Wedgwood Landscape Etruria Pattern Blue White Porcelain Covered Slop Pot Commode
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Wedgwood Landscape Etruria Pattern Blue and White Porcelain Covered Slop Pot Commode with Woven Wicker Rattan Handle. Item features printed landscape scenes to front and rear...
Porcelain
Ormolu and Wedgwood Mounted Mahogany Commode Attributed to Julius Zwiener
Located in London, GB
An Ormolu- and Wedgwood Jasperware-Mounted mahogany commode à l'Anglaise Firmly Attributed to Julius Zwiener A fine commode an l'anglaise having a shaped marble top inset within a g...
Marble
Louis XVI style Wedgwood Commode a Vantaux, Late 19th/20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A fine late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze Wedgwood Jasperware commode a vantaux with white marble top. After a commode made for Marie Antoinette’s receiving rooms at Fon...
Marble, Bronze
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Marble and Wedgwood Porcelain commode/vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Epoque Period Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu, Marble and Wedgwood Porcelain commode/vitrine. The commode is raised on ...
Marble, Ormolu
Sold
H 9.75 in W 12 in D 10 in
Antique Wedgwood Ferrara Etruria Plum Purple Porcelain Lidded Chamber Slop Pot
By Wedgewood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Wedgwood Ferrara Etruria Plum Purple Porcelain Lidded Chamber Slop Pot. Item featured is a very rare model, decorated removable lid with holes, attractive purple "plum" trans...
Porcelain
$250
H 2.75 in W 5 in D 4.5 in
Antique Portland Blue Jasperware Bowl with White Overlay by Wedgwood England
By Wedgwood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A stunning Neoclassical Wedgwood Portland blue bowl with a white overlay. This piece is believed to have been a small sugar bowl, however we think it would be fabulous used as a vase...
Ceramic
Vintage Porcelain Cache-Pot Planter with Blue and White Landscape
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage porcelain cache-pot planter from the mid 20th century with hand-painted blue and white décor depicting landscapes, architectures and figures in boats patterns. Crea...
Porcelain
$950
H 7.75 in W 17 in D 9.5 in
20th Century Asian Blue and White Painted Porcelain Foot Bath or Jardiniere
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Asian circa 1980 and oval in shape with bowed sides, the vintage porcelain basin is dressed with two shelf form side handles in high relief. The planter is decorated with ...
Porcelain
English Blue and White Transferware Soup Tureen
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A 19th century English blue and white transferware soup tureen with its lid. Country scenes all around — a thatched cottage on the body, a horse and cart on the lid, and a classical ...
Ceramic
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 44 in W 39.5 in D 17 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Commode Cabinet
Located in North York, ON
Exquisite antique king wood with bronze mounts in Louis XV style. This Commode is in excellent original condition. Featuring beautiful brass ornaments and floral marquetry woodwork. ...
Marble, Brass
French Louis XV Style Demi-Lune Commode with Marble Top
Located in Montreal, QC
This elegant mahogany commode is a Classic. The two central drawers sans-traverse are flanked by shaped doors enclosing side cupboards. The front is inlaid with a musical trophy, the...
Marble, Bronze
$2,995
H 34.5 in W 39.5 in D 20.5 in
Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Ormolu Bombe Shape Inlaid Tulip-wood Commode
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality antique French Louis XV style marble top & ormolu mounted tulipwood & kingwood bombe shape commode chest, circa 1900. The serpentine shaped top having the original var...
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble-Topped Commode
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this classic Louis XVI-style commode, or chest of drawers, dates from the 1870s–1890s. Made of mahogany, this chest has three functional drawers with dovetail constr...
Brass
$750
H 10.5 in W 14 in D 8.5 in
19th Century ' Dresden Opaque China' Blue & White Soup Tureen Staffordshire
Located in Huntington, NY
19th Century ' Dresden Opaque China' Blue & White Soup Tureen Staffordshire, minor fractures visible although all are stable
Pottery
19th Century Louis XVI Style Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Elegant 19th century Louis XVI style demilune commode, finely crafted in marquetry and adorned with a richly colored breccia marble top. This refined piece beautifully reflects the n...
Breccia Marble, Bronze
$58,450Sale Price|22% Off
H 36.25 in W 70.38 in D 25.88 in
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ormolu-Mounted Commode
By Léon Kann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French palatial 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted "Marie Antoinette Style" medallion commode with a Fleur de Pêche marble top, after a model by Ben...
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XV style Demi lune commode chest with cream marble top
Located in Houston, TX
The shape of this fine cabinet exhibits graceful curved sides and the Extremely fine burr walnut makes it exceptionally desirable. It has a marble With hues of cream and has copper ...
