Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Unique Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers . its been restored and repainted with Milk paints "Oyster White"
Pine
Swedish 19th Century Black Painted Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish 18th Century chest of drawers painted a later Gustavian black paint and patina. This classic commode is a very versatile piece that works well in a foyer, living room or bedr...
Brass
Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very High Quality High Class Gustavian 3 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian style 3 drawer chest, its been restored and repainted with Milk paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 drawer Chest. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Vintage Gustavian Painted 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
The Vintage Gustavian Painted 3 Drawer Chest is a charming piece of furniture with a unique painted finish.
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique Gustavian Style 3 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Very unique Gustavian Style 3 drawer chest of drawers. it was restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Pants "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Birch
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers . its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Birch
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Birch
Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very Unique Swedish Gustavian style 3 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer chest of drawers. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Midnight Black"
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very Unique 3 drawer Gustavian style chest of drawers. it has a very unique finish.
Wood
$4,880 / set
2 Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an unusual set of 2 Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. They have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers .
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers .
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Birch
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Berlin Iron
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Painted Mifnight Blue
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Gustavian dresser renovated to highest standard and painted in midnight blue. Fine moldings around drawers and fittings in solid brass. Marble top Width 84 cm / 33.1" Depth: 48cm /...
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style Matching 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Rare and unique set of 2 Swedish Gustavian Style Matching 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers.
Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish 3 Drawer Gustavian Chest
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th Century chest of drawers painted in black. This classic Gustavian commode is a very versatile piece that works well in a foyer, living room or bedroom.
Brass
Gustavian Style Unique Deep 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian style deep 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. With a depth of 7 inches in each drawer.
Wood
Gustavian Style Three Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest. its been restored and repainted with Milk paints "Oyster White"
Pine
Swedish 18th Century Black Painted Baroque Gustavian-Painted 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish 18th Century chest of drawers painted a later Gustavian black paint and patina. This classic commode is a very versatile piece that works well in a foyer, living room or bedr...
Bronze
Swedish 18th Century Black Painted Baroque Gustavian-Painted 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Mid 18th Century chest of drawers painted a later Gustavian black paint and Patina. This classic commode is a very versatile piece that works well in a foyer, living room or ...
Brass
Gustavian 19th Century Grey Painted 3 Drawer Dresser
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late Swedish 19th century painted chest of drawers. This 3 drawer dresser has a charming break front style with the original brass hardware.
Bronze
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian style 3 drawer chest, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
$13,500Sale Price|50% Off
A Handsome Swedish Gustavian Alder Root Parquetry Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome Swedish Gustavian alder root parquetry 3-drawer chest; the well-figured top with canted corners above a body fitted with 3 graduated drawers with parquetry veneer; raised ...
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style Green Painted Chest of Drawers Dresser
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Green Painted Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Bureau. This three drawer bureau is based on an 18th Century Gustavian antique chest of drawers.
Brass
Vintage Swedish Painted Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Swedish Gustavian painted 3 drawer chest. Swedish painted chests—whether Gustavian, country/folk, or neoclassical—are beloved for their soft palettes, simple lines, and timel...
Wood
Large Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique Large Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk paints "Oyster Grey".
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian style 3 drawer chest, its been restored and repainted with Milk paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Gustavian Style 3-Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian style 3-drawer chest, they have been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Gustavian Style 3-Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a set of 2 Gustavian style 3-drawer chest, they have been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
this is a unique Swedish Gustavian style 3 drawer chest. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White
Pine
Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Berlin Iron
Unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk paints "Oyster White"
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique Swedish Gustavian Style 3 drawer chest of drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Pine
2 Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique set of 2 Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. they have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
Blue Late 19th Century Swedish 3 Drawer Gustavian Chest
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th Century chest of drawers painted in Gustavian blue. This classic Gustavian style commode is a very versatile piece that works well in a foyer, living room or bedroom.
Brass
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Nightstands
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique set of 3 drawer Gustavian Style Nightstands. They have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood
3 Drawer Gustavian Style Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a 3 drawer Gustavian style chest, it has been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
2-3 Drawer Gustavian Chests
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a set of 2-3 drawer Gustavian chests. They have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Birch
18th Century Swedish 3 Drawer Painted Chest
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Swedish 3 Drawer Painted Chest. A solid piece of furniture, drawers slide nicely. Please use pics as your guide. Obvious wear expected of a chest of this age.
Wood, Paint
2 Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chests
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a set of 2 Gustavian Style 3 drawer chests, They have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
2 Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chests
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a set of 2 Swedish Gustavian style 3 drawer chests, They have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Wood
2-3 Drawer Gustavian Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a set of 2-3 drawer Gustavian chest of drawers. They have been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster White".
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Matching Set Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique set of 3 drawer gustavian style chest of drawers. they have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Chest of Drawers Bureau
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Blue Painted Swedish Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Bureau. This three drawer bureau is based on an 18th Century Gustavian antique chest.
Brass
Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a set of 2 Swedish Gustavian 3 drawer chest, they have been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster White".
Wood
Midnight Black Gustavian 3-Drawer Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a midnight black Gustavian 3-drawer chest. Its been restored and repainted with milk paints "Midnight black".
Wood
Unique Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very Unique Swedish Gustavian 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Pine
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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.