Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commode by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Commode By Henry Dasson Henry Dasson A marble top above a frieze set with three drawers with pierced laurel dec...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Commode After Charles Cressent
Located in BARSAC, FR
Superb Louis XV commode in the style of Charles Cressent, in floral marquetry in rosewood frames; exceptional ornamentation of very finely chiseled gilt bronze; beautiful veined whit...
Marble, Ormolu
$4,320Sale Price|33% Off
Hollywood Regency Louis XV Style Double Dresser
By Maison Jansen
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Magnificent mid-century modern 8 drawer dresser with bombe front and corners with gilt bronze mounts. Beautiful flame mahogany veneers and inset marble top. The best of Hollywood Reg...
Marble, Ormolu
18th C. Transitional Louis XV to Louis XVI Marquetry Marble Topped Commode
Located in Hudson, NY
The break front form is enlivened with good quality ormolu mounts which are original and the chest is topped with its original shaped mottled grey and white marble top.
Marble, Ormolu
Very Nice 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By Haentges Freres
By Haentges Freres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Nice Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By Haentges Freres Haentges Freres A marble top above a bronze frieze, with one long drawer decorated with...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Very Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By Paul Sormani Paul Sormani Beautiful marble top, above a bronze frieze, with one long drawer above two d...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
A Fantastic Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By Pretot
By Hippolyte-Edme Pretot
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode By Pretot A marble top above a frieze applied with scrolling-vine mounts and fronted by tw...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Excellent Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode/Server By Henry Dasson
By Benneman and Stockel, Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode/Server By Henry Dasson Henry Dasson – After Benneman and Stockel The demi-lune grey and white mar...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th/Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By François Linke François Linke – Index no. 599 Brèche d’ Alep marble top above one long bronze...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Galbée Commode by Pierre Roussel
By Pierre Roussel
Located in Miami, FL
Antique commode, chest of drawers, decorative storage, luxury interior Collector’s piece, museum quality, designer favorite, Versailles style Antique French Commode Louis XV Furnitu...
Breccia Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Marble Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 34in W: 50in D: 22 3/4in This Antique Turn of the Century Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Marble Top Commode is made of the highest quality! If you take a look at the p...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Ormolu Mounted Bahut Chest Cabinet by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite French early 20th century François Linke Bahut chest cabinet. Satiné frisé and satiné cube parquetry, fleur de pêcher marble top, the upper cupboard with two shelves, s...
Ormolu
$42,500Sale Price / set|22% Off
Exceptional Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commodes By Maison Millet
By Maison Millet, Jean-François Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Matched Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Parquetry Commodes/Night Stands By Maison Millet Theodore Millet after Jean-Francois Leleu The ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Important Louis XVI Commode Stamped Gervais Durand
By Gervais Durand
Located in BARSAC, FR
Exceptional commode in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer opening three doors and three drawers in the belt. Central projection and amounts with concave sides, a beautiful white mar...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Commode À Vantaux by Beurdeley, 1890
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Exceptional Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Lacquer Mounted Mahogany Commode À Vantaux, By Emmanuel-Alfred (dit Alfred II) Beurdeley (1847-1919). Stamped to the carcass with a 'm...
Marble, Ormolu
Fantastic Pair of Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Commodes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Pair of Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Inlaid Marquetry and Parquetry Commodes Each finely made commode with a shaped marble top over three short ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Commode with Painted Panel by Henry Dasson, Dated 1879
By Henry Dasson, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted Marquetry Commode By Henry Dasson After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener, supplied to Marie-Antoinette for Versailles. Constructed i...
Breccia Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$1,446Sale Price|30% Off
French Louis XV Marble Top Chest Dresser TV Stand Sideboard w Gilt Ormolu Mounts
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering one of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a French Louis XV marble top chest dresser tv stand with gilt ormolu mounts Approximate measurements in I...
Marble, Bronze
French Commode Louis XVI Chest Drawers Inlaid
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a refined French commode in the Louis XVI manner Comes with the red marble top which is smooth and chip free Inlay work to the front and sides very intricate showing ...
Ormolu
Mercier Frères French Bronze Mahogany Bedside Cabinet Chest
By Mercier Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARQUETRY INLAID BEDSIDE CABINET WITH BRECHE VIOLLETT MARBLE TOP Retailed by Mercier Frères, labeled inside drawer circa early 20th century label on ...
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th century Napoleon III Period Boulle chest/Night Stands
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XIV st. Napoleon III Period Boulle chest/night stands.
Brass, Ormolu
Fine French Transition Louis XV XVI Style Chest Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, rare, and very fine quality French Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style mahogany inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener.
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Stunning French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Demi Lune Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu chandelier. The twelve arm chandelier is centered by an elegant bottom mottled final below finely detailed ...
Ormolu
A Very Fine Pair of 20th Century Marble Top Bedside Chests or Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine pair of 20th Century richly patinated and well figured mahogany and kingwood marble top bedside chests or tables of exceptional quality, neat proportions and ormolu moun...
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Chest of Drawers By François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Chest of Drawers By François Linke François Linke Surmounted by a Brèche d’Alep marble top above a pair of short drawers, a...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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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