$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Italian Piranesi Topographical Polychromed Marble Top Commode
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine Italian Piranesi topographical Polychromed marble top commode.
Marble, Bronze
$5,850Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Polychrome Painted Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, 18th century, case with pale blue paint with ebonized moldings and mustard, terracotta, and dark blue painted panels, bronze escutcheons, tenoned and dovetailed construction.
Wood, Paint
Rare Italian Sicilian Red Scarlet and Polychromed Rococo Style Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Italian Sicilian red scarlet and polychromed Rococo style commode 19th century.
Paint
Venetian Bombe Commode Polychromed and Painted
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th Century Polychromed Venetian Commode with bombe front, creating a rounded, convex shape. Commode features a vibrant blue polychromed paint that has gracefully aged over tim...
Wood
An Italian Polychrome-Painted & Faux-Marble Top Neoclassic Commode, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Italian Polychrome Faux-Marble Top Neoclassic Commode 18th Century The faux-marble top above three drawers all resting on tapering legs. decorated throughout with great detail.
Late 19th C. Venetian Polychromed Chest / Commode with Marbleized Cartouche Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 19th Century Venetian Polychromed Chest/Commode with Marbleized Cartouche Top Measurements: Overall: 31.5" W × 15.5" D × 32" H Fitted with three center drawers, each approx. 17...
Brass
19th Century Painted Polychrome Venetian 3 Drawer Commode
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century painted polychrome Venetian 3 drawer commode with shaped sides. Lovely pale pink and white paint with green outlined and floral painted drawers and sides.
Wood, Paint
$18,400 / set
Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Neoclassical wooden two-drawer commodes made in the 19th Century with polychrome painted mythical figures around gracefully adorning the surfaces.
Wood, Paint
Pair 18th Century Venetian Rococo Polychrome Painted Bombe Commodes Lacca
Located in San Carlos, CA
A rare and exceptional pair of Italian Rococo polychrome-painted commodes in the Venetian tradition, dating to the mid-to-late 18th century — almost certainly originating from the Ve...
Wood, Softwood
18th Century Italian Painted Bombe Commode ca. 1770
Located in Tarry Town, NY
The commode’s serpentine form and bombe silhouette are hallmarks of Italian furniture design during the late Baroque and early Rococo periods.
Brass
$8,800Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Polychrome Painted Faux Marble Top Neoclassical Chest of Drawers.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century North Italian Polychrome Painted and Faux Marble Top Neoclassical Chest of Drawers. Elaborately hand painted 18th century three drawer Italian chest. Probably Florence....
Wood
19th Century Painted Five Drawer Semainier, Probably Italian in Origin
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully decorated hand painted five drawer carved semainier with floral painted drawer fronts and top, pierce carved foliate crest, side cartouches of various female figures, a...
Wood
Italian Hand-Carved Tuscan Chest with Laurel Garlands in Antiqued Silver Leaf
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Hand-Carved Tuscan Chest with Laurel Garlands in Antiqued Silver Leaf, Handmade in Italy This elegant hand-carved Tuscan-style chest is a finely executed example of traditio...
Hardwood
18th Century Italian Two-Drawer Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
An elegant Italian polychrome commode, with a shaped and molded top and two drawers over tall cabriole legs ending in hoof feet, the knees of the front legs with a carved leaf design...
Wood
Rare, 18th Century Italian Demilune Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very special piece: a rare Italian polychrome commode, in demilune shape, having three drawers over a scalloped apron and on cabriole legs.
Wood
18th Century Italian Lowboy Chinoiserie Polychrome Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th century Italian lowboy chinoiserie polychrome commode with two functioning drawers, the top, front and sides painted with whimsical pictorial scenes, the whole resting atop c...
18c. Polychrome Genovese Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
A painted, rococo Italian commode with serpentine front and sides and shaped apron. The piece with a blue faux marble top over four tiers of drawers, the top tier having two drawers...
Wood
Penwork & polychrome-decorated walnut commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian baroque penwork and polychrome-decorated walnut commode, the top over three line-inlaid, thumb-molded drawers, raised on scrolling foliate carved legs, the drawer fronts polc...
Unavailable
H 38.5 in W 58 in D 25.5 in
18th Century Venetian Polychrome Concave Block Front Commode Credenza
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Pristine 18th century Venetian polychrome concave block front commode credenza with three long drawers and two secret and canted side doors opening to reveal ten polychromed cubby ...
Wood
18th Century Venetian Four-Drawer Polychrome Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th century Venetian four-drawer polychrome commode, the serpentine top above a conforming base with two short drawers and two wide drawers, each with cartouche panels of flowers...
Unavailable
H 35.75 in W 50.5 in D 20.5 in
Rare Pair of Important 18th Century Venetian Polychrome Commodes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare pair of Important 18th century Venetian polychrome commodes, retaining their original subtle color tones and finish depicting "Oriental" figures and images as seen t...
