal, Brass
Sold|$3,450
French Classic Directoire Style Commode
Located in Bellport, NY
Louis XV1 Style Commode.Light mahogany wood,with one top drawer,two opening front doors,with original brass hardware and key.The top is a veined white/biege marble.
Marble
19th Century French Directoire Style Marble-Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
19th century French Directoire style 3-drawer marble-top commode with gilt and ebonized accents.
Marble
Directoire French walnut Commode Chest of drawers -Desk
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind Directoire-style and era, walnut bureau, circa 1800. It is displayed as a rectangular piece of furniture with straight lines, featuring three drawers on the front and ...
Brass
Sold|$9,800
Elegant Country Directoire Commode
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine French walnut, ebonized fruitwood and brass-mounted neoclassical commode, the simple top over three drawers, having elegant hip molding between the first and second, all with eb...
Brass
a French or Italian Directoire commode or chest
Located in Nashville, TN
Of mixed woods construction , fruitwood and walnut with pegged joints . Probably with a marble top originally but now with the under boards finished (or replaced and matched ) . A re...
Wood
19th Century French Directoire Mahogany Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Directoire mahogany marble-top commode represents the essence of tailored opulence, combining exotic imported mahogany with cast brass pulls and key guards, brass...
Marble
Sold|$3,978
19th Century Directoire Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th Century Directoire Walnut Commode
Wood, Walnut
French 19th Century Inlay Mahogany Directoire-Style Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Outstanding inlay graces nearly every surface of this beautiful 19th century French Directoire style commode. The commode features a gray marble top, which is in wonderful antique co...
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Directoire Painted Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French hand-carved Directoire commode with three large drawers.
French 19th Century Mahogany Directoire Commode with Marble Top
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Polished and refined, this exceptional mahogany Directoire three-drawer commode from France is a stately piece with an enduring stature.
Sold|$5,334
Fine 18th Century Directoire Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality 18th century mahogany Directoire commode with grey marble top. This quality antique French commode dating to circa 1790 has a very unusual and rare figured grey marble...
Marble
Sold|$9,000
French Directoire Style Commode by Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Directoire style ebonized commode, early 20th century, the white marble with bronze gallery atop a conforming case fitted with three drawers, each parcel-gilt banded, raised o...
Marble
Sold|$4,200 / set
Stunning Pair of French Directoire Style Commodes in Rosewood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning pair of French Directoire style commodes in rosewood, classic styling, brass hand pulls as well as brass inlay details, Hand delivery avail to New York City or anywhere en r...
Brass
French Directoire Mahogany Marble-Top Commode, Silver Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
French Directoire mahogany marble-top commode, silver chest combines the tailored architecture of antiquity with the sheer natural beauty of exotic imported mahogany and purity of Ca...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Sold|$4,800
Directoire Inlaid Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Three-drawer walnut commode with a banded inlay border on the top and dark stringing around each drawer front, with fluted corner posts, tapered square feet, and original brass ring ...
Walnut
19th Century French Directoire Mahogany Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant 19th century French Directoire Mahogany commode with brass trim and grey marble top.
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Directoire Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century French Directoire walnut commode with a marble top.
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Directoire Period Four Drawer Walnut Commode
Located in Birmingham, AL
Handsome 19th century French Directoire period commode handcrafted from solid walnut by talented artisans near Lyon, circa early 1800s.
Walnut
Antique French Directoire Cherry and Walnut 3-Drawer Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Outstanding original antique French Directoire style commode constructed of solid cherrywood with an amazing sun-bleached, book-matched, figured walnut two board top.
Brass
Sold|$5,000
Directoire Painted Commode
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Directoire painted commode with a faux marble decorated top,
the paint is later
Brass
Early 19th Century Country French Directoire Painted Neoclassical Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Featuring a lovely distressed finish, this handsome early 19th century Country French Directoire painted Neoclassical commode displays its origin during the Directoire period, when ...
Oak
Sold|$1,440
Marble-Top French Directoire Style Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
Painted French Directoire style commode, 20th century, white marble atop a conforming case fitted with three drawers, the drawers and the sides veneered with mylar, raised on fluted ...
Marble
Sold|$10,500
Period Directoire Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two Drawer Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Walnut
French Directoire Heavily Brass Inlaid Ebonized Commode Circa 1940 Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This striking French Directoire style commode, circa 1940, is a masterful work of craftsmanship attributed to Maison Jansen, one of the most renowned Parisian design firms of the 20t...
Brass
Sold|$7,950
Directoire Style Commode by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Dallas, TX
a sensational French black lacquered Jansen commode featuring gold tapered sides with four locking drawers and topped with an amazing white grey veined marble stamped JANSEN
Marble
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century French Directoire 3 Drawer Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This commode dates to the 1880s era and is in good original antique condition, The commode has three drawers and measures 36.5 wide x 31.25 tall x 18.5 deep.
Walnut
c.1880 French Directoire Style Painted Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Handmade French Directoire style commode with bronze hardware and hand-dovetailed drawers.
Wood
19th Century Directoire French Provincial Pearwood Commode
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early 19th Century Directoire Style French Provincial Pearwood Commode.
Pearwood
19th Century French Directoire Marble Top Commode
Located in Richmond, VA
Great size 19th century French Directoire marble top commode. 2 Drawers encased with brass, surrounded by fluting and tapered legs.
Marble
French Directoire Style Mahogany Commode by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Directoire style mahogany commode, circa 1970s, the molded top over a conforming case of three drawers, the middle part of the drawers with bow shaping, decorated with brass k...
Brass
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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