20th Century Louis XV Style Commode Joseph Stockel
By Joseph Stöckel
Located in Berlin, DE
Significant commode in the style of Louis XV. After Joseph Stockel and Guillaume Benneman. Piano black polished veneer on solid oak and pine.
Bronze
$88,938
H 38.59 in W 70.87 in D 29.93 in
Louis XVI Style Commode, After The Model By Joseph and Guillaume Benneman
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
This magnificent commode is a fine 19th century example of a very famous model of which a pair were made by Guillaume Benneman, adapted from a design by Joseph Stöckel, and supplied ...
Marble, Ormolu
$24,306Sale Price|20% Off
H 40.95 in W 86.62 in D 21.66 in
20th Century, Louis XVI Style Meuble D'appui Credenza Sideboard
Located in Berlin, DE
Credenza / Meuble d'Appui after Joseph Stockel and Guillaume Benneman in the style of Louis XVI.
Marble, Bronze
$49,500
H 34.5 in W 43.75 in D 19 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu Commode À Porte
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mahogany, ormolu Commode à Porte, after a model by Joseph Stöckel and Guillaume Benneman. This one door demi lune shaped chest is raised by four most impressive richly chased ormolu ...
Marble, Ormolu
$4,603
H 31.11 in W 104.34 in D 43.31 in
Majestic Large dinning / conference Table in antique Louis-Seize Style bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Slightly modified model after the Château Fontainebleau Maria Antoinette chest of drawers, Joseph Stockel u. Guillaume Benneman. Bois-Satiné veneer, all-over widespread mirror vene...
Wood
$70,821
H 36.82 in W 69.3 in D 27.76 in
Antique 19th Century Marie-Antoinette Commode Paris Fire-Gilt Bronze Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
From the most significant craftsmen of the 18th century, Joseph Stockel (1743–1802) and Guillaume Benemann (1750-1811) who received a commission from Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette ...
Mahogany
$280,500
H 36 in W 83.5 in D 29.5 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Commode De Chateau
By Maison Krieger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and grand scale French mid 19th century Louis XVI style flamed mahogany and ormolu mounted Commode de Chateau after a model by Guillaume Beneman, Joseph Stöckel and att...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
$95,000
H 37 in W 76 in D 28 in
Excellent Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode/Server By Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson, Benneman and Stockel
Located in Long Island City, NY
After the very famous 18th century model by Benneman and Stockel. The design for the present commode à l’anglaise is a 19th century variation of a model originally conceived by Jose...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$95,000
H 36 in W 55 in D 25 in
A Fantastic Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By Pretot
By Hippolyte-Edme Pretot
Located in Long Island City, NY
The design of the present commode relates closely to that of a pair adapted by Guillaume Benneman from a model by Joseph Stöckel supplied to Marie-Antoinette in 1786 for the Salon de...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$94,303
H 36.62 in W 70.48 in D 27.17 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Commode after Benneman
Located in London, GB
Antique French Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted commode after Benneman French, Early 20th Century Height 93cm, width 179cm, depth 69cm This outstanding commode à vanteaux is after a ...
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI style Wedgwood Commode a Vantaux, Late 19th/20th Century
Located in New York, NY
This commode's design relates closely to that of a pair adapted by Guillaume Benneman from a model by Joseph Stöckel who supplied Marie-Antoinette with furniture in 1786 for the Salo...
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 36.62 in W 69.89 in D 25.4 in
Commode After Benneman and Stöckel, Louis XVI Paris Around 1900
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Heiligenberg, DE
The model for this chest of drawers was a pair of royal chests of drawers designed by J. STÖCKL (Joseph Stöckel, master 1775) and completed by G. BENNEMAN (Guillaume Bennemann, maste...
Hardwood
Sold
H 38 in W 70.5 in D 29 in
Louis XVI Style Commode after Benneman and Stöckel Model for Marie-Antoinette
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 20th century Louis XVI style Guillaume Benneman from a model by Joseph Stöckel. The original supplied to Marie-Antoinette for the Salon des Jeux at Fontainebleau in 1786.
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Sold
H 55.91 in W 37.01 in D 15.75 in
French Ormolu-Mounted Marqueterie Secretaire Abattant, Cabinet, 1775
Located in Rome, IT
Louis XVI, late 18th century Stamped Stockel Joseph Stockel recu maitre en, 1775.
Wood
Significant Commode in the Style of Louis XV
Located in Berlin, DE
From the most significant craftsmen of the 18th Century, Joseph Stockel (1743–1802) and Guillaume Benemann (1750 - 1811) who received a commission from Louis XVI, and Marie Antoine...
Sold
H 34.5 in W 43.5 in D 19 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Commode à Une Porte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XVI st mahogany and ormolu Commode à Une Porte, after a model by Joseph Stöckel and Guillaume Benneman. This demi lune commode is raised on fo...
Ebonized Louis XVI Style Commode After Guillaume Benneman
Located in New York, NY
His design from the 1880s was based upon the work of Joseph Stockel in the 1770s when he is known to have supplied works for the royal chateaus at Versailles and Fontainebleau.
