Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Patinated, Giltwood and Ormolu Roman Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated, giltwood and ormolu Roman chest. The one door commode is raised by elegantly curved legs with bloc...
Ormolu
UNIQUE EXQUISITE VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY ROMAN LOOKiNG SYCAMORE CHEST OF DRAWERS
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
The drawers are made of Sycamore wood which has a wonderful glow to it, the drawers have an almost Imperial Roman look and feel to them, its the corners being recessed, they look lik...
Oak, Sycamore
Antique chest covered with leather and original key from the 17th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This beautiful and original 17th-century Spanish chest is covered in leather and is a truly unique eye-catcher. It is an exceptional piece for collectors and enthusiasts of genuine a...
Leather, Wood
Antique 18th-Century English Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered here is this beautiful antique 18th-century English oak chest of drawers with original details. This stunning antique English chest, crafted from oak in the 18th century, mak...
Wood
Early Georgian English Antique Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered: this English antique and elegant early Georgian oak chest of drawers with unique inlay made from various wood types. This exceptional antique oak chest of drawers is without...
Wood, Oak
Subtle English Antique Oak Chest from the 18th Century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This subtle English antique chest of drawers dates from the 18th century and is made of oak. Thanks to its size, this piece is easy to place in the space of your choice. It fits perf...
Wood, Oak
Large antique English oak double chest of drawers from the 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This uncommon large antique English oak double chest of drawers dates from the 18th century and features burr walnut veneer, giving it a very elegant appearance. It comes in two sect...
Wood, Oak
Antique English 17th century oak chest of drawers and ball legs
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This exceptional and highly attractive antique English 17th-century oak chest of drawers / commode retains its original hardware and stands on bun feet. A chest of drawers or commod...
Wood, Oak
Large antique panelled English oak chest from the 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This large English chest has a warm and charming appearance and makes a beautiful statement in any space, for example in the hallway, living room, or bedroom. With careful use it has...
Wood, Oak
Antique 19th-century English chest of drawers in a unique subtle size
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This antique 19th-century English bow front chest of drawers, with its unique and subtle size, fits beautifully into almost any interior and in any room of your choice. It features o...
Wood
Antique English oak chest of drawers from the late 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This beautiful authentic English chest of drawers dates from the late 18th century and is crafted from oak. It features elegant gold-colored handles that add a touch of luxury to its...
Wood, Oak
Large antique English chest of drawers/commode from the early 19th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This large antique English chest of drawers dates from the early 19th century and features five drawers and beautiful detailing. It has developed a rich patina and appropriate signs ...
Wood
Large antique English blonde oak chest of drawers from the 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This fantastic large antique English chest of drawers, made of oak, is an extraordinary piece for any lover of genuine antiques. We believe that such a chest of drawers is indispensa...
Wood, Oak
English antique oak chest of drawers / commode from the early 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This large and impressive antique English oak chest of drawers dates from the early 18th century. It features five drawers, providing ample storage space. This beautiful piece has a ...
Wood, Oak
English antique oak chest of drawers with 5 drawers from the 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered: this beautiful, large English antique oak chest of drawers/commode with 5 drawers from the 18th century. This fantastic large antique English oak chest is fitted with its or...
Wood, Oak
Vintage Faux Tortoiseshell and Tropical Hardwood Chest of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout mid century Roman deco chest designed by Paola Barracheli and crafted in rosewood in a sleek modern form, featuring faux tortoiseshell mosaic panels throughout, thirteen bra...
Brass
$12,800Sale Price|28% Off
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe' Shaped Commode with Original Marble Top, Ca. 1730
Located in CH
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe-Shaped Commode with Original Marble Top Circa 1730 This exceptional Italian Louis XV commode of Roman origin is executed in the elegant bombé form chara...
Marble, Ormolu
17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Chest of Drawers – Milan
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Compact in scale yet monumental in presence, it reflects the sober elegance and architectural discipline that distinguish Milanese cabinetmaking from its more exuberant Roman or Neap...
Walnut
Empire Style Chest of Drawers, Possibly France, circa 1880
Located in Madrid, ES
Details such as the purity of furniture lines, its clear geometric shape, the angles, the presence of the caryatids in the front and the smooth rear, the centralization of the relief...
Bronze
$6,593 / set
A Pair of 19th Century Italian Bedside Tables
Located in Cirencester, GB
An elegant pair of Italian 19th Century bedside tables which have been newly painted in a soft understated finish of blues and greys, that complement their original proportions and c...
Pine
Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Rosewood, Ormolu and Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rosewood, ormolu and Vert Turquin marble Roman commode. The three drawer chest is raised by elegant cabriole legs with fine fitted foliate ormolu sabots.
Marble, Ormolu
18th-Century English Antique Sideboard / Mule Chest
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered here is this stunning, characterful 18th-century English antique sideboard, also known as a “mule chest.” This exceptional 18th-century English piece is a true mule chest—a...
Wood
$5,585 / item
22 Karat Gold Key Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in New York, NY
The Romans locked their chests, cabinets, and doors with locks that were opened with keys, very much as we do, today.
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Roman chest
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Antique Bust, white marble.
Marble
Hand-Painted 18th Century Style Chest Design
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted three drawer chest featuring a curved front accented with fretwork carving and faux marble-top in an aged ivory hand finish. Created by the artisans of Italy.
