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
Small Danish Gustavian Chest of Drawers in Original Coral Paint
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small Louis XVI / Gustavian chest of drawers in pine with its original coral-red paint and subtle traces of gilding on mouldings and carved details. Architecturally composed with cl...
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Original Painted Pine Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th century Swedish chest of five drawers, crafted in pine and retaining its original hand painted finish. Much of the painted surface along the front has worn down to reveal ...
Pine, Paint
Salmon Painted Italian Chest, Solid Wood, Dovetailed Drawers, 1910
Located in Austin, TX
Chest from Italy featuring the original salmon colored paint and a wonderful patina. The paint has wear consistent with age and shows a beautiful, warm golden undertone beneath. It i...
Wood, Paint
18th Century Black Painted Oak Rococo Chest of Drawers from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
The black painted finish is striking in this attractive large oak chest of four drawers resting on scalloped skirt and straight-lined feet. While the paint is newer and professionall...
Brass
Louis XVI chest of drawers with rose painted color
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI chest of drawers with rose painted color on the body. Top plate painted black. Under the top plate, wood-carved round rings. 3 drawers with brass fittings, legs with rhombu...
Brass
Vintage Neoclassical Italian Chest, Hand Painted, Faux Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Neoclassical style hand painted two drawer Italian chest with faux marble top. Each drawer has a carved wood swag detail and the sides have a carved urn. Drawers are lined wi...
Wood, Paint
$3,623Sale Price|20% Off
Gustavian Hand-Painted Chest of Drawers, 19th Century Sweden
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Gustavian Chest of Drawers, Sweden, 19th Century A beautifully proportioned Gustavian chest of drawers from 19th-century Sweden, showcasing the hallmark simplicity and lightness of...
Softwood
Cassettone - Rare 18th Century Italian Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite 18th-century Italian chest of drawers is a remarkable example of rustic elegance and craftsmanship. Its original hand-painted decoration immediately draws the eye, sho...
Wood
19th Century French Blu Painted Louis XVI Chest of Drawers In Oak
Located in Viterbo, VT
The drawers work well, however shrinkage causes some gaps between the drawer front and the case when closed. which is not a structural problem and works actually pretty well with the...
Oak
Smal Swedish Chest of Drawers (19th Century, Gustavian-Style, Painted)
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Breathe timeless European charm into your home with this stunning Gustavian-style three-drawer chest. Painted in a beige color featuring a beautifully weathered, distressed finish. ...
Brass
Victorian Painted Chest of Drawers 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian painted 2 over 3 chest of drawers. Circa 1860 This chest of drawers features original turned knobs and turned bun feet. Having an arrangement of 2 over 3 drawers making thi...
Wood
$4,350Sale Price|25% Off
Antique Grain Painted Chest of Drawers, Maine, Circa 1830
Located in Hudson, NY
Absolutely beautiful, circa 1830's, grain painted, graduated chest of drawers. Likely from Maine or possibly Vermont , the workmanship is absolutely beautiful . From the fully turned...
Wood, Pine, Paint
Chest of Drawers in Original Dark Brown Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
Grain Painted Chest of Drawers. Original Paint. Quebec. With three over four drawer configuration. [H 43.75" x W 43" x D 19.5]
Wood
19th C. French Custom Painted 2-Drawer Raised Chest (A Cute-Sized Piece!)
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French smaller-sized, painted wood, raised chest of two drawers from the 19th century.
Wood, Paint
$1,468Sale Price|25% Off
19th Century English Painted Chest of Drawers by Edwards & Roberts
By Edwards & Roberts
Located in Seaford, GB
19th-Century Edwards & Roberts Stamped Chest of Drawers A genuine 19th-century chest of drawers stamped by the respected Victorian furnishers Howards & Roberts, London. This...
Mahogany
Antique French Country Chest of Drawers Nightstand Painted Black
Located in Round Top, TX
This delightful antique chest of drawers has been given new life with a recent black painted finish. Note in the photos the slight distressing which compliments its age and brings ou...
Wood, Paint
$6,915Sale Price|20% Off
Painted satinwood serpentine chest of drawers
Located in Cheshire, GB
Satinwood chest of drawers, the large rectangular serpentine top having floral painted banding above three long graduated drawers with further painted detail and brass handles. All r...
Satinwood
Italian Rococo Chest of Drawers, Grey Paint, Silver Gilt Trim, Antique
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo chest of drawers coated in grey paint and accented with silver gilt trim and decorative carvings, namely classicizing laurel wreath and fluted column motifs. The piece...
Silver Leaf
Antique Chest Of Drawers With 4 Drawers Grey Painted From 1890s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique chest of drawers from the 1890s with four drawers. Grey painted wood and classic design language with attractive patina. — Period: 1890s — Material: Wood — Finish: Grey pain...
