Kittinger "Greek Key Chests" in White Lacquer with Brass-Clad Drawer Fronts
By Kittinger
Located in Chicago, IL
New white lacquer finish with brass-clad drawer fronts.
Brass
Pair Dorothy Draper White Lacquer/Silver Leaf Espana Chests
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 3 drawer chest of drawers with carved and silver leaf front and classic satin nickel ring pulls. Currently 2 available.
Sold|$4,800
Asian Influenced Miniature Console
Located in New York, NY
Highly carved legs in black lacquer support a white lacquered chest with a single drawer with faux divisions and 6 small ring pulls.
Brass
Newly Lacquered White Vintage Paul Frankl Chest of Drawers Dresser John Stuart
By Johnson Furniture Company, Paul Frankl
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent newly lacquered in white Paul Frankl Johnson Furniture for John Stuart dresser. Mint condition.
Metal
White Furniture Co. 1940s Brown Lacquered 3-Drawer Chest with Gilt Highlights
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fitted with three long drawers adorned with giltwood horizontal molding; raised on splayed legs with reeded detailing; the top drawer fitted with a removable tray; White Furniture Co...
Wood
White Lacquered and Nickel Fixture Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in North Miami, FL
chic!
Sculptural Chest of Drawers in White Lacquer with Lucite Pulls
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sculptural chest of drawers in white lacquer in Lucite pulls in the manner of Tommi Parzinger, American, 1970s.
Pair of 1940s Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware, American, circa 1940s.
Wood
Modernist Chest or Dresser in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist Chest in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware, American, circa 1930's.
Wood
Sculpted Chest of Drawers in White Lacquer by Tommi Parzinger
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sculpted chest of drawers No. 217 in white lacquer with etched brass hardware designed by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1970's
Pair of Grosfeld House Chests White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
These glamorous chests have been completely restored with a white lacquer finish and nickeled hardware.
Hollywood Regency White Lacquered Beacon Hill Campaign Chest of Drawers
By Beacon Hill
Located in Stamford, CT
White lacquered Beacon Hill Campaign chest of drawers.
Pair of Serpentine Front Chests in Black and White Lacquer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Serpentine Front Chests in Black and White Lacquer, custom made circa 1990's.
French Louis XV Style Black Lacquered Chest of Drawers with White Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and elegant French Louis XV Rococo style two-drawer black lacquered chest or commode with bombe front and sides, The shaped apron with Rococo foliate gilt metal scroll, f...
Marble, Metal
Pair of 1940's Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware, American, circa 1940's.
Wood
Pair of 1940's Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Chests in White Lacquer with Chunky Nickel Hardware, American, circa 1940's.
Nickel
Sold|$6,950 / item
Modern Eight-Drawer Chest Restored in Cream Lacquer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fabulous modern eight-drawer chest, circa 1950s. Stout mahogany case construction with lovely solid brass "golf tee" hardware. Exceptional craftsmanship. Excellent restored conditi...
Brass
Pair of Low Slung Modernist Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Low Slung Modernist Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware, American, circa 1930's.
Wood
Pair of Low Slung Modernist Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Low Slung Modernist Chests in White Lacquer with Nickel Hardware, American, circa 1930's.
Wood
Lime Green White Lacquer Two-Tone Bachelor Chest Dresser Solid Mahogany Brass
By Tommi Parzinger, (after) Raymond Loewy
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass pulls solid mahogany diamond front drawers Mid-Century Modern bachelor dresser chest on horn shape legs. Two-tone lime green white lacquer finish.
Mahogany
Stanley Young Lacquered and Walnut Chest for Glenn of California
By Stanley Young, Glenn of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three drawer Chest by Stanley Young for Glenn of California. With a walnut casing and white lacquered drawers, this chest features Young’s signature bentwood and steel pulls.
Steel
Sold|$5,600
A Modern Dresser in White Lacquer
Located in North Miami, FL
White lacquer six drawer chest with Lucite and chrome hardware.
Chrome
Pair of White Lacquer Art Deco Chests with Nickeled Pulls by Charak Modern
By Grosfeld House
Located in New York, NY
It features the Fine level of craftsmanship and detail for which the furniture maker is renowned. The body of the chests has been finished in white lacquer with a raised silver leaf ...
Enamel, Nickel
Pair of White Lacquer Art Deco Chests with Nickeled Pulls by Charak Modern
By Grosfeld House
Located in New York, NY
It features the Fine level of craftsmanship and detail for which the furniture maker is renowned. The body of the chests has been finished in white lacquer with a raised silver leaf ...
