Unique Design Petitie Chinoiserie Style Italian Painted Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This beautifully decorated Chinoiserie petite cabinet or bedside stand is a charming and highly distinctive accent piece that captures the romance and fascination with the Far East t...
Walnut
Venetian, Chinoiserie Bombé Commode, Beige Painted, Faux Marble, Italy, 1920s
Located in Stamford, CT
Venetian, Chinoiserie Bombé Commode, Beige Painted Wood, Faux Marble Top, Italy, 1920s An antique Venetian scenic chinoiserie bombe painted commode with a faux marble top.
Wood
Vintage Italian Ebonized Chinoiserie Style Brass Mounted Paint Decorated Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: 31 inches high x 33 3/4 inches wide x 44 1/2 inches deep A visually captivating vintage Italian commode executed in the Chinoiserie taste, blending European craftsmanshi...
Metal
Outstanding Pair 18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Paint Decorated Commodes
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This outstanding pair of 18th century Italian Chinoiserie paint decorated commodes captures the rare elegance and artistry of antique European furniture inspired by the fascination w...
Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Decorated Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century Italian commode. In original decorative Chinoiserie paint and in good overall condition.
Paint
Exceptional, Period Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A most unusual and rare, c. 1800, hand-carved and painted, serpentine, Venetian, Chinoiserie commode in the bombé style, with rounded legs terminating in ormolu feet. The whole richl...
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
$3,713Sale Price|20% Off
vintage chest of drawers with mirror, gilded with painted chinoiserie, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
vintage dresser, old chest of drawers complete with wavy and gilded mirror, gilded base decorated with painted chinoiserie, built in the mid-20th century in Italy. Chest of drawers m...
Mirror, Pine
Pair of 19th Century Venetian Hand Painted Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful matched pair of Italian hand painted Chinoiserie Venetian commodes, one early 19th century the other late 19th century.
Wood
Late 19th C. Venetian Chest Painted in Chinoiserie Stye of Blue & Yellow Ochres
Located in London, Park Royal
A late 19th century, Venetian chest of drawers with a curvaceous bombe style shape that plays with the light at all angles. The hand painted finish is in the Chinoiserie style featur...
Wood
ITALIAN ROCOCO STYLE CHINOISERIE GREEN PAINTED PETIT COMMODE
Located in San Francisco, CA
OF BOMBE FORM AND FITTED WITH TWO DRAWERS; RAISED ON CABRIOLE LEGS; PAINTED WITH EXOTIC CHINOISERIE SCENES OF FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE SETTINGS.
Unavailable
H 34.65 in W 45.28 in D 23.63 in
Highly Decorative Yellow and Cream Painted Chinoiserie Bombe Commode Marble Top
Located in South Yarra, AU
A highly decorative Italian yellow and cream painted chinoiserie bombe three drawer commode with marble top and decorative gilt metal escutcheons and feet Measures: 115cm wide, 6...
Wood
Rustic Chinoiserie Style Italian Painted Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charming rustic Chinoiserie style carved wooden cabinet with worn wood, distressed paint finish and Rosso Verona marble top. The top section of the chest contains a storage space ac...
Marble
Unavailable
H 28.5 in W 26.5 in D 15 in
Early 20th Century, Chinoiserie Decorated Pair of Side Commodes
Located in Tacoma, WA
Early 20th century chinoiserie decorated pair of side commodes with 1 long over 2 deep bombe shaped drawers. Both in original lightly distressed condition. Piedmontese Italian.
Wood
18th Century Italian Painted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 18th century Italian painted Chinoiserie Commode with five drawers.
Wood
Vintage Italian Hand Painted Yellow Chinoiserie Bombe Commode Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian hand painted yellow chinoiserie bombe commode chest.
Wood, Paint
Italian Rococo Style Scarlet Chinoiserie Decorated Commode
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Vibrant scarlet lacquer and chinoiserie scenes define this Italian Rococo-style commode.
Wood, Paint
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H 35.25 in W 49 in D 21.75 in
Antique Italian Provincial Chinoiserie Serpentine Bombe Commode Chest Dresser
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chinoiserie bombe commode or chest featuring serpentine form with baroque designs, and painted floral landscape scenes of trees and pagodas featuring geishas, warriors, music...