Important Chest-of-Drawers Attributed to Krieger
By Maison Krieger
Located in PARIS, FR
He settles at the 6 rue Forest in the Temple neighbourhood until 1804. Joseph Stockel (1741-1802). Native from Germany, he becomes Master on April 2nd, 1775 and settles rue de Cha...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 36.62 in W 70.87 in D 25.2 in
Louis XVI "Marie Antoinette" Fontainebleau Commode, after Benneman & Stöckel
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Madrid, ES
Guillaume Benneman and Joseph Stöckel created the originals, you can own this beautifully crafted homage to 18th century splendor.
Marble, Ormolu
Sold
H 36.62 in W 70.87 in D 26.38 in
“Marie-Antoinette” chest of drawers in Mahogany, after G.Benneman and J.Stöckel
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in HÉRIC, FR
This ceremonial chest of drawers is based on a cabinetmaking work by Guillaume Benneman (1750-1811) and Joseph Stöckel (1743-1802). This perfectly executed piece of furniture was ori...
Bronze
Louis XVI Dresser, Signed Paul Sormani, Paris, 1890s
By Paul Sormani
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
It was created from a pair of dressers designed by Joseph Stöckel (master cabinetmaker since 1775) and completed by Guillaume Bennemann (master cabinetmaker since 1785).
Carrara Marble
$845,000
H 101 in W 56 in D 20 in
Palatial Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood and Vernis Martin Style Vitrine
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb quality palatial French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted, satinwood, kingwood parquetry and Vernis Martin style paneling three-door raised Vitrine Display Cabinet attributed t...
Bronze
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...
Ormolu
$342,071
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$24,950Sale Price|47% Off
H 37 in W 63 in D 27 in
French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted kingwood, amaranth, satinwood and Tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout Floral Marquetry Two-Drawer Commode of bom...
Marble, Bronze
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$46,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 27.25 in W 22.5 in D 27.25 in
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard and Fedinand Barbedienne - ‘F. Barbédienne & Cie. / A Paris’, after the model by É...
Bronze, Ormolu
$661,844 / set
H 38.39 in W 83.47 in D 31.11 in
Antique Rare Fine Pair of French Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Mounted Commodes
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique fine French rare pair of early 20th century mahogany, fruitwood marquetry and gilt bronze mounted commodes In the Louis XVI Style, after the original model of the commode com...
Bronze, Other
$274,500
H 71 in W 55.5 in D 17 in
Antonio Garella (1863-1919) Italian Marble Sculpture “The Village Celebration"
By Antonio Garella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine, Large and Charming Italian Late 19th to early 20th-Century Carrara Marble Sculpture Group Titled “The Village Celebration” by Professor Antonio Garella (Italian, 1863-19...
Marble, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
$124,500Sale Price|28% Off
H 38 in W 81.5 in D 31.5 in
Palatial French Louis XVI Style Marquetry & Gilt-Bronze Armorial Commode
By Bronzes By Leon Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large French late 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany, Kingwood Bandings and fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquertry and gilt bronze mounts, a...
Bronze, Ormolu
René Lalique Ceylan Vase
By René Lalique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the celebrated French glassmaker René Lalique, this enchanting Ceylan vase is molded from opalescent glass with a blue stained wheel. The design, conceived by Lalique on M...
Glass
Rococo Style Parcel-Gilt and Painted Three-Fold Screen
Located in London, GB
Painted to the front and rear with outdoor scenes of nature, with courting couples and winged cherubs, in the typical Rococo style.
Giltwood
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 43 in W 83 in D 14 in
19th Century French Ebony and Boulle Bookcase/Vitrine
By François Linke
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A handsome bookcase or china cabinet made in France in the last half of the 19th century. The case is in ebonized wood (including the top), and is curved at each side. There are thre...
Wood
$18,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 4 in W 13 in D 8 in
An Exceptional American Caldwell "Renaissance Style" Bronze and Enamel Humidor
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An Exceptional American "Renaissance Style" Arts and Crafts Bronze, Enamel and Multi Gemstone Cigar Humidor by Edward F. Caldwell & Co. This remarkable cigar humidor, crafted by...
Multi-gemstone, Bronze, Enamel
$550,000
H 37 in W 22 in D 14 in
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Danville, CA
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock An important, exhibition quality ormolu bronze bracket clock of massive proportions, the case decorated...
Bronze
$34,207
H 83.47 in W 74.81 in D 88.19 in
Bed Italian Venetian Painted Trompe L’œil Baroque Fortuny Superking 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Magnificent, 18th Century, Venetian, Trompe-L’œil, Painted, Bed, Superking 6ft, 180cm wide, With Massive 213cm, 6ft 10in Shaped Headboard & 149cm, 5ft Shaped Footboard & Fortuny Bedc...
Paint
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Boulle Marquetry Jardinière
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and Boulle marquetry jardinière French, Late 19th Century Height 38cm, width 78cm, depth 45cm This superb jardinière is crafted using several complex tec...
Brass, Ormolu
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.