French Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Lovely French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted commode. Late 19th-early 20th century
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Lovely French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted commode. Late 19th-early 20th century
Marble, Bronze
French Provincial Walnut Commode with Gilt Mounts
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Antique French walnut two drawer commode with gilt metal mounts and hardware, carved, curved legs
Walnut
18th Century XV Gilt Bronze Mounted French Commode, Stamped
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an impressive 18th century Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood commode with a rouge variegated
Marble, Metal
$10,700Sale Price|20% Off
Late 18th century French gilt bronze mounted commode
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late 18th century French gilt-bronze-mounted walnut bombe shaped commode. With a moulded Spanish
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV/Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV/Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Commode An 18th century gilt bronze
Marble, Bronze
French Bombe Commode Creme Peinte And Parcel Gilt
Located in Manhasset, NY
French bombe commode, creme peinte and parcel-gilt, the shaped top over a conforming case fitted
Wood
$124,500Sale Price|28% Off
Palatial French Louis XVI Style Marquetry & Gilt-Bronze Armorial Commode
By Bronzes By Leon Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquertry and gilt bronze mounts, after a Model of The
Bronze, Ormolu
$19,850Sale Price|42% Off
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Server Commode
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted two-door and two-drawer server
Marble, Ormolu
20th Century French Elm Parquetry Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
20th Century French elm parquetry, gilt bronze mounted commode or chest of drawers. Louis XVI style
Brass
$39,600Sale Price|20% Off
Impressive French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Gilt Bronze Mounted Server Commode
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Commode, after a model by Benneman & Stökel, The gilt-bronze panels after a model by Claude Michel (French
Marble, Bronze
Very Fine 19th century French Coromandel and gilt bronze marble top commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI style commode. Beautiful coromandel panels with fire gilt
Marble, Bronze
Early 18th Century French Regence Walnut Gilt Bronze Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
Early 18th Century French Regence Walnut Gilt Bronze Commode Early 18th century Regence walnut
Bronze
$17,500Sale Price|30% Off
Gilt Bronze-Mounted Lacquered Commode, circa 19th Century, France
Located in Girona, Spain
19th century gilt bronze-mounted lacquered commode. 19th century French commode structure made
Wood
$14,850Sale Price|40% Off
Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Marquetry Chinoiserie Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood chinoiserie marquetry
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Commode is a luxurious and elegant
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of French Chinoiserie Lacquered & Gilt Marble Top 2-Drawer Commodes
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Rare Pair of French Chinoiserie Lacquered & Gilt Marble Top 2-Drawer Commodes
Marble, Bronze
Fine 19th Century French Marble Top Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XV kingwood and marquetry marble top commode. In the manner of
Marble, Bronze
French Empire 19th Century Painted Wood Four-Drawer Commode with Gilt Busts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style painted wood four-drawer commode from the 19th century with ebonized columns
Wood
$9,850Sale Price|21% Off
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Stainwood & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style blonde-stainwood and gilt bronze-mounted two-drawer
Bronze
French 19 Century Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commode
Located in New York, NY
A very fine quality French 19th century Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bombay
Bronze
French Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Marble Top Mounted Commode
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV-style gilt bronze mounted highly important commode surmounted by a breche violate marble
Satinwood
$14,850Sale Price|25% Off
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted satinwood and tulipwood Bois
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Gilt Decorated Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Pomona, CA
A fine quality Louis XV 2 Drawer Commode. Profusely decorated with gilt applications and bandings
Wood
Fine Pair French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Marquetry Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted floral marquetry Bombé
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt Dore' Bronze Inlaid Bombe French Louis XV Marble Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
XV commode, marble top commode, marquetry inlaid chest, French bombe commode, gilt bronze mounted
Marble
A French Empire Style Commode with Marble Top and Gilt Mounts, Circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant chest of drawers, dating to circa 1900, this French commode has been hand-carved in the
Marble, Metal
A 19th c French marquetry and gilt bronze mounted commode signed Henri Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood marquetry inlay and marble top commode . Fine gilt bronze
Marble, Bronze
French Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Tarzana, CA
A magnificent 19th century French Louis XV style Chinoiserie ebonized lacquered gilt bronze-mounted
Marble, Ormolu
