Antique Inlaid Moroccan Tall Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Moroccan tall chest handcrafted in walnut featuring a custom glass top with a scalloped front and matching top drawer over four flat front drawers below having blu...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Antique Chinoiserie Black & Gold Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Chinoiserie Black & Gold Tall Chest of Drawers.
Wood
18th Century English Tall Chest
Located in High Point, NC
Fabulous and RARE! 18th century oak tall chest of drawers with wonderful oyster walnut veneer on the drawer fronts.
Walnut
Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique tall chest of drawers with three over two over four graduated drawers.
Brass
Dutch 19th Century Tall Chest of Drawers, Ca. 1820
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th Century tall chest of drawers, ca. 1820 An early 19th century mahogany Biedermeier tall chest of drawers, with 5 drawers and 1 on top a blind drawer.
Wood
19th Century burr walnut tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut tall chest of drawers circa 1880. Great quality tall chest of drawers often known as a seminere chest as it has 7 drawers.
Walnut
Early 19th Century Tall Chest of Drawers, Vienna
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and slender Biedermeier tall chest from Vienna featuring seven drawers, with the top drawer crafted in a shallower form.
Brass
$3,299Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Biedermeier Tall Chest of Drawers/Chiffoniere, Mahogany with Maple, circ
Located in Berlin, DE
The tall chest of drawers stands on 4 flattened ball feet.
Mahogany, Maple, Softwood
19th Century French Empire Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century French tall chest of drawers with a black marble top, made from walnut.
Marble
19th Century French Faux Bamboo Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
19th century faux bamboo tall chest of drawers from France. The chest is made from pitch pine, which has the wonderful warm color and graining that you can't find in any other pine!
Pine
French Semainier or Tall Chest of Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French semainier or tall chest of mahogany, featuring a figured marble top over a frieze of one drawer with escutcheon over six drawers with a locking pilaster and key - each ...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
French Semainier or Tall Chest of Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French semainier or tall chest of mahogany from the late 18th century, featuring a white marble top over a frieze with seven drawers between opposing reeded columns, with ...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
19th C. French Empire Style Ormolu Mounted Semainier Tall Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A classic French Empire style Semainier Tall Chest in mahogany and bronze ormolu with seven drawers framed with fluted columns and fine gilded escutcheon.
Bronze
Seven-Drawer Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Boston, Massachusetts Seven-drawer tall chest, circa 1825. Mahogany (secondary woods: mahogany, pine, and poplar) Measures: 45 5/8 in. high, 27 5/8 in. wide, 14 5/8 in. deep Inscrib...
Mahogany
Vintage Federal Flame Mahogany Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stately vintage Federal-style tall chest of drawers, crafted from magnificent flame mahogany, exudes timeless elegance and sophisticated charm.
Mahogany
English Chippendale Burl Walnut Tall Chest with Hearing Bone Inlays, Circa 1740
Located in Charleston, SC
English Early Chippendale burl walnut graduated tall chest with a carved molded edge cornice, flanking fluted side columns, hearing bone inlays, original brasses, and terminating on ...
Brass
19th Century Spanish Unfinished Pine "Mobila" Tall Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely tall chest of drawers in pine with lift-top in pedestal form, followed by five drawers with nickel-plated key plates.
Pine
Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Highboy Tall Chest 9 Drawer Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Highboy Tall Chest 9 Drawer Dresser. Item features hand dovetailed joints, tall stately form, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, no...
Mahogany, Pine
Late Sheraton Country Style Tiger Maple Three Over Four Tall Chest
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a late Sheraton period country style tiger maple tall chest in a three over four drawer configuration.
Glass, Maple
$6,760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Biedermeier Tall Chest of Drawers in Bookmatched Mahogany, Denmark, 1840
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A Biedermeier or Christian VIII semainier or tall chest with seven drawers in mahogany, with bookmatched crotch-mahogany veneer on drawer fronts, pedestal top and plinth base, Denmar...
Mahogany
English Victorian Mahogany Tall Chest of Drawers, 19th Century
Located in Morristown, NJ
A substantial and well-proportioned English Victorian mahogany tall chest of drawers, mid-19th century. The chest features five graduated drawers veneered in richly figured mahogany...
