18th Century Tuscan Bleached Walnut Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
Chest of drawers (Canterano) hand-made in the Tuscany region of Italy in the early 1700s using walnut. The chest of drawers features three very large inset drawers with beautiful han...
Walnut
Sophisticated Modern Bookmatch Walnut and Brass Commode, Italy, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent commode is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
Brass
Liëgeoise Louis XV Style Hand-Crafted Oak Commode, Belgium, Mid-1900s
Located in Dallas, TX
The stripped finish reveals the warmth and integrity of the oak, giving the commode a soft, natural tone that feels effortlessly at home in today’s interiors.
Brass
Late Louis XV Period Inlaid Commode Stamped JME and Schlichtig
By Jean-Georges Schlichtig
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A gilt bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood two drawer commode stamped Schlichtig of the late Louis XV period, (circa 1770).
Marble
French Louis XVI Directoire Style Brass Mounted White Marble Top Commode
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
The proportions are graceful yet substantial, allowing the commode to command attention without dominating a space.
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
Beautiful Restored Pair of Tortoiseshell Caramel Cane Commodes, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent commodes are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
Bamboo, Cane, Mahogany
1960's Walnut Floating Commode Sideboard With Open Fretwork Doors
Located in Southampton, NJ
A multi-purpose cabinet by White Furniture of Mebane expertly made with walnut burled case construction in the dramatic recessed paneled fret work doors, opening to four spacious dra...
Brass
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode, By Heinrich Pallenberg, Cologne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode, By Heinrich Pallenberg, Cologne. The original marble top is a rare yellow, black and grey brèche marble.
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style French Dark Ocean Blue Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Hastings, GB
The delicate ormolu work accentuating the bombe carcase set upon splayed legs. The commode has two drawers, each with a lock, but the key is not present.
Pine
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Three-Drawer Commode in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautifully proportioned and rich in workmanship, this commode captures the simple elegance of its period in a form intended to be both admired and used.
Brass
$1,456Sale Price|44% Off
18th Century Louis XVI Walnut Chiffonnière Commode with Bronze Accents
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant 18th century walnut chiffonnière or petite commode is a testament to fine craftsmanship and timeless design.
Bronze
Country French Régence Style Chest of Drawers ~ Commode with Cabriole Legs
Located in Dallas, TX
A Country French Régence style chest of drawers crafted in oak, with three serpentine drawers raised on graceful cabriole legs. Each drawer front is carved as three molded panels, a ...
Brass
Fine 18th Century French Curved Commode in Walnut Louis XV
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful mid 18 century commode in walnut with 3 drawers This fine Louis XV commode has an elegant curved shape and a beautiful original tablet.
Walnut
Petite Italian 1820s Walnut Five-Drawer Commode with Butterfly Veneer
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian petite walnut commode from the early 19th century, with butterfly veneer and five drawers.
Walnut
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Bureau-Commode. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This elegant early Biedermeier walnut bureau-commode is the best example of top-quality Viennese piece from circa 1820.
Brass
French Louis Philippe I Walnut Commode with Marble Top, Circa 1850
Located in Faversham, GB
A substantial Continental chest of drawers or commode in burr walnut with a gently over sailing original marble top.
Marble
Biedermeier Commode Made in Czechia, circa 1840, Fully Restored Walnut
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Biedermeier Commode made in Czechia, circa 1840. Fully Restored walnut.
Walnut
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Demi-Lune Commodes, Gilt-Bronze, Circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Demi-Lune Shaped Petite Commodes or Bedside Cabinets. Each with 'D'-shaped brèche de Benou Jaune marble top with three-quarte...
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Directoire Solid Cherry Brass Mounted Commode C. 1950s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
It is a sturdy thing, this commode — built not for ornament alone, but for service.
Brass
19th Century French Louis Phillipe Burl Walnut Marble Top Rolling Commode
Located in Germantown, MD
19th-century French Louis Philippe commode, or chest of drawers, crafted with burled walnut veneer and topped with white marble.
Marble
18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry Commode, Stamped Jean-Baptiste Lependu
Located in Winter Park, FL
Restoration on the runners of the drawers. This commode has expected wear with some cracking to the veneers but no actual losses or damage to the wood top or mounts.
Marble, Bronze
1960s Italian Bamboo & Rattan Bohemian French Riviera Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern chest of drawers, commode in bamboo and rattan with 3 drawers on each side.
