Painted French Commode with Gilt Accents
Located in New York, NY
Charming small-scale French-style painted commode featuring a softly distressed pale blue finish with warm gilt detailing throughout. The piece is designed with a subtle serpentine f...
Wood
$5,500
H 35.88 in W 44.5 in D 22 in
French Louis XVI 18th Century Painted Two-Drawer Commode with Fluted Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period painted two-drawer commode from the late 18th century, with fluted accents and bronze hardware. Born in France at the end of King Louis XVI's reign, this pa...
Wood
$5,850
H 39 in W 48.75 in D 24.75 in
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, carved giltwood female busts and bracket feet. Step into an era of refined eleganc...
Wood
Unavailable
H 61.5 in W 37.5 in D 20.75 in
Antique French Regency Style Original Paint Decorated Gilt Accented Tall Chest
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Features French Regency style early 20th century, outstanding high quality finish over mahogany, 4 over 2 doors, hand cut drawer dovetails, drawer interiors are solid mahogany finish...
Mahogany
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H 33.5 in W 44.75 in D 20.25 in
French Neoclassic Period Painted Wood Chest with Marble Top and Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French period Neoclassical commode, with brass accents and marble top, from the early 19th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped marble top, with pr...
Marble
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H 18.5 in W 39.5 in D 17.5 in
Vintage Wooden Blanket Chest Trunk French Country Style Red Green Paint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage wooden blanket chest trunk French country style red green paint. Item features bun feet, green and red distress painted finish, dovetail joints, solid wood construction, orig...
Iron
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H 34.25 in W 49.5 in D 23 in
French Grey Marble and Wood Chest of Three Drawers with Gold Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century wood carved chest of drawers with marble top. This exquisite French antique chest features a marble top with rounded, cove-edges at both front corners, atop a n...
Marble, Metal
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H 35 in W 51 in D 24 in
French 19th Century Dark Chest of Drawers with Faux Marble and Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century chest of drawers with faux marble top. This handsome French chest has one slim drawer over two larger drawers. The side posts are rounded and fluted, drawing yo...
Brass
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H 35.25 in W 44.75 in D 22.75 in
19th Century French Handsome Marble-Top Wood Chest of Drawers with Gold Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French, 19th century wood carved chest of drawers with marble top. This exquisite French antique chest features a marble top with rounded, cove-edges at both front corners, atop a ...
Marble
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H 33.25 in W 47.25 in D 20.25 in
19th Century French Painted Wood Chest with Brass Beaded Trim and Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood chest of three drawers with brass accents from the late 19th century.
Brass
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H 32.75 in W 41.25 in D 19.25 in
French Vintage Custom Painted Wood Commode w/Diamond Trim Accents & Brass Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood chest of drawers, circa 1960's. This vintage French commode features two smaller halved drawers over two larger/full drawers beneath. The drawers are all flanke...
Wood
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H 30 in W 47.5 in D 23.5 in
French Empire Style 19th Century Painted Four-Drawer Commode with Gilded Busts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style painted wood four-drawer commode from the 19th century with ebonized columns, carved giltwood female busts and tapered legs. Experience the grandeur of 19th-cen...
Wood
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H 30.25 in W 38 in L 30.25 in
Antique French Walnut Veneer Chest of Drawers with Black Painted Accents
Located in Houston, TX
This chest of drawers features walnut veneer and painted black accents and simple decorative details. The pulls have a patinated brass finish with floral details. Each drawer has a l...
Walnut, Paint
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H 36 in W 53 in D 24 in
French Painted Pine Three-Drawer Commode with Marbleized Top and Fluted Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French painted chest features a rectangular planked faux-marble top sitting above three long drawers.
Pine
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined 20th-century Swedish Gustavian-style chest of drawers, showcasing the timeless elegance and craftsmanship of this iconic design. The piece is painted in a soft, muted gray ...
Pine
$1,750 / item
H 26 in W 16 in D 16 in
FIN Shade Ceramic Table Lamp, Hand Built, Green Satin Glaze, by Kalin Asenov
By Kalin Asenov
Located in Savannah, GA
FIN _November Green Please note that this listing includes the table base, light bulbs and finial. It is wired for use in the US. If you would like a linen shade as shown in the imag...
Ceramic
$4,500
H 32 in W 32.75 in D 17.5 in
Swedish Gustavian-Style Blue Chest of Drawers with Faux Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Swedish Gustavian-style chest of drawers. Crafted in pine, this piece is painted in a soft blue tone, a color popular beginning with late 19th-century Scandinavian interpre...
Wood
$5,655
H 32.68 in W 42.13 in D 20.08 in
Antique Genuine Swedish Original Gustavian Period Handmade Chest of Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish chest of drawers from the 1700s in gustavian style. The chest is a genuine Swedish gustavian furniture with four drawers made by hand in solid pine around 1790. Class...
Pine
$1,875Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 25.99 in W 25.99 in D 14.97 in
French Pair of Nightstands Side Cabinets Bedside Tables Brutalist Style, 2023
Located in Labrit, Landes
This bedside cabinet cabinet with the traditional technique is brustalist chic style thanks to its simple aesthetic and its bronze handle. This pair of oak nightstands of the "Pyréné...
Oak
$7,610 / item
H 39.38 in W 9.85 in D 31.5 in
Parchment, Brass and Glass Table Lamp by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Ventola table lamp by the artist Diego Mardegan exclusively for Glustin Luminaires. Beautiful two ways shade made of a brass structure, parchemin paper and waxed fabric hold by an...
Brass
Bespoke Handmade Belgian Linen Sofa
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. An iconic, unobtrusive design. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgium....
Linen
Early 19th Century French Oak Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th-century French oak chest of three drawers with newer professionally layered painted finish in tones of gray, blue, and antique white blended for a soft, mottled effect. Ca...
Wood, Oak
$11,900
H 33.75 in W 41.25 in D 22.25 in
Antique Italian Commode, Cream-White Pinewood, Circa 1870-1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A cream-white, antique Italian single commode in the Arte Povera technique, made of hand crafted painted Pinewood in good condition. The Tuscan cabinet, cupboard is composed with a b...
Metal
$5,950
H 35.25 in W 50 in D 21.75 in
Italian Neoclassical Period 1790s Walnut and Mahogany Commode with Cross Banding
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Neoclassical period walnut and mahogany four-drawer commode from circa 1790 with cross banding, classical hardware and tapered legs. This exquisite Italian Neoclassical pe...
Mahogany, Walnut
Gustavian Style Swedish Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
Gustavian Style Swedish Dresser, large four-drawer commode with an antique painted finish, with carved dental moldings, blind fret carings, with large long drawers, brass ring pull h...
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers Circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant 19th-century Swedish chest of drawers, crafted circa 1870, is a fine example of the Gustavian style, an aesthetic born from neoclassical influences and adapted with Scan...
Pine
$12,500
H 30 in W 38.25 in D 19.5 in
Pair of Swedish Gustavian-Style Painted Chests of Drawers, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A charming pair of Swedish Gustavian-style painted chests of drawers, dating to the early 20th century, inspired by the neoclassical tradition that defined late 18th-century Scandina...
Pine
$6,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 34.75 in W 33 in D 18.6 in
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Three-Drawer Chest with Diamond Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood chest from the 20th century with three drawers, carved diamond motifs, fluted side posts, carved rosettes and tapered feet. Created in Sweden d...
Wood
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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