Wood
Danish Barok Chest of Drawers of Pine with Gray Paint and Patina, ca. 1800
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish Barok ball feet chest of drawers made of solid pine in the late 18 century by some skilled furniture makers Later hand-painted with light grey paint which now appears with p...
Brass
19th Century Baroque Chest, Hand-Painted Softwood, Antique Style
Located in Greding, DE
Large spruce chest with cut-out frame and panels on the front and lid. The grey-beige painting with diamond pattern is new and has an antique patina.
Softwood
18th Century Rococo Black Painted Oak Chest of Four Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
The black painted finish is striking in this attractive large oak chest of four drawers resting on scalloped skirt and curved cabriolet legs. While the paint is newer and professiona...
Brass
Antique Red Painted Chest From 1830s
Located in Lejre, DK
This antique red painted chest from 1830 exudes authenticity and charm. The patinated surface and artisanal construction testify to its historical value. With spacious storage and a ...
Wood
Antique Baroque Chest of Drawers In White Painted With Brass Handles From 1760s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique baroque chest of drawers from the 1760s, painted white with brass handles. Four drawers and a distinctive baroque design. Historical and decorative piece of furniture. — Ori...
Brass
ANTiQUE 1892 DATED HAND PAINTED NAUTICAL SHIPS SEA BRISTOL CHEST OF DRAWER
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, English hand Painted Pine, 1982 dated, Nautical Ships decorated chest of drawers ...
Pine
Spanish Colonial Chest of Drawers, Hand-Painted Walnut & Pine, 1800
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This massive antique chest of drawers from Catalonia (Spain) exhibits a pure tactile joy in how the aqua blue paint has eroded to a soft, chippy pattern with areas of walnut wood gra...
Brass
Antique Pine Chest Of Drawers In Original Paint
Located in Batley, GB
A 19th century pine chest of drawers in the original simulated Birdseye Maple paint. The 2 over 2 graduated drawers all retaining the original turned handles. Overall in good clean...
Pine
French Painted Chest of Drawers, 1920s, Neoclassical Style with Marble Top
Located in London, GB
A charming French chest of drawers dating from the 1920s, beautifully executed in an elegant neoclassical style. The piece features a serpentine front with graceful cabriole-inspired...
Marble
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century English Pine Chest with Later Florentine Paint Decoration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century English Pine Chest with Later Florentine Paint Decoration A stunning 19th-century English pine chest adorned with bold Florentine paint decoration This generously siz...
Pine
Blue-Painted Baroque Breakfront Chest of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
A sculptural, blue-painted Danish Baroque chest of drawers with a distinctive breakfront silhouette. The three drawers follow the sweeping, architectural curves of the piece, and the...
Brass
$1,026Sale Price|20% Off
Lovelly Painted Chest Of 4 Drawers French Provincial Style
Located in Crawley, GB
Lovelly Painted Chest Of 4 Drawers French Style , the beautiful white ash whith gold makes this vintage chest unique ! Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please ...
Brass
18th Century Swedish Painted Wood Cabinet with Soft Wash of Verdigris
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish painted wood cabinet from the 18th century. This antique storage cabinet from Sweden has an overall rectangular shaped top, which overhangs a case with a single door. The ...
Wood, Paint
19th Century Original Hand Painted Large Chest of Three Drawers from Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
The earth tone colors are all original on this hand-painted antique chest of 3 drawers from Hungary. The lovely hand-painted were a traditional folk art design of the era set against...
Brass
Late 18th Century Danish Black Painted Oak Rococo Chest of Four Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th century large Danish chest of four drawers, crafted in oak with a black painted finish. The four generously sized drawers have graceful Rococo curves and are each fitted wi...
Brass
Swedish 1865 Neoclassical Style Painted Three-Drawer Chest with Guilloches
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish neoclassical style painted wood chest of drawers from the mid-19th century, with guilloche motifs and fluted side posts. Created in Sweden during the third quarter of the 1...
Wood
Continental Painted Bombe-Form Chest of Drawers
Located in Stamford, CT
An early period Continental brick and faux-marble painted pine bombe-form commode or chest of drawers.
Early 19th Century Danish Gray Painted Pine Gustavian Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th century tall Danish chest of five drawers, crafted in pine. The narrow upper drawer features a carved Greek key pattern beneath carved dentil molding. Four larger drawers ...
Brass
Antique Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Paint Petite Chest Of Drawers Night Stand
Located in Forney, TX
Add a touch of refined elegance, understated sophistication, subtle luxury and cozy romantic warmth with this 200+ year old petite Italian commode, elevated by authentic beautifully ...
