Italian Small Neoclassical Three-Drawer Walnut Commode/ Chest
Located in Viterbo, VT
The commode features three capacious overlay drawers.
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Used Commodes
Walnut
Italian Small Neoclassical Three-Drawer Walnut Commode/ Chest
Located in Viterbo, VT
The commode features three capacious overlay drawers.
Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Petit Commode ~ Nightstand
Located in Dallas, TX
A refined 19th century French walnut petit commode fashioned in the graceful Louis XV tradition.
Brass
Circa 1815 French Empire 4-Drawer Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1815 French Empire 4-drawer commode. Restrained, elegant design typical of the period.
Bronze
Petite Venetian Handpainted Commode with Triple Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Petite commode side table, having a shaped, molded top over triple staked drawers, flanked by serpentine stiles, raised on bracket feet; its top, sides, back and drawers with origina...
Wood
19th Century Biedermeier Commode with Ebonized Details
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century period German Biedermeier walnut commode with ebonized details. A very handsome chest with a gorgeous wood finish!
Walnut
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
French Walnut Directoire Commode, c.1790 - 1800
Located in Napa, CA
Louis XVI Directoire commode from the late 18th Century. Walnut with three drawers with bronze circular hardware.
Bronze
$30,220 / item
Pair of Commodes by Zignago and Picasso
By Zignago & Picasso
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The quality and construction of this lovely pair of commodes at first glance suggests they were English made.
Birdseye Maple
Commode by ZNZ Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1960's
By Západoslovenské nábytkárské závody
Located in Praha, CZ
Wooden commode with drawers designed by ZNZ, made in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's.
Glass, Wood
Red-Painted Commode, Irschenberg, Southern Germany, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Two-drawer commode from the Irschenberg region with carved decoration on the chamfered corners and beneath the top.
Wood
Italian Mid-century Modern Commode with Mirror
By Carlo di Carli
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a curved rectangular commode with a gleaming French polish finish by Italian architect, designer, essayist and academic Carlo De Carli (1910-1999).
Brass
18th Century Italian Neoclassic Inlaid Walnut Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian Neoclassic Inlaid Walnut Commode. Veneer Sienna Marble Top. This rare chest features a stunning rectangular veneered Sienna marble top over a two drawer case.
Wood
Italian Baroque Style Serpentine 3-drawer Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
the serpentine top with well-figured mirror-veneered central reserve within a banded border; above a conforming similarly-veneered body fitted with three drawers; all resting on four...
Walnut
Italian Florentine Painted Black and White Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorative 19th century Italian Florentine painted black and white commode. Circa 1880. (recent patina) Perfect for today's transitional designs!
Wood
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, France, 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, After Antoine Gaudreaux's 'Commode Médallier'.
Marble, Ormolu
Vintage French Provincial Style Commode Chest of Drawers
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
This Louis XV / French Provincial style three-drawer commode is constructed from hardwoods with a warm fruitwood and cherry-toned finish, the piece captures the curved lines and deco...
Fruitwood
Swedish Rococo Parquetry Bombe Commode, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent three-drawer bombe commode dates to the mid-18th century and exemplifies the Swedish Rococo furniture style.
Brass
19th Century French Charles X Mahogany Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century French Charles X mahogany commode. Featuring clean lines and an exceptional polished finish.
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut and Ebonized Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine early 19th century Biedermeier walnut and ebonized commode. Exceptional quality and craftsmanship. An exceptional piece!!
Walnut
French 19th Century Painted Louis Phillipe Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Louis-Phillipe painted commode circa 1850 with faux marble top and four drawers.
Metal, Brass
Vintage Don Ruseau Commode With Pull Out
By Don Ruseau
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine quality, vintage Don Ruseau commode with wonderful French provincial influence, featuring a warm-toned medium-light brown finish over a serpentine-front top with a pull-out ex...