Wood
Citrine and 18k Yellow Gold Earring (B13467n)
Located in Teófilo Otoni, MG
Citrine in jewelry expresses elegance and prosperity: Citrine was worn by Roman legionnaires over their chests to protect them from the evil eye and the intrigues of the envious.
Citrine, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
Citrine and 18K Yellow Gold Pendant (P13466n)
Located in Teófilo Otoni, MG
Citrine in jewelry expresses elegance and prosperity: Citrine was worn by Roman legionnaires over their chests to protect them from the evil eye and the intrigues of the envious.
Citrine, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sold
H 33.5 in W 46.25 in D 23.5 in
Italian Neoclassic Chest w/Roman Bust Column Accents & Unusual Petite Sabre Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This antique chest of drawers from Italy features a rectangular-shaped top above a case which houses four drawers flanked within Roman column-style black side posts embellished with ...
Wood
Sold
H 31.75 in W 36 in D 20 in
Vintage Italian-Style Chest of Drawers in Blue Hues with Roman Column Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage American wood chest of drawers designed in Italian style and painted in blue tones.
Wood
Italian Marquetry Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century style Italian (probably Roman) mixed wood marquetry chest in the Maggiolini style.
Mahogany
Sold
H 33.75 in W 36.75 in D 19.75 in
Pair Antique Neoclassical Italian School Faux Painted & Rouge Marble Chests
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Ask About Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Reliable Professional Service & Fully Insured*** Pair of Antique Neoclassical Italian School Faux Painted & Rouge Marble Chests with La...
Marble
Tall French Art Deco Walnut Chest of Drawers in the Neoclassical Style
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A tall French Art Deco walnut chest of drawers in the neoclassical style This is a French walnut chest, known as a seven day chest, it has seven drawers, one for each day of the...
Pair of Italian Roman Baroque Burl Walnut Commodes, 17th Century
Located in CH
Impressive pair of Italian Roman Baroque burl walnut commodes or chest of drawers, 17th century.
Walnut, Burl
Antique French Directoire Period Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
This charming period piece carries out the soul of the 18th century Provincial mansion it was picked out from...Imagine the fields of lavender all around ondulating gently in the war...
Brass
18th Century Painted Italian Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th century North Italian commode with two drawers. Featuring tapered Legs with painted neoclassical figural and laurel wreath decoration in Eau de Nil against an Etruscan Red gr...
Wood
Russian Neoclassical Commode with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
Available are two Russian neoclassical style commodes, sold individually. These cabinets are an outstanding example of a select group of pieces decorated with architectural views, ma...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 24.22 in W 52.37 in D 26.78 in
Sublime Roman Chariot Ornately Hand Carved Antique Walnut Trunk Chest or Coffer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite Antique hand carved solid walnut trunk or coffer with Roman scenes This is pure Italian art furniture from every angl...
Walnut
Antique Italian Elaborately Carved Oak Cassone
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elaborately carved cassone with opposing figural medallions, dimensional high relief acanthus leaf corner columns, having a carved egg and dart base raised over protruding dragon ...
Wood
Pair of Neoclassical Swedish Gustavian Style Cerused Commodes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The large chests feature pilaster column reeded corners. The three drawer cases are centered by a large reeded column motif with a conforming top in the neoclassical Greco-Roman style.
Pine
Late 18th Century Roman Neo - Classical Four Drawer Commode
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 18th Century Roman Neo - Classical Four Drawer Commode with Original Hand Painted Chariot Scene with Gods and Angels Done in Shades of Pale Grey, Ochre and Moss. The Side Panel...
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
We were very excited to find this wonderfully decorated Italian commode in Tuscany this past summer. We loved the color , a rich brown, with it's complimentary gold banding and it'...
Wood, Paint
Vintage Chinese Wedding Basket
Located in Austin, TX
Three Tiered, Vintage Chinese Wedding Basket, Beautifully woven, intricate design. Brass finishing ornamentation,
Brass
$3,084
H 12.6 in W 11.03 in D 4.73 in
SiGNED VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE KEY SAFE WALL CABINET
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Viscount David Linley Architectural Perspective signed and stamped key...
Wood
George III Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
George III mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1780. With a rectangular single board top with thumb molded front and side borders, two top drawers and 3 graduated lower drawers all with...
Brass
$1,644
H 32.29 in W 35.83 in D 18.9 in
English Georgian Chest of Drawers, Solid Oak with Brass Handles, 1860
Located in Leicester, GB
Compact solid Oak chest of drawers. This original English antique chest with three slim long and two smaller drawers on top has gorgeous colour and patina from years of use. Lovely d...
Brass
$2,138Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.44 in W 38.98 in D 20.87 in
Beautiful Antique 18th Century Oak Chest Of Five Drawers
Located in Crawley, GB
Beautiful antique 18th century chest of five drawers , made by two short and three long drawers with brass swan handles standing on shapped bracket feet .Amazing colour , patina and ...
Brass
$3,221
H 15.95 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY CLASSIC COFEE TABLE FOR LiGHT RESTORATION
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime designer Viscount David Linley Walnut, Sycamore wood coffee table which needs some restoration ...
Sycamore, Walnut
18th Century George III Period Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A charming fine quality George III period late 18th-century mahogany chest of drawers. It features a rectangular moulded cross-banded inlaid top above two short and three long gradua...
Mahogany
Antique Oak Chest Of Drawers
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Jacobean Style Chest Of Drawers. A handsome and nicely proportioned Jacobean style antique oak chest of drawers raised on four castors. The graduating cushion moulding drawers are fu...
Oak
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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