Wall Storage Unit / Bedside Table Minotti Italia Little Italy Mini - Green
Located in Varedo, MB
Brand: Minotti Italy Model: Little Italy Mini Designer: Angelo Ferrucci Little Italy Mini is a compact wall-mounted storage unit designed to combine functionality with a clean, cont...
Wood
$1,440Sale Price|50% Off
Louis XV Style Bombé Commode Wrapped in Olive Green Faux Snakeskin
By Maitland Smith
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stylish Louis XV style Bombé commode or console that is wrapped in olive green faux snakeskin fabric. Brass French style hardware on pair of drawers. This piece could work well in a ...
Fabric
Modular Furniture Saporiti Green Wood Chromed Mid-Century Modern 1970s Set of 4
By Saporiti
Located in Palermo, IT
SAPORITI, made in Italy in 1970. Four modular units comprising two lower units with three drawers, an open compartment, and a central unit with three drawers. Highly versatile, they ...
Chrome
Vintage Palaset Palanox Modular Storage Box Set of 7, Green White, Finland, 1972
By Palaset, Ristomatti Ratia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Palaset Palanox modular storage box set of 7, White, Finland, 1972. This set includes 2 white open boxes, 1 white 3-part box, 1 white 2-part box, 1 6-part white box, 2 whit...
Metal
Barberini White and Green with Sunflower Motifs in Pink Chest of Drawers
By Porte Italia
Located in Milan, IT
The Barberini chest of drawers features a chalky white frame with a soft, aged finish that enhances its vintage appeal.
Wood
Italian Piemontese 1890s Three-Drawer Walnut Commode with Dark Green Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Neoclassical style Piemontese walnut commode from circa 1890 with three drawers and dark green marble top. This Italian Neoclassical style Piemontese walnut commode, datin...
Marble, Brass
Wall-Mounted Storage Unit / Bedside Table Minotti Italia Little Italy Mini Green
Located in Varedo, MB
Brand: Minotti Italy Model: Little Italy Mini Designer: Angelo Ferrucci Little Italy Mini is a compact wall-mounted storage unit designed to combine functionality with a clean, cont...
Wood
$8,236Sale Price / item|20% Off
21st Century Hollow Cabinet Green Onyx Brass Made in Portugal by Malabar
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Hollow is a public artwork, installed on the grounds of Bristol University by the architects Zeller & Moye and the artist Katie Paterson. It combines different types of wood from...
Marble, Gold Leaf, Brass
1750 Venezia Italy Wooden Green Lacquered Commode with Fantasy Birds and Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an extraordinary Venetian wooden lacquered commode with polychrome flowers and fantasy birds on a green background. The top is lacquered to imitate the marble. The two draw...
Wood, Lacquer
$5,704Sale Price / set|20% Off
Vintage Palaset Palanox Modular Storage Box Set of 4, Green White, Finland, 1972
By Ristomatti Ratia, Palaset
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Palaset modular storage box set of 4 Scandinavian Modern, Finland, 1972-1973, green and white. Palaset Palanox, multicolored stackable boxes that allow you to build your own ...
Metal
Vintage Italian Commodes, Chartreuse & Purple Pinstriped, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
Funny Girl? Chartreuse and purple pinstriped 60's inspired commodes. The high quality craftsmanship suggests that this great pair of chests may have been custom made pieces. The rear...
Bronze
Vintage Danish Rosewood Hallway Mirror and Dresser Set, 1950s. Set of 2.
Located in Asaa, DK
Console and matching mirror in Rosewood with beautiful handmade ceramic tiles in a lovely brown/green color. Chest of drawers with wide drawer with sculpted butterfly pulls in solid ...
Rosewood
19th Century Swedish Commode Circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful 19th-century Swedish Gustavian-style commode, circa 1860, painted in a soft gray with a delicate hint of green. This elegant chest of drawers embodies the understated sop...
Beech
18th Century Hand Painted Venetian Style Green Barberini Chest with Drawers
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our hand painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Chalky White Barberini Chest with Drawers. The Chalky White Barberini Chest of Drawers brings a cha...
Wood
PH Grand Chest of Drawers, Mahogany, Emerald Green Leather Panels, Brass Legs
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Created so it can be placed in the centre of a room, away from a wall, Poul Henningsen’s grand chest of drawers features wooden panels on all sides. It is designed to be admired and ...
Leather, Mahogany
$3,616Sale Price|25% Off
Harrods Kennedy Burr Yew Wood Green Leather Secrataire Desk Chest of Drawers
By Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London, Harrods
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
It sits as a campaign chest on stand however it has the additional feature of a good sized, green leather drop front desk which is super useful for compact living as when not in use,...
Brass
PH Small Drawer Chest, brass legs, mahogany veneer, green leather, ash drawers
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels. It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all a...
Leather, Mahogany
PH Small Drawer Chest, Mahogany, Emerald Green Leather, Wood legs, Ash Drawers
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels. It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all a...
Leather, Mahogany
$8,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
1980s Green Canopy Bed and Chest of Drawers Dark Lacquer for Sormani, Italy
By Sormani, Davide Pizzigoni & Manolo De Giorgi, Marco Comolli
Located in Arosio, IT
Height of bed (without mattress) cm 40 (1' 3" 3/4) Commode Chest of drawers in very dark green lacquer (the famous 20-gloss silky mat lacquer of Sormani) with six spacious drawer...
Steel
Wrongwoods White with Green Drawers by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Yellow with Red Drawers by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods White with Black Drawers by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Pink with Blue Drawers by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods L585 Night Table White with Green by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D405mm ...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods L1500 White with Green Low Cabinet by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D405mm ...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Pink with Blue Low Cabinet by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Yellow with Red Low Cabinet by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods White with Black Night Table by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods L1500 White with Black Low Cabinet by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D405mm ...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Light Grey with Dark Grey Low Cabinet by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Yellow with Red Night Table by Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
Wrongwoods Pink With Blue Night Table By Established & Sons
By Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dimensions Night Table: L585mm × D355mm × H595mm 16kg Chest of Drawers: L1090mm × D510mm × H735mm 70kg Low Cabinet: L1500mm × D405mm × H645mm 60kg Long Low Cabinet: L2600mm × D40...
Plywood, Lacquer, Paint
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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