Brass
Antique Biedermeier Flame Mahogany and Ebonized Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome period Biedermeier flame mahogany commode with ebonized details. Gorgeous finish and ample storage as well.
Mahogany
Mid 20th century painted Louis XVI style commode
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Decorative mid 20th century marble topped commode French circa 1960’s Painted in a dark grey 88 cms high 50 cms deep 102 cms wide
Paint
18thC Provincial Louis XV Fruitwood Serpentine Commode
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1725 18thC Provincial Louis XV Fruitwood Serpentine Commode sku 1781 Provenance: Property from the estate of the late David Cornwell, best known as the author John le Carré.
Fruitwood
Louis XV Style Provincial Oak Commode
Located in New York, NY
This large 19th century piece will add character and personality to a room. In a wonderfully rich dark oak, this chest is raised on escargot feet and features three drawers with orig...
Oak
19th Century South German Biedermeier Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
Cherry tree on solid conifers, partly ebonized. On short conical legs straight three-body. Black framed cover plate. Decorative fittings. (D-72).
Cherry
Pair Louis XVI style marble topped commodes.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 18th Century style marble topped Bombe shaped Louis XVI style commodes, each with gilded ormolu rococo style mounts and handles to the two drawers and raised o...
Mahogany
Italian Olive Wood Bombe Commode or Chest
Located in Rochester, NY
Italian olive wood four drawer commode, mid 20th century.
Olive
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Magnificently Carved 18th Century English Mahogany Commode
Located in Milford, NH
The commode dates to 18th century England, with period brasses, probably replaced, with a nice clean finish, minor imperfections, and light wear commensurate with age and use.
Brass
Mid-Century Hollywood Regency Neoclassical Revival Commode, 1940s
Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ
This spectacular Hollywood Regency Neoclassical Revival commode from the nineteen forties is a monumental statement piece featuring exquisite Sun King ormolu mounts and a finely craf...
Ormolu
Monumental Italian Neo-Renaissance Carved Walnut Secretary Commode
Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ
An exceptional Italian Neo-Renaissance carved walnut secretary commode, dating to circa 1880, features a monumental hand-carved facade with biblical reliefs.
Walnut
Vintage Adam Style Commode, Hand-Painted Mahogany, Circa 1930s
Located in Perkasie, PA
Gorgeous Vintage Adam Paint Decorated Commode – L75237 A beautiful example of English Adam style, this vintage commode dates to circa the 1930s and features stunning hand-painted de...
Wood, Paint
20th Century Classicist Style Tulip Mirror Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Classicist style tulip mirror commode Noble mirror commode in classicist style.
Wood, Pine
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century French Parisian Louis XV Commode
Located in Nashville, TN
Introducing a stunning and rare piece of furniture that embodies the elegance and sophistication of 18th century French design - the early 18th century French Commode with Rosewood I...
Ormolu
$16,000Sale Price|20% Off
Continental Walnut Commode Mazarine, Late 18th Century
Located in Madison, MS
A stunning Walnut Commode Mazarine, French or Continental, crafted circa 1780.
Walnut
$13,838 / set
Pair of 19th Century North European Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A pair of mid nineteenth century Northern European commodes.
Walnut
$9,875 / set
Pair Of 18th Century Commodes - Side Chests
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome pair of 18th century Comodini - side chests - from the Lombardy region of Italy. Wonderfully constructed from chestnut with three drawers on bracket feet. Great for...
Chestnut
An 18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Bedside Commode
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1750 A mid eighteenth century bedside commode with serpentine front, opening with three drawers, retaining the original red marble top, and all supported on bracket fe...
Marble
Pair Leather Wrapped and Embossed Maitland Smith Commodes
By Maitland Smith
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exceptional pair of Maitland-Smith leather wrapped bombe commodes represents the finest traditions of luxury furniture design, combining timeless French inspiration with the ren...