Bamboo, Rattan
19th Century Italian Walnut Inlaid Three-Drawer Commode with Geometric Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined 19th-century Italian walnut commode of compact proportions, richly decorated with geometric marquetry throughout.
Walnut
Marble Top Demi Lune Commode with Inlaid Front Louis XVI Style
Located in Toronto, CA
Several drawers add to the usefulness with additional storage and the marble top not only gives the commode an air of sophistication and elegance but also solidity.
Walnut
French Louis Philippe Chest or Commode of Burr Walnut with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Louis Philippe console chest or commode from France, of beautifully patinated burled walnut with a figured marble top, featuring four fitted long drawers, brass escutcheons, a...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
18th Century French Louis XV/Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
Fine Louis XV/Transition period commode or chest of drawers with beautiful proportions and a fine and lively marquetry Marble plate and bronze mounts added later to give the commode...
Marble, Bronze
2 Maitland Smith Neoclassical Demilune Chiffonier Cabinet Commode Console Tables
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of two Maitland Smith Poise Chiffonier sideboard cabinets, console tables or commodes featuring demilune / half round form with upper drawer, lower cabinet and textured hand pai...
Hardwood
Rare Early 18th Century Louis XV Provincial Burr Elm Mazarin Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
Please note it is very rare to find a commode of this form being in burr elm. These commodes are called Mazarin because of the shaped front styles leading down to the feet, a design ...
Elm, Fruitwood
$3,884Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Provençal Sculptural Commode in Pine Wood, 19th century Denmark 1850s
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
A solid pine commode from the early 19th century. Built with a strong, honest construction and a generous scale.
Pine
Elegant Dresdner German Walnut Veneer Pillar Commode with Ornate Mounts, c. 1880
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga
A charming and finely proportioned pillar commode from Dresden, Germany, dating to around 1880.
Wood, Nutwood
Quatrain Portuguese Baroque Style Black Ebonized Wood Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Quatrain Portuguese Baroque style Ebonized Three-Drawer Chest This exquisite Portuguese Baroque style ebonized three-drawer chest is a stunning addition to any decor. Crafted by the ...
Wood, Ebony
$48,750Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of Italian 18th Century Giuseppe Maggiolini Style Inlaid Commodes
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of Italian 18th Century Giuseppe Maggiolini Style Inlaid Commodes. Celebrated for their intricate marquetry and elegant forms, Giuseppe Maggiolini's stylish and ornate furniture...
Wood
1970s Spanish Hand Woven Lace Wicker 3-Drawer Commode Chest
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Spanish hand woven lace wicker 3-drawer commode chest.
Wicker
Antique Rare Bavarian Burr Walnut Chest Commode c.1760 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare 18th Century serpentine burr walnut Bavarian commode, Circa 1760 in date. This beautiful burr walnut commode is decoratively crossbanded in long grain walnut with fo...
Walnut
Louis XVI Mahogany Commode with Grey Marble Top, French, Circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Small Gilt-Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode With a Grey Marble Top. This fine commode has a shaped grey marble top with canted corners, above a frieze with a gilt-...
Marble, Ormolu
Commode Italian Venetian Baroque Burr Walnut Geometric Inlay Serpentine Front
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The serpentine front on this magnificent commode is sophisticated and gives it gravitas. The undulating form is a masterpiece of carpentry.
Walnut, Burl
Commode Marquetry and Bronze Transition Louis XV Louis XVI
By Maison Soubrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis XV, louis XVI transition style chest of drawers, marble top marquetry and bronze stamped twice by the cabinetmaker P.Chorier and also by maison Soubrier one of the famous retai...
Marble, Bronze
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Period Walnut Inlaid Bombée Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very impressive Italian 18th century Louis XIV period walnut inlaid bombée commode. The commode is raised on curved legs with elaborately scrolled frieze with bone inlay.
Walnut
Italian Hand-Painted Commode with Rose Motif, Antiqued White, 1990
Located in Dallas, TX
Notable Features: Hand-painted rose motifs on the front and sides. Antiqued white finish with contrasting dark top. Two-door cabinet with adjustable interior shelf. Crafted in It...
Wood
Fine Pair English Satinwood Adams Style With Paint Decoration 1920s Era Commodes
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Crafted from richly figured satinwood veneers, the commodes display an extraordinary depth of color and luminous grain patterns that shimmer beautifully under changing light.
Satinwood
19th-C. Hand Painted and Carved Venetian Commode or Chest
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a breathtaking 19th century Venetian Rococo style commode. It is hand painted and beautifully done.
