19th c. French Louis XVI Fruitwood Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This product is a 19th-century French Louis XVI fruitwood commode, with a beautiful marble top.
Marble
Louis XVI 18th Century French Fruitwood Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th Century French fruitwood 3 drawer commode with a thick marble top. 1790
Marble, Brass
French 20th Century Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This marble-topped fruitwood commode from France is a more recent (1900s) interpretation of a Louis XVI original, such a distinct style that brings regal refinement to any interior f...
Brass
Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Marquetry Commode Modeled After Jean-Henri Reisener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional French Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Mahogany and Fruitwood Marquetry and Parquetry, Armorial Commode with original Marble Top, after a model by Jean-Henri Riesene...
Bronze
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Marquetry 2-Drawer Commode
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Marquetry 2-Drawer Commode This glowing kidney shaped fruitwood Marquetry commode in the Louis XVI style is richly adorned with gilded br...
Brass, Bronze
An Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Walnut, Fruitwood and Bronze commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Walnut, Fruitwood and Bronze commode.
Bronze
Pair Of Italian 19th c. Louis XVI St. Tulipwood, Fruitwood, & Mahogany Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, ebonized Fruitwood, Mahogany and white Carrara marble commodes.
Marble
French Louis XVI Marble Top Inlaid Demilune Walnut and Fruitwood Commode Console
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XVI demilune marble top commode or console is a remarkable work of art: it features a fully curved casework in a demilune form that presents no corners or sharp ...
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Walnut Commode Sauteuse with Fruitwood
Located in Birmingham, AL
An exceptional 19th century French Louis XVI style commode sauteuse handcrafted of walnut by skilled artisans near Bordeaux, circa 1880s.
Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XVI Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This magnificent Louis XVI Chest is made of marquetry and inlay of walnut and fruitwood.
Walnut, Fruitwood
French 18th Century Louis XVI Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This wonderful 18th century chest is made of fruitwood and a beautiful marble top.
Marble
Elegant French 18th Century Commode Louis XVI Period
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Louis XVI French 18th century Commode with grey marble-top .Above two drawers decorated sans travers and ormolu mounts. Fine detailed floral inlay with various noble woods...
Fruitwood
Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Fruitwood and Ormolu cabinets/night tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Fruitwood and Ormolu cabinets/night tables.
Ormolu
$1,896Sale Price|50% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Style Petite Commode 'Sauteuse'
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An attractive little Louis XVI style “sauteuse” chest of drawers, in veneered wood, with inlaid marquetry decoration and a 'Breche d'Alep' marble top. This 'transitional' style commo...
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Fruitwood Chest with Blue Paint and Marble Top
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th Century French Louis XVI Fruitwood Chest with the ORIGINAL blue paint. The Specimen Marble is beautiful and the Original Hardware is Stunning. Pictured urns on top are not in...
Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Commode / Chest Of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Louis XVI / Neoclassical commode hand-crafted in France in the early 1700s using walnut and decorated with walnut, oak and fruitwood veneer.
Fruitwood, Walnut
An Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Commode by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Marble-Top Commode by Paul Sormani. Stamped twice beneath the marble top 'SORMANI Paris'. The lockplate engraved 'P. Sormani Paris 10 ...
Marble, Ormolu
$1,200Sale Price|45% Off
Beautiful French Marble Topped Louis XVI Bombe Commode with Intricate Marquetry
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A particularly beautiful French Louis XVI bombe commode with intricate mixed wood marquetry in walnut and fruitwoods.
Walnut, Fruitwood
French Mahogany, Fruitwood and Brocatelle D' Espagne Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French mid 18th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Fruitwood and Brocatelle D'espagne marble commode.
Marble
Louis XVI Commode, Marble Top, Marquetry Inlay, France, Circa 1780
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very fine marble-topped commode, with elegant marquetry-fronted drawers and bronze ormolu mounts. This handsome little chest of drawers dates from the Louis XVI Period, late 18th c...
Marble, Bronze
$124,500Sale Price|28% Off
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
Louis XVI Inlaid Commode with "Rouge Lanquedoc" Marble, circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XVI (Possibly Transitional LXV/LXVI) commode, French in origin and dating from the 1780s.
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Petite Commode Side Cabinet / Louis XVI Style
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Step into a realm of unrivaled grandeur with this extraordinary 19th century French petite commode sideboard cabinet, masterfully crafted in the esteemed Louis XVI style. Every deta...