Walnut
Royal Doulton 'Oyama' Pattern Flow Blue Porcelain Jardiniere
By Royal Doulton
Located in Doylestown, PA
Rare Royal Doulton 'Oyama' pattern porcelain jardinere, circa 1910. Flow blue jardiniere with a chinoiserie scene of celestial dragons chasing the pearl of wisdom. There is a small ...
Porcelain
Mintons Blue Willow Pattern Large Jardiniere
By Minton
Located in Mobile, AL
Thomas Minton is believed to have created the famous Blue Willow Pattern and sold the original design to Thomas Turner in the 18th century. The pattern is clearly inspired by Canton ...
Pottery
$48,950Sale Price|42% Off
H 37 in W 60.25 in D 20.38 in
French 19th Century Louis XV-XVI Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Commode Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI-Louis XVI Transition Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany, Birdseye Maple, Fruitwood and Sycamore Marquetry and Parquetry Commode with a Brèche d'A...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Wedgwood Royal Blue Jasperware Biscuit Barrel
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Wedgwood Jasperware Royal blue Biscuit Barrel with an EPNS lid and swing handle, England, circa 1910-1930. The barrel shaped body shows a romantic white sprigged neoclassical ...
Metal
$186,912
H 98.43 in W 21.26 in D 13 in
Exceptional Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Grandfather Clock
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Louis XVI style gilt bronze and malachite grandfather clock French, late 19th century Measures: Height 250cm, width 54cm, depth 33cm This superb longcase clock is a ...
Malachite, Ormolu
$60,756
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
$125,000
H 39.5 in W 49 in D 4 in
A 19th C. Italian Oil on Canvas "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci
By Arturo Ricci
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous 19th Century Italian Oil on Canvas titled "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci. This oil on canvas is truly incredible and one of Ricci's best works of art. The sce...
Canvas, Wood
$64,806
H 48 in W 58 in
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (c.1705–1770 London) An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier (1680–1770) Oil on canvas Canvas size - 40 x 50 in Framed size - 48 ...
Oil
$232,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 136 in Dm 108 in
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a...
Stone, Copper
20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cage, Hand-Painted Metal & Wood
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
$44,850Sale Price|30% Off
H 25.25 in W 20.25 in D 3.25 in
Fine Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Jesus Christ Crowned with Thorns
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in LA, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within its original gilt wood and gesso carved f...
Oil, Canvas, Wood
$347,200
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
$34,563Sale Price|20% Off
H 50 in W 41 in D 2 in
Portrait of Lady in Silver Dress - Dutch Old Master art portrait oil painting
By Willem Wissing
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Dutch Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Willem Wissing. Wissing settled in England and emerged as Peter Lely's most important pupil after his de...
Oil
$128,263
H 41 in W 34.75 in
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne c. 1592 oil on panel 35 x 29 inches, unframed; 41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame Inscribed 'Lady Dormore' Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampt...
Oil
$690,731
H 38.98 in W 61.82 in D 84.26 in
King Edward VII Royal Bluthner Piano Exhibited in Paris Exhibition 1900
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1899, Bluthner grand piano with a rosewood case, decorated with Art Nouveau and Empire style elements. It was showcased at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Piano bought by K...
Metal, Ormolu
$324,033 / set
H 54.14 in W 39.97 in D 20.08 in
Extremely Rare Set of Four Victorian Wall Lights of Exceptional Size, F&C Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare early Victorian set of four five-light cut-glass silvered mounted wall-lights of exceptional quality the central slice cut shaft surmounted by unusual cross over di...
Silver Plate
Magnificent Life-Size Marble Sculpture from Italy 180 CM
Located in Madrid, ES
Add a touch of classical elegance to your collection with this magnificent life-size marble sculpture, masterfully crafted from the finest Italian marble. This exceptional piece, met...
Marble
Ormolu, Kingwood and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet by Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
Kingwood, Vernis Martin and Gilt-Bronze mounted side cabinet by Linke French, Late 19th Century Height 127cm, width 147cm, depth 50cm Made in the late-nineteenth century in the heig...
Marble, Ormolu
$101,260
H 61.42 in W 69.3 in D 1.97 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique 5 Panels Hand Painted Screen from Duc Uzès
Located in FR
A remarkable Louis XVI 18th-century French antique screen with an illustrious provenance, presumed to have belonged to the Duke of Uzès. This exquisite five-panel folding screen show...
Canvas, Wood
$168,767
H 74.81 in W 40.16 in D 10.24 in
Pair of George II Style English Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Pair of George II Style English Carved Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors After A Design By Thomas Johnson. Of large proportions, each mirror having a cartouche-shaped pla...
Gesso, Giltwood
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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