Leather, Wood
18th Century Italian Small Marble Top Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine 18th Century Italian commode in excellent condition. French polish is in excellent condition.
Marble
$48,000 / set
Pair Of Large Venetian Rococo Walnut Commodes
Located in Essex, MA
A fine pair of commodes in remarkably good condition. With serpentine rectangular top with book matched veneer over two conforming drawers with cast brass rocaille handles, raised on...
Bronze
$14,652Sale Price|20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI style commode.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style, bombe fronted, marble top commode. Having wonderful rococo influenced gilded ormolu mounts and handles, monopodia supports to...
Breccia Marble
Italian Walnut Neoclassical Commode / Chest Of Drawers / Dresser
Located in Viterbo, VT
Commode hand-crafted in Italy in the late 1700s using walnut and decorated with walnut burl and cross-banded veneer.
Walnut
Louis XV Commode - Transition in Veneer, 19th Century
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Early 19th-century Transition commode, formerly veneered. This commode has undergone extensive restoration work 1/ Completely stripped of veneer to reveal the bare wood. 2/ The d...
Marble
Louis Philippe Period Burl Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Philippe Period Burl Walnut Marble Top Commode in beautifully figured walnut, crowned with a richly veined marble top and designed with the quiet dignity that made the Louis Ph...
Marble
Exceptional Louis XV Style Marquetry Bombe Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Marble Topped Louis XV Style commode in an impressive parquet design of kingwood, mahogany and rosewood.
Marble, Bronze
$3,000 / set
Midcentury Four-Drawer Commodes, a Pair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish pair of midcentury dressers. Sturdy construction consisting of finished walnut. Sleek round white drawer pulls. Each piece has four spacious drawers with dovetail-joint const...
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Burr Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pretty French burr walnut boule commode dating to the early 20th Century. This commode has a fantastic form.
Walnut
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.
Fruitwood
French Provincial Walnut Commode with Gilt Mounts
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Antique French walnut two drawer commode with gilt metal mounts and hardware, carved, curved legs and shaped top.
Walnut
Antique Early 19th Century French Fruitwood Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique early 19th century French carved fruitwood commode. Beautiful hardware and carving.
Fruitwood
Excellent Quality French Marquetry Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Three drawer French walnut and marquetry inlaid commode chest, top quality gilded ormolu mounts and stunning marble top, in excellent restored condition. 33" high 37" wide 18.5" dep...
Walnut
French 19th Century Painted Commode with Brass Hardware
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century French painted commode with Neoclassical infulence, straight lines, updated paint but retain Gilt bronze mounts.
Bronze
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Olivewood & Ormolu 2-Drawer Bombe Commode c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
This Italian commode, crafted around 1900, exemplifies the elegant Rococo style with its distinctive bombe form.
Olive
Biedermeier Commode, Probably North Germany Around 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier commode with three drawers and flanking full columns, veneered in mahogany.
Wood
$18,375Sale Price|25% Off
Stunning 18th C. Italian Rococo Bombe Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
A rare early 18th century large commode with lots of character and fine craftmanship.
Wood, Burl
$78,000 / set
Fine Pair of Inlaid Marble Top Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine pair of veneered and inlaid commodes in various woods with original marble tops.
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Liègeois Louis XVI Petite Oak Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Liègeois Louis XVI Petite Oak Commode was crafted in the Liègeois tradition with a graceful balance of refinement, charm, and provincial artistry.
Brass
Italian Commode marquetry inlaid by Baggio Anico.
Located in Miami, FL
Italian chest of drawers in a beautiful marquetry made by the Italian Maker Baggio Annico
Wood
$18,400 / set
Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Neoclassical wooden two-drawer commodes made in the 19th Century with polychrome painted mythical figures around gracefully adorning the surfaces.
Wood, Paint
Louis XV Provincial Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine top over three drawers with original handles and a carved floral pierced apron raised on carved scrolled feet. Provenance; Fogg Estate, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
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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