A nice pair of late 19th c French nightstand commodes with gilt bronze mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
A nice pair of French 19th century Louis XVI mahogany and inlayed nightstand commodes . Gilt bronze
Marble, Bronze
$24,950Sale Price|47% Off
French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted kingwood, amaranth, satinwood
Marble, Bronze
$124,850Sale Price|28% Off
Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marquetry & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquetry and gilt bronze mounts, After a Model of The Commode
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$9,845Sale Price|20% Off
A Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Petit Commode Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Louis XV style tulipwood floral marquetry and gilt bronze mounted two drawer bombé
Marble, Bronze
$20,055Sale Price|30% Off
French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood, Amaranth, Satinwood and
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
French Provincial Style Polychrome, Gilt &Marble Commode by Kozak Studios 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage French Provincial style commode by Kosak Studios offers shaped and beveled marble top
Marble
$38,360Sale Price|20% Off
French 19th C. Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted & Marquetry Commode by Boudet
By Jean Baptiste Hedouin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Impressive French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Serpentine Three Drawer Commode with Gilt Brass Pulls
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a walnut serpentine three drawer commode with molded edge top, heavy gilt brass
Brass
19th Century French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Superb 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt- bronze mahogany, kingwood and fruitwood
Ormolu
$5,264Sale Price|62% Off
18th Century French Walnut Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A magnificent large and richly carved 18th century walnut commode with a shaped top. This chest of
Bronze
Pair of 20th Century French Regence' Black Lacquer and Gilt Bronze Commodes
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous pair French Regence' style commodes painted in a piano black lacquer with gilt bronze
Bronze
Antique French Acajou & Tulipwood Gilt Commode in the Style Paul-Charles Sormani
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Acajou and Tulipwood Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Top Commode in the Style of Paul
Marble, Bronze
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
Bronze
A French 19th-20th C. Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Commode Vitrine Server
By Maison Forest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Mahogany and Satiné
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Pink Blush & Silver Gilt Serpentine Bombay Chest / Commode
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely French Louis XV style painted commode with the original painted finish in a
Poplar
Antique French Louis XV Style Commode
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French commode, dating from around the 1910-1920 period. This is of outstanding
Bronze
French 19th Century Empire Painted Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Empire three-drawer commode from the 19th century with its original marble top. A more
Brass, Bronze
A pair of French 19th c mahogany and gilt bronze mounted commodes by F. Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare pair of late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted mounted by F
Marble, Bronze
$75,950Sale Price|20% Off
Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoiseshell Boulle Commode/Drawer
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Amazing French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoise Shell Boulle Drawer Table. Drawers on both sides, one
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Louis XV Commode with Marquetery and Gilt Bronze Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV style chest of drawers with wood marquetry, decorated with gilt bronzes. It is decorated
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Lacquer Commode
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
This Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted lacquer commode contains a beautiful lake scene painted in
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Commode Dresser with Marble Top and Gilt Bronze Accents
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI Style Commode dresser with marble top and gilt bronze mounts. Rare "Roi Soleil
Bronze
Antique Rare Fine Pair of French Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Mounted Commodes
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique fine French rare pair of early 20th century mahogany, fruitwood marquetry and gilt bronze
Bronze, Other
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Commode
By Gervais Durand
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze Mounted Marquetry inlaid commode by Gervais Maximilien Eugène
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Inlaid Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An extraordinary French commode from the 18th century, Louis XV in style, decorated with impressive
Bronze
French Regency 19th/20th Century Louis XV/XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Regency Revival 19th/20th Century Transitional Louis XV/XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Maison Krieger Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French signed Maison Krieger Louis XVI commode. Original marble top with the finest
Bronze
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted parquetry commode. French, circa 1880. This fine
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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