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Inlaid Wood Italian Louis XVI Style Commode, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Finely veneered and inlaid with geometric decorations in walnut, rosewood, maple, ebonized wood, beech, and fruitwood, this Louis XVI-style commode features three drawers, two of whi...
Wood
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Top Commodes Chest of Drawers
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A rare an opulent pair of matched and signed French Louis XVI style commodes, dressers, or chests of drawers by French cabinet maker Rene Trotel born in Brittany, France 20th Century.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$49,875Sale Price|23% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Fontainebleau Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany, fruitwood and sycamore marquetry and parquetry commode with a Brèche Violette marble-top, after the model by Jean-...
Marble, Ormolu
Italian Walnut Neoclassical, Louis XVI Commode / Chest Of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Neoclassical / Louis XVI commode hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut and decorated with fruitwood inlay.
Fruitwood, Walnut
$48,950Sale Price|42% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV-XVI Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Commode Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI-Louis XVI Transition Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany, Birdseye Maple, Fruitwood and Sycamore Marquetry and Parquetry Commode with a Brèche d'A...
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Commode, Cherrywood, Bronze Accents
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This petite French Louis XVI-style cherrywood commode has a charmingly rustic feel. Raised on four sheath legs, it features two frieze drawers adorned with gilt brass ring-handles an...
Bronze
Italian Louis XVI Inlaid Commode with Floral Marquetry, Late 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional Italian Louis XVI commode dating to the late 18th century, masterfully crafted with striking marquetry and refined neoclassical lines.
Fruitwood
Louis XVI Style Kidney-Shaped Commode with Cube Marquetry, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant French kidney-shaped commode (commode rognon) dates from the late 19th century and was crafted in the Louis XVI style, reflecting the refined neoclassical taste that rem...
Breccia Marble, Brass, Bronze
French 1890s Louis XVI Style Three-Drawer Commode with Rounded Fluted Side Posts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style wooden cherry fruitwood commode from the late 19th century, with three drawers and fluted motifs.
Brass
$1,760Sale Price|54% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Commode with Marquetry and Grey Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A dainty 19th century French commode in the Louis XVI style, in marquetry veneer with a grey marble top. Its two drawers, with central projection, are adorned with bronze handles and...
Marble
$1,544Sale Price|44% Off
French Louis XVI Style Demi-Lune Two-Drawer Commode with Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming, French Louis XVI transitional style demi-lune two-drawer commode, with an intricate inlay of cross-banded patterns across the facade and sides. Fitted with fine, gilt bro...
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, 1790-1800
Located in Leimen, DE
Explore the timeless elegance of a late 18th-century French Louis XVI chest of drawers. This exquisite piece stands gracefully on slender cabriole legs and features two drawers adorn...
Elm, Fruitwood
Louis XVI Style Bleached Chest by Baker Furniture Company
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Louis XVI Style Bleached Chest by Baker Furniture Company. Brass mounted with side fluted columns. Top drawer has the original Baker Furniture Company plaque.. Retains the original key.
Brass
Louis XV - XVI Transition Chest of Drawers, France 1770-80
Located in Belmont, MA
An exceptional French Louis XV-XVI Transition dresser featuring a total of five drawers. The upper section includes three smaller drawers adorned with finely detailed vine motifs, wh...
Marble
Louis XVI Chest of Drawers with Marble Top, France 1780
Located in Leimen, DE
18th century, Louis XVI Commode, France, 1780, decorated with beautiful flower and geometrical marquetry made of kingwood and rosewood veneer, two drawers, raised on cabriole legs wi...
Fruitwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Louis XVI Period Walnut Chest of Drawers Dresden Germany circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
A fine Louis XVI period chest with three drawers from Dresden, Germany circa 1780. The top, front and sides feature walnut and walnut burl enhanced with an oval marquetry medallion o...
Bronze
Louis XVI Chest of Drawers in Rosewood with Siena Yellow Marble
Located in Prato, IT
Tuscany, Louis XVI, end of the 18th century Rosewood veneer with fruit wood fillets Good conditions Marble with Carrara base veneered with Giallo di Siena from a later period Dim...
