$4,856Sale Price / item|20% Off
Magnificent Gucci-Inspired Green & Red Murano Chest of Drawers Made in Italy
Located in Guazzora, IT
A magnificent Gucci-inspired green and red Murano chest of drawers, handmade in Italy, combining mid-century modern style with exceptional craftsmanship. Crafted from solid wood, th...
Brass
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
$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
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
Bespoke Italian Mondrian Style Blue Green White Brown Modern Brass Dresser/Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary modern graphic Pop Art design six-drawer dresser / sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy, with a Piet Mondrian inspired abstract decor, the surrounds edged in natural...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Style Green-Malachite Colored Glass Italian Chest of Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A wonderful Mid-Century Modern style Italian chest of three drawers, made of solid wood structure, covered in green malachite-pattern hand painted glass and brass handles. Feet cladd...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Style Green-Malachite Colored Glass Italian Chest of Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A wonderful Mid-Century Modern style Italian chest of three drawers, made of solid wood structure, covered in green malachite-pattern hand painted glass and brass handles. Feet cladd...
Brass
Established & Sons STACK 8 Tower of drawers in Green Finish by Raw Edges/Alkalay
By Raw Edges, Established & Sons, Shay Alkalay
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Challenging the conventions of a traditional drawer unit, Stack consists of individual, multicoloured drawers that appear suspended above one another and open in both directions, cre...
Steel
1980s Italian Dark Green Satin Lacquer Chest of Drawers by Sormani
By Sormani, Davide Pizzigoni & Manolo De Giorgi
Located in Arosio, IT
Chest of drawers in very dark green lacquer (the famous 20-gloss silky mat lacquer of Sormani) with six spacious drawers: two in elegant salmon lacquer, standing out with a colorful ...
Steel
$4,128Sale Price / set|20% Off
PAIR OF VINTAGE MiLITARY CAMPAIGN TALLBOY CHESTS OF DRAWERS GREEN LEATHER TRAYS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime pair of vintage Military Campaign tallboy chests of drawers which are brass mounted and come co...
Brass
$3,137Sale Price|20% Off
ANTiQUE SWEDISH HAND PAINTED GREEN FLORAL TWO OVER THREE CHEST OF DRAWERS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime antique Swedish circa 1880-1900 hand painted green floral chest of drawers in two over three fo...
Wood
Modern Green Blossom Mosaic Chest of 9-Drawers with White Oak by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Modern Milano Chest of 9 Drawers by Ercole home has a 9 drawer front, with a White Wash finish on oak. The touch-latch drawer's feature fronts in hand-cut glass mosaic, in shades...
Cut Glass, Oak
$5,704Sale Price / set|20% Off
Vintage Palaset Palanox Modular Storage Box Set of 4, Green White, Finland, 1972
By Palaset, Ristomatti Ratia
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
Established & Sons Stack-8 Drawers by Raw Edges and Shay Alkalay
By Established & Sons, Shay Alkalay, Raw Edges
Located in London, GB
In this innovative design Shay Alkalay challenges our perception of what a drawer unit can be. Individual, multicolored, ‘floating’ drawer units are built up creating a tower of draw...
Plywood
Neo-Classical Style Mahogany & Brass Marble Top Chests Side Tables - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a late 20th century neoclassical style mahogany veneered chests with green marble tops. The commodes have Doric brass capitals and paws.
Marble, Brass
Pair of Elegant Light Blue Gustavian chest's of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative pair of Swedish Gustavian-style chests of drawers, crafted in pine and finished in a beautiful light blue green paint with an attractive aged patina, allowing the warm ton...
Brass
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Breakfront Chests of Drawers, Circa 1840–1860
Located in Kastrup, DK
A decorative pair of Swedish chests of drawers crafted in pine and executed in the Gustavian style. The softly weathered paintwork displays a delicate blend of celadon green and fade...
Brass
18th Century Swedish Baroque Bombè Chest of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large and impressive Swedish Baroque chest of drawers in a characteristic bombe shape from the first half of the 18th century. The chest features an elegant, curved front and rounded...
Pine
Campaign Chest / Desk, Anglo-Chinese in Camphor Wood. 19th Ctr.
Located in Kastrup, DK
Anglo-Chinese military campaign chest / desk. Crafted in solid camphor wood. Preserved in original condition and carefully repolished to maintain its rich patina. The chest is const...
Brass
$2,720Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Antique French Chaise Percee Louis XV Yellow Green Cane Wood Commode Chair
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
An extremely rare Louis XV style late 19th century to very early 20th century Chaise Percee or commode cover cane and wood chair. This is a historical piece and below is the proper ...
Hardwood
Antique French Painted Demi Lune Cabinet Commode 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is above a pair of panels depicting courting couples flanked by a satinwood panel on each end, each painted with a bouquet of flowers with floral banding, on a luxurious pastel...
Satinwood
$1,995
Antique Bedsteps
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A set of Georgian mahogany bed steps with box wood and ebony stringing: the treads with good quality pale green hide. The commode removed and now a hinged compartment
Mahogany
Italian Neo-Classical Commode, Ivory & Marble, 18th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic (18th Century) Ivory with green undertones painted monumental commode with gold gilt carved trim on sides and 2 drawers under a white serpentine shaped marble top
Marble
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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