Brass
Lambs of Manchester Attributed, a Rare Aesthetic Movement Tall Chest of Drawers
By Lamb of Manchester
Located in London, GB
A rare Aesthetic Movement, unusually tall chest of drawers made from ash each drawer with stylized brass drop handles and ebonized inlaid rectangular details behind the back plates.
Ash
Daniel Cottier A Rare and Early Anglo-Japanese Ebonized Tall Chest of Drawers
By Daniel Cottier
Located in London, GB
A rare and early Anglo-Japanese ebonized tall chest of drawers, designed by Daniel Cottier with gilt painted swallow, stylized bamboo and plant forms with rosettes with a later black...
Marble
Donald Deskey Art Deco Tall Chest or Dresser for Widdicomb circa 1927
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., Donald Deskey
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Art Deco Tall Chest or Dresser, designed by Donald Deskey for Widdicomb, circa 1927.
Wood, Elm
19th C. Chippendale Style Mahogany Ball and Claw Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crotch Mahogany Chippendale Style Ball and Claw Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers. Item features three carved mahogany urn form flame finials, 11 dovetail constructed drawers, two shell ...
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Danish Pine Tall Chest of Six Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th century tall chest crafted in pine and fitted with six drawers.
Brass, Wrought Iron
Vintage Hollywood Regency Mahogany Leather Door Tall Chest on Chest Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hollywood Regency Mahogany Leather Door Tall Chest on Chest Dresser. Item features custom glass top, leather doors, spiral carved twisted columns, 8 dovetailed drawers, solid...
Mahogany
Dutch Empire Style 19th Century Tall Chest
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A tall Dutch Empire style chest crafted from mahogany and ebonized wood, made during the first half of the 1800s.
Brass
$18,400Sale Price|20% Off
19th C. Regency Mahogany Chiffonier Tall Chest of Drawers Filing Cabinet Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Regency Mahogany Chiffonier Tall Chest of Drawers Filing Cabinet Antique . A tall and Elegant 19th Century Regency chest of drawers Mahogany Chiffonier also chiffonnier.
Brass
19th Century Swedish Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusually tall and narrow chest of drawers. The chest is made in painted pine with old distressed paint and authentic patina.
Pine
19th Century Tall Chest in Original Paint
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An early 19th Century five drawer chest of drawers in original paint.
Pine
Antique Pine Painted Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Painted a blue/grey, this 31.5" high chest with 3 large drawers can serve as great storage in any room. Search terms: farm style, gustavian Swedish style, country style. Dresser, ...
Pine
French Empire Semainier Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A classic early French Empire semainier in Mahogany, each of the seven drawers (intended to be used one for each day of the week), has ebony inlay around each of the gilded lion’s ma...
Mahogany
18th c. French Painted Tall Chest of Drawers with Original Marble Top
Located in Wichita, KS
A charming French tall chest of drawers from the 18th century with fluted round corner posts.
Brass
French Semainier or Tall Chest of Walnut with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French semainier or tall chest of walnut with marble top, featuring a slightly narrower top drawer over six larger drawers beneath.
Marble, Metal, Brass
Antique French Louis XV Style Satinwood Marble Top Tall Chest Dresser Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Satinwood Marble Top Tall Chest Dresser Cabinet. Item features a satinwood inlay, pink shaped marble top, inlaid sides, bow front, working lock and key,...
Marble
19th C. George III Mahogany Highboy Tall Chest on Chest 8 Drawer Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George III Mahogany Highboy Tall Chest on Chest 8 Drawer Dresser. Item features 2 part construction, beautiful wood grain, 8 hand dovetailed drawers, tall impressive form, solid bras...
Mahogany
19th Century burr walnut secretaire tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Striking walnut and burr walnut 7 drawer chest, which is often known as a seminere, albeit this one has the addition of a secretaire. Top drawer slightly overhangs the other drawers...
Walnut
Antique American Empire Crotch Mahogany Step Back Tall Chest Dresser w/ Paw Feet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Empire Crotch Mahogany Step Back Tall Chest Dresser w/ Paw Feet. Item features column supports, lift off upper small 3 drawer section, beautiful wood grain, no key b...