Unavailable
H 37.25 in W 21.5 in D 46.25 in
Elegant Pair of 18th Century Neoclassical Luccan Louis XVI Polychrome Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant pair of 18th century neoclassical Luccan Louis XVI polychrome commodes, with faux marble tops, above three drawers (the top drawers retaining their original locks and keys...
Unavailable
H 31.88 in W 40.5 in D 19.5 in
18th Century Venetian Rococo Chinoiserie Polychrome Cassetone Piccolo, Lowboy
Located in San Francisco, CA
A highly rare 18th century Venetian Rococo chinoiserie polychrome Cassetone Piccolo (Lowboy), a masterful example of Venetian chinoiserie at its exuberant best, the top featuring thr...
Unavailable
H 33 in W 20.75 in D 15.75 in
Elegant Pair of 18th Century Neoclassical Luccan Louis XVI Polychrome Commodini
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant pair of 18th century neoclassical Luccan Louis XVI polychrome commodini, each with a faux marble top, above two drawers retaining their original locks and keys and center...
Italian Polychrome Commode with Faux Marble Top
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Italian polychrome three drawer ivory commode with coral and jade painted detail and faux marble top.
Paint
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Polychrome Decorated Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th century Italian neoclassical polychrome decorated commode.
Wood
Pale Blue Polychrome Italian Commode, 19th Century
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Lovely blue-painted 19th Century Italian Chest of drawers. Having the clean lines of Neoclassical form and similar to its Swedish cousins. Reconditioned, paint refreshed. Having tw...
Wood
An Italian Polychrome-Painted And Faux-Marble Top Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
The faux-marble top above three drawers all resting on tapering legs, decorated throughout with great detail. Height 40 in. Width 58 in. Depth 25 in.
18th Century Italian Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very good 18th C Italian serpentine front two drawer commode with original polychrome painted decoration. 1770.
Pine
Italian Polychromed Pine Chest
Located in Bronx, NY
Italian Polychromed Pine Chest, 19th century and later, the serpentine top with molded edge above a conforming case fitted with three long drawers, raised on bun feet, the whole deco...
Polychromed Italian Neoclassical-Style Chest, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful shades of pale green painted on this 19th century chest. The top depicting a putti amidst a wreath band flora, the case with a bank of three drawers, each in urn and scro...
Wood
Polychromed Italian Neoclassical Style Chest, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful shades of pale green painted on this 19th century chest. The top depicting a putti amidst a wreath band flora, the case with a bank of three drawers, each in urn and scro...
Wood
Polychromed Italian Neoclassical Style Chest, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful shades of pale green painted on this 19th century chest. The top depicting a putti amidst a wreath band flora, the case with a bank of three drawers, each in urn and scro...
Wood
Polychromed Italian Neoclassical-Style Chest, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful shades of pale green painted on this 19th century chest. The top depicting a putti amidst a wreath band flora, the case with a bank Of three drawers, each in urn and scrol...
Wood
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H 32.5 in W 51 in D 23 in
Extraordinary Polychrome Paint Decorated Venetian Rococo Bombe Commode C1870
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This extraordinary Venetian Rococo bombe commode, dating to circa 1870, is a true masterpiece of Italian decorative arts.
Walnut
18th Century Polychrome Italian Commodini
Located in Dallas, TX
an Italian painted small two drawer chest / commodini
Wood
Palace Scale Italian Renaissance Period Cassettone or Large Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Renaissance period Cassettone, or large chest of drawers, with 3-drawer and a concealed, hinged lid top, retaining its period polychrome painted arabesque decoration over pin...
Pine
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H 34.25 in W 50.5 in D 23.75 in
Italian, Genoa, Louis XIV Period Painted 3-Drawer Commode, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lacquered in polychrome, faux marble painted top.
Wood
Italian Baroque Style Giltwood Commode Reproduced by La Maison, London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Italian baroque style commode: Hand-carved by master craftsmen and hand finished in an aged polychrome gilded and turquoise patina using traditional methods and materials.
Giltwood, Wood
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H 35.44 in W 23.23 in L 35.44 in
18th Century, Italian Polychrome Lacquered Wooden Chest of Drawers
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Polychrome Lacquered Wooden Dresser With Chinoiserie Decorations This elegant chest of drawers was made in Genoa, northern Italy, around the middle of the 18th...
Bronze
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H 36.23 in W 49.61 in
18th Century Italian Polychrome Lacquered Wooden Dresser with Floral Decorations
Located in IT
Polychrome lacquered wooden dresser with floral decorations 18th century, Italian Genoa Elegant Italian (Genoese) chest of drawers of the 18th century, made of lacquered wood in ...
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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