Bronze
Early 19th Century Danish Original Painted Pine Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th-century Danish pine chest of five drawers retaining its original brick red painted finish. The chest is constructed in two sections and features turned black painted colum...
Brass
18th C. Italian Neoclassical Two-Drawer Cassettiera w/Faux Marble Painted Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved and painted wood raised chest of two drawers from the 18th century. This antique cassettiera (chest of drawers) from Italy features a rectangular-shaped top, over a...
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish Rococo Three-Drawer Chest in Blue Painted Finish
Located in Round Top, TX
19th century Swedish Rococo chest of three drawers crafted in both pine and oak, a traditional combination for this type of cabinetmaking. The chest features a newer professionally a...
Brass
Tall Original Painted Pine Chest of Five Drawers, Dated 1850
Located in Round Top, TX
Tall original painted pine chest of five drawers with half column accents dated 1850. Four larger drawers have two brass pulls; upper narrow drawer has one small pull. Note the origi...
Brass
$5,950Sale Price|30% Off
Italian Rococo Floral & Butterfly Painted Chest of Drawers, Mid 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Italian Rococo polychrome painted chest of drawers with faux marble top - hand painted in cream and blue with scrolls, flowers and butterflies - solid pine wood construction ...
Softwood, Paint
19th Century Spanish Chest of drawers in Duck Egg Blue Paint
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful 19th-century pine chest in a wonderful duck egg blue finish. The cabinet features three smooth running long graduating drawers each with ring pull handles. The base has...
Pine, Paint
Antique Gray Painted Oak Chest of 3 Drawers from France
Located in Round Top, TX
The soft gray paint adds a romantic touch to this serpentine oak chest of drawers. While the paint was added later, the carved panel drawers, curved front, cabriolet feet and scallop...
Wood, Oak, Paint
19th Century Later Painted Pine Bank of Twelve Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Floor standing 19th Century English painted twelve drawer bank of drawers. With original hand made iron handles, later painted.
Pine
Gray Painted Small Chest of Nine Drawers, Sweden circa 1860
Located in Round Top, TX
Fascinating Gustavian pine chest of nine drawers with fluted columns, dentil molding and tapered fluted feet. The unique configuration of drawers with central three in a square shape...
Pine, Paint
Venetian Italian Hand-Painted Tapering Chest, 1920s
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Venetian chest, with whimsical trapezoid shape and hand painted design, from the early 20th century. This antique chest from Italy, circa 1920's, has a tapering body with ...
Wood
19th Century Tall Chest in Original Paint
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An early 19th Century five drawer chest of drawers in original paint.
Pine
$6,360Sale Price|20% Off
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Three-Drawer Chest with Diamond Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood chest from the 20th century with three drawers, carved diamond motifs, fluted side posts, carved rosettes and tapered feet. Created in Sweden d...
Wood
19th Century Original Hand Painted Large Pine Chest of 3 Drawers From Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
The soft earth tone colors are all original on this hand-painted antique chest of three drawers from Hungary. The lovely top and panels with hand painted floral accents and birds wer...
Brass
$2,426Sale Price|46% Off
Danish 18th Century Painted Chest of Drawers With Chinoiserie Decor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish 18th century painted Baroque 3-drawer chest with later chinoiserie decorations, brass hardware and locks.
Wood
White-Painted Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, circa 1825
Located in Greding, DE
Painted Biedermeier chest of drawers featuring three drawers, raised on tapering square legs with a slightly projecting top. The front is articulated by side pilasters. The chest has...
Spruce
Hand-Painted Italian 19th C. Petite Serpentine Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian smaller-sized serpentine chest of drawers, with hand-painted floral embellishments, from the 19th century.
Wood
EQUESTRIAN ANTIQUE VICTORIAN PINE HAND PAINTED HORSE & JOCKEY CHEST OF DRAWERs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1880-1900 hand painted English Victorian Pitch Pine chest of drawers with Eques...
Pine
Biedermeier chest of drawers, painted in historical motifs, 1835-40, s. Germany
Located in Greding, DE
This solid pinewood chest of drawers, originating from South Germany between 1835 and 1840, features two full-width drawers and a molded top. The piece has been professionally refini...
Pine
Danish 1880s Off White Painted Serpentine Front Chest with Graduated Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Danish wooden chest from circa 1880 with light painted finish, serpentine front and four graduated drawers. This Danish wooden chest, dating back to around 1880, is a captivating b...
Wood
Swedish Baroque Blue-Painted Chest of Drawers, circa 1750
Located in Kastrup, DK
Architectural and decorative Swedish Baroque chest of drawers in pine with a shaped front and blue-painted surface with a fine patina. The chest has a profiled, shaped top and three...
Brass, Bronze
$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
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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