Mahogany
American Chippendale Tiger Maple Tall Chest / Dresser
Located in Fulton, CA
Beautiful hand made tiger maple Chippendale tall dresser. Late 18th early 19th century. Crafted in solid tiger maple. Structurally sound. Drawers glide easily. Deep and rich patina t...
Maple
French Louis XVI Chiffonier, or Tall Chest of Drawers, Circa 1780-1800
Located in Winter Park, FL
An authentic 18th-century French Louis XVI period chiffonier, or small gentleman's chest, from Alsace. Crafted from solid walnut with a vertical configuration featuring classic Neocl...
Bronze
Rare Fine Tall Chest Of Drawers Flame Mahogany 19th Century Victorian 7 Drawers
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous and extremely rare 19th Century tall flame mahogany chest of 7 drawers in lovely condition.
Mahogany
Pair of Mid-19th Century Mahogany Tall Chests of Drawers attributed to Gillow
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A Fine Pair of Mahogany Wellington Chests Attributed to Gillows Constructed using a superb Cuban Mahogany, the pair of chests supported on rounded plinths, each cabinet housing a se...
Mahogany
Tall Cherry Chippendale Chest
Located in East Aurora, NY
A very nice American Cherry Chippendale tall chest probably Pennsylvania or Virginia in an old refinished surface.
Cherry
18th Century Continental Mahogany Ten-Drawers Tall Lingery Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 18th Century Continental Mahogany Narrow Ten-Drawers Tall Chest of Drawers, very appropriate for hosiery or Jewel with proper lining.
Mahogany
Tall Italian Renaissance Florentine Style Six Drawer Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous Italian Florentine style tall chest of six drawers. Gorgeous gold wood with painted red accents.
Wood, Giltwood
Chippendale Chest-on-Chest
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Chireno, TX
Chippendale chest-on-chest, Classic British country tall chest (chest-on-chest), circa 1770-1780, in English oak with later brass hardware and expected wear, patina and wood shrinkage.
Brass
ART DECO HEALS LONDON LIMED OAK TALL CHEST OF DRAWERS OF A LARGE SUiTE
By Heal's
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Art Deco Circa 1920's Limed Oak, Heals of London tallboy chest of drawers which is part of a sui...
Oak
Tallboy Walnut Burl Chest, England 1760
Located in Culver City, CA
Tallboy Walnut Burl Chest England, 1760 Tall chest of drawers with molded cornice, multiple graduated drawers with brass pulls, and bracket feet. 41”w x 22.25”d x 65.25”h Ref.
Brass
Antique Circa Late 1700s Georgian High Boy Chest of Six Drawers
Located in Peabody, MA
A late 1700s Georgian tall chest of six graduated drawers in oak with pierced batwing brasses and beaded drawers on high bracket feet.
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Walnut High Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th Century unusual tall chest of drawers in walnut with bronze with inlay detail.
Bronze
Late Federal Gentleman’s Chest
Located in East Aurora, NY
Federal Mahogany Gentleman’s tall chest. Nicely scalloped cut apron and tall French feet.
African Mahogany
Rare Satinwood Wellington Chest of drawers
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionally fine quality satinwood seven drawer 'Wellington Chest' or tall chest of drawers. The moulded edge top above a bank of graduated drawer with inlaid ebony lines aroun...
Satinwood
Early 19th Century Federal Period American Red Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in Wiscasset, ME
An early 19th century New England Federal period tall chest in old red paint featuring five graduated dovetailed drawers and retaining original brasses.
Wood
Eastlake Lock Side Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in East Aurora, NY
An attractive Walnut and burl Walnut Eastlake tall chest. The drawers are decorated with burl Walnut raised panels and the drawers, sides and top are of solid black Walnut with Popl...
Walnut
$7,500
French Walnut Semanier
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Fine French Louis XVI walnut Semanier tall chest with bronze escucheons and scalloped apron.
Walnut
19th Century Beautiful High Chest of Drawers / Chiffoniere, Louis XVI/Transition
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid oak body with extremely elaborate marquetry veneer work on three sides. The chest of drawers is a so-called men's chest of drawers/tall chest of drawers with 6 drawers Various ...
Marble, 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.
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