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Veneered in Rosewood with Gray Marble Top
Located in Prato, IT
Tuscany, Louis XVI, end of the 18th century Rosewood veneer with fruit wood fillets Good conditions Coeval marble Dimensions: W103 x D56 x H85 cm.
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
Antique Louis XVI Style Fruit Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XVI style fruit wood chest of drawers, early 19th century. With a rectangular top with turret corners and centrally located points of star inlay, 3 drawers with brass h...
Brass
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Faux Marble Painted Florentine Bombe Commode Dresser Buffet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Italian Florentine bombe commode dresser buffet is a striking example of hand-painted craftsmanship and Old-World elegance. The piece features a curvaceous bombe form, richly ad...
Fruitwood
Louis XV/XVI Style Tulipwood, Kingwood, and Fruitwood Marquetry Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Louis XV/XVI style transitional ormolu-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry commode, centred by a lock on each drawer, serpentine sided rouge royal marble top.
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
18th Century Halfcabinet/ Trumeau Commode, Cherrywood, Austria circa 1780
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable late 18th Century halfcabinet or so-called "Trumeau" commode from the "Josephinism" period in Austria. (called after Joseph II, holy Roman emperor in which he was the sole...
Cherry, Fruitwood, Nutwood, Spruce
Italian Louis XV XVI Transition Cube Parquetry Marquetry Chest of Drawers Signed
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in Forney, TX
Exceptionally executed in 18th century Louis XV / Louis XVI Transition period style, this fine quality antique reproduction features stunning rare and exotic tulipwood and kingwood m...
Breccia Marble, Brass, Bronze
Josephine Commode, Walnut, Cherry and Gold-Plate, Vienna, Austria circa 1790
Located in Regensburg, DE
Fine Austrian Josephine (period of Louis XVI. in Austria) Commode / Chest of 3 Drawers from Vienna about 1790, late 18th Century. Walnut and cherry veneer on softwood with rich inla...
Gold Plate, Bronze, Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Petite Walnut Commode with Marquetry
Located in Birmingham, AL
A beautifully handcrafted 19th century French commode or side table from the historic Provençal city of Arles. Petite in scale but rich in detail, this elegant piece is constructed o...
Fruitwood, Tulipwood, Walnut
$437Sale Price|65% Off
19th Century Diminutive French Provincial Child’s Chest of Drawers
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Diminutive French Provincial Child’s chest of drawers This child’s Baroque style French country chest of drawers has a finely serpentine façade that has two spacious an...
Fruitwood
Unavailable|$11,500
PERIOD LOUIS XV WALNUT MARBLE TOP COMMODE
Located in Natchez, MS
Transition Louis XV Louis XVI Fruitwood commode with original marble top.
Marble
Unavailable|$35,000
Louis XVI Parquetry Commode Stamped N. Petite
By Nicolas Petit
Located in Brooklyn, NY
LOUIS XVI TULIPWOOD FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE STAMPED N PETITE WITH GREY MARBLE TOP
Marble
Unavailable|$3,200
A Small Scale Period Louis XVI Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fruitwood, neo-classically styled three drawer commode, with fluted columns over tapered feet. Lovely scale for bed or table side.
Marble
Unavailable|$15,750
A LOUIS XVI COMMODE. FRENCH, C.1780
Located in New York, NY
THE RECTANGULAR MARBLE TOP ABOVE A CONFORMING CASE WITH THREE DRAWERS OVER A SHAPED APRON, ON SQUARE TAPERED LEGS, MOUNTED WITH GILT-BRONZE RING HANDLES, ESCUTCHEONS, CHUTES, SABOTS ...
Bronze
Unavailable|$47,170
Antique Italian Louis XVI Dresser, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique Italian Louis XVI dresser from 18th century. Antique Italian chest of drawers from the late 18th century. Furniture from the Louis XVI period richly inlaid in ...
Wood, Boxwood, Fruitwood, Rosewood
Unavailable|$19,000
A Louis XVI parquetry chest-of-drawers with marble top
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XVI parquetry chest of drawers, the rectangular molded-edge top with chamfered front corners above a conforming case with four cross-banded drawers over a shaped skirt...
Marble
Unavailable|$35,000
Neoclassical Style Chest of Drawers after Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
French Louis XVI style chest of drawers or commode after a model by Jean-Henri Riesener. Rectangular rouge marble top surface with bold veining, smaller drawer in frieze with centere...
Ormolu, Bronze
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.