Enamel, Nickel
Stunning White Lacquered Nevelson Style Modernist Dresser
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous piece has three drawers on each side of a center paneled cabinet. The two cabinet doors open to reveal three smaller pull out compartments. The front features fabulou...
Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$1,800
PR White Lacquer Commodes
Located in Norwalk, CT
Newly lacquered satin white.
Brass
French Jansen Style White Lacquered Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful Jansen style commode with very nice white lacquer finish. The commode has brass inlays and a marble top. A very lovely piece that mixes well with a variety of styles.
Wood
Sold|$9,400 / set
Pair of T.H. Gibbings Lacquer Petite Chests or Night Tables
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Westport, CT
Pair of Robsjohn-Gibbings white lacquered silver leaf, three-draw chests or night tables, wonderful petite scale and dimensions.
Silver Leaf
Moviestar Glamourous White Lacquer Commode by Fendi
By Fendi
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Super dramatic and glamorous creamy lacquer bombe style chest with two drawers, chrome-plated brass and leather braided pulls on the drawers with Fendi logo to drool over. Two of the...
Wood
Sold|$4,300
White Lacquered Highboy Dresser
Located in North Miami, FL
High gloss white lacquered dresser with nickel silvered ornate and modern hardware including the hairpin legs. Dresser is wider at base than at top. Five drawers have been lacquered ...
Sold|$2,600
Sculptural White Lacquered Dresser
Located in North Miami, FL
High gloss white lacquered dresser with six drawers. Sculptural interlocking frette work along lower front and recessed sculptural drawer pulls. Fluted tapered legs complete the simp...
Sold|$2,700
White Lacquered Sculpted Paneled Dresser
Located in North Miami, FL
The body is floating in places and all of the drawers and doors have fabulous relief panels of circles, squares, triangles and more. Fully lacquered in high gloss white, inside and out.
Sold|$10,500
Tommi Parzinger white lacquer commode c.1950's
Located in St. Louis, MO
White lacquer commode with dark mahogany legs, grid incised drawers with oval brushed nickel hardware. Parzinger Originals branded mark in top drawer.
Nickel
Sold|$2,500
White Lacquer Mid-Century Dresser
Located in Dallas, TX
White lacquer mid-century nine-drawer dresser with Danish influences. Newly lacquered. NOTE: Picture shows brass hardware. Item actually has new lucite handles.
Wood, Lucite
Pair of Hollywood Regency Grosfeld House White Lacquer
By Grosfeld House
Located in Westport, CT
Pair of Hollywood Regency Grosfeld House white lacquer and 14-karat gold leaf chests bureaus, hand-carved pulls and engraved lines to front, custom elegant and highly sophisticated d...
14k Gold
Sold|$6,631 / set
Pair of Gray-White Lacquered Biedermeier Style Commodes
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of commodes or nightstands tables Biedermeir style, the commodes are a handmade production, made by us, our craftsman cabinetmaker and a craftsman lacquer. in beech wood, the b...
Brass
Louise Nevelson Style Cubist White Lacquered Sculptural Dresser/Cabinet
By Lane Furniture
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful newly white lacquered dresser/cabinet from the 1950s has fronts of cubist and Louise Nevelson inspired influences that give its sculptural forms. The wood has dimens...
Lacquer, Wood
A White Lacquered & Brass Accents Commode by John Stuart
By John Stuart
Located in Sheffield, MA
Conceived by the renown furniture designer John Stuart for Johnson Furniture Company. Stuart started John Stuart, Inc. in 1934 with his partners Herbert M. Rothschild and Herman S. G...
Lacquer
Sold|$4,200
Pair White Lacquered Commodes by Kittinger
Located in North Miami, FL
A great pair of white lacquered commodes fitted with brass circle hardware. These commodes with their new lacquered paint and polished hardware have a simple and elegant look.
Brass
White Lacquer Brass Drop Pulls Mid Century Modern Tripple Dresser
By James Mont
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative Mid-Century Modern white lacquer dresser by Century.
Fruitwood
Poliform Italy Dream Collection White Lacquer Modular Dresser with Table, Desk
By Poliform, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poliform Italy dream collection white lacquer modular dresser with table, desk. Custom Poliform Finish: Glossy glacier white.
Wood
Pair Hollywood Regency Campaign Cabinets, Commodes, Nightstands, White Lacquer
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency style campaign cabinets, commodes, nightstands, white lacquer, bronze. A pair of stunning campaign cabinets in recent white lacquered finish. Lacquer, Bronze Am...
Wood