Bronze
Sold
H 32.29 in W 47.64 in D 20.08 in
20th Century Italian Painted Chinoiserie Dresser with Marble Top
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian dresser from the mid-20th century. Lacquered, gilded and painted chest of drawers with chinoiserie decorations, of fabulous decor. Furniture moved on front and sides, equippe...
Marble
Pair of Italian chinoisserie commodes
Located in København, København
A pair of Italian vintage commodes have had the previous layers of paint scraped off and painted in a pale white base color and the hand painted with blue chinoiserie decoration on t...
Wood
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H 35.83 in W 54.73 in D 23.63 in
1940 Italian Louis XV Style Blue and Gold Chinoiserie Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Berlin, DE
This stunning Italian Louis XV style blue and gold chinoiserie commode was made in the 1940s.
Mahogany, Wood, Hardwood
Sold
H 36 in W 72 in D 20 in
Wonderful Vintage Shabby Chic Mirrored Chinoiserie Gilt Reverse Painted Chest
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful vintage shabby chic mirrored chinoiserie, gold gilt and reverse painted shadow box drawer chest. With a few unfortunate cracks, one on the side panel and another on side...
Mirror
Italian Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Decorated Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Italian Louis XV style chinoiserie decorated two drawer chest of drawers with a faux marble top, mid-20th century.
Wood, Paint
Italian Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Decorated Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Italian Louis XV style chinoiserie decorated serpentine front chest of drawers with a faux marble top, mid-20th century.
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique English Chinoiserie Cabinet on a Carved Giltwood Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine antique English Chinoiserie painted cabinet on a carved giltwood stand. Lovely painted raised Asian images. Exceptional quality! Superb!!
Wood, Giltwood
Sold
H 32 in W 37.5 in D 18.5 in
Near Pair of Venetian Églomisé Mirrored Chests with Reverse Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Near pair of Venetian three drawer chests of drawers decorated with églomisé mirrored panels depicting classic chinoiserie scenes. The wood frames are black lacquered and sit on brac...
Mirror
19th Century Italian Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved and painted, parcel-gilt, lacquered, two-drawer, Italian, chinoiserie commode featuring a variety of vignettes bordered by foliate frames.
Wood
Italian Bombe Chinoiserie Decorated Commode
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV style Italian bombe chinoiserie decorated commode, fourth quarter of the 20th century. With raised chinoiserie decoration.
Brass
Pair of Italian Green Chinoiserie Decorated Commodes
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pair of Louis XV style Italian green chinoiserie decorated two drawer commodes, with raised gilt decorations, circa 1980s.
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Petite Chinoiserie Style Painted Commode with Two Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite chinoiserie style painted commode with two drawers and splayed feet. William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Early 18th Century Venetian Baroque Chinoiserie Painted Desk or Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Desk with beautifully distressed chinoiserie decoration, with a later fitted interior to accommodate extensive silverware, labeled in German.
Poplar, Pine
Sold
H 25 in W 25 in D 15 in
Pair of Small Italian Florentine Green Painted Bombe Commodes Chests Nightstands
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of vintage petite Italian Florentine / Venetian green painted bombe commodes / bedside tables.
18th Century Italian Painted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Nashville, TN
This exquisite 18th century Italian commode features a serpentine front with three functional drawers all hand-painted with chinoiserie decoration.
Wood
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H 32.5 in W 49.5 in D 21.5 in
18th Century Italian Painted Chinoiserie White & Gold Commode, Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century Italian painted Chinoiserie white and gold commode, three drawers.
Wood
Italian Chinoiserie Commode / Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very beautiful red lacquered chest / commode made in the 18th Century. The decoration is later. The wooden case is poplar.
Wood, Paint
Venetian chinoiserie two drawer commode
Located in Tacoma, WA
A good,late 19th century Venetian red lacquer chinoiserie shaped commode with great detailing and some raised lacquer work
Giltwood
Sold
H 31.5 in W 21.5 in D 13.75 in
Pair of Florentine Black Painted Chinoiserie Petite Commodes from 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian rococo style Florentine black painted Chinoiserie commodes of petite size from the late 19th century.
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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