Brass
19th Century Italian Charles X Walnut Chest Of Drawers / Commode
Located in Viterbo, VT
Chest of drawers handmade in Italy in the early 1800s using walnut. The chest shows beautiful lines and proportions as well as fantastic character accumulated over the years. The thr...
Walnut
English late 17th Century Blond Oak commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Troy, NY
English chest of drawers, Charles II, late 17th century, made of blond oak and left un-stained, which gives this commode a striking, unique "honey" color. The thin molded top sits a...
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Commode, Chest of Drawers
Located in Greven, DE
fine Louis XV chest of drawers from the 18th century. France Middle 18th century Dimensions: h x w x d: 82 x 124 x 62 cm (measured at the top) Description: Excellent Louis...
Marble
20th Century antique Style Baroque Solid Wood Silver Plated Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood, silver-plated on softwood. Straight body on a fitting curved frame, over sculptural carved claw feet. In the convex and concave curved front four drawers of different siz...
Wood
Elegant Commode with Mirror antique Biedermeier Style with Inlays Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Mirror-veneered Mahogany, partially ebonized. On saber-shaped feet, straight trianus body stylized arrows inlaid with flower tendrils and a large flower in the middle of framed half-...
Mahogany
Dramatic Restored Cane and Chevron Bamboo Commode, Philippines, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent commode is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
Bamboo, Cane, Mahogany
18th Century Continental German Louis XV Commode in Burl Wood & Bronze
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (Louis XV style) 18th Century inlaid bombe shaped burl wood (possibly walnut) commode with marquetry inlay depicting a hunting scene, with 3 drawers and ornamented...
Bronze
French Louis Philippe Chest or Commode of Burr Walnut with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Louis Philippe console chest or commode from France, with rectangular figured marble top over a cabinet with a frieze of four drawers, each drawer with raised escutcheon, the ...
Stone, Marble
Stunning toilette writing commode vanity mirror, late Biedermeier, 1850, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Stunning toilette commode, structured like a writing commode, made in the famous era of Biedermeier, a late piece made around 1850, in Austria.
Bronze
Antique Italian Rococo Louis XV Orange Painted Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Rococo Louis XV Style Orange Painted Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers. Item features original orange distress painted finish, shapely bombe form, quality dovetailed con...
Wood, Paint
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Cherry Bureau-Commode. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This fine early Biedermeier cherry bureau-commode is the best example of top-quality Viennese piece from circa 1825.
Brass
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI commode by G. Durand
By Gervais Durand
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI mahogany and inlayed marble top commode. Signed G. Durand. Original marble top
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Commode Stamped Louis Delaitre, Crowned C Bronzes
By Louis Delaitre
Located in BARSAC, FR
Delaitre Louis, Parisian cabinetmaker received master on November 19, 1738. Exceptional chest of drawers from the Louis XV period made of kingwood veneer inlaid with frieze and ge...
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Italian Grey and White Chip-Carved Commode Hand-Carved Star Pattern
Located in Essex, MA
Antique Italian Ebonized Hand-Stamped Commode in a Star Pattern Two-Drawer Chest of Drawers This striking two-drawer commode exemplifies the rustic sophistication of Continental Euro...
Wood, Paint
Pulaski Sagamore Hill Victorian Cherry Wood Marble Top Commode Nightstand Chest
By Pulaski Furniture Corporation
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pulaski Sagamore Hill Collection Victorian Style Cherry Wood Marble Top Commode Nightstand Chest. Item features 3 dovetailed drawers, cream colored serpentine marble top, carved ball...
Marble
1960s, Danish radio/TV commode, laqered ash wood, wood marquetry door.
Located in Tarm, 82
1960s, Danish radio/TV commode. Original very good condition: no smells, no stains and stable construction.
Ash
Mid 18th Century Rococo Venetian Gilt and Painted Three-Drawer Commode
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century Venetian commode, finely painted and parcel-gilt, retaining its original three-drawer configuration.
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Louis XV/XVI Transitional Hand Painted Marble Top Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Louis XV/XVI transitional hand painted marble top commode. Two drawers with original brass fittings and a later hand painted geometric design.
Marble
Signed Maison Jansen Brass Mounted Chinoiserie Marble Top Louis XVI Commode
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Maison Jansen Chinoiserie Paint-Decorated Marble-Top Commode – Exquisite French Neoclassical Craftsmanship This exceptional Maison Jansen chinoiserie paint-decorated marble-top comm...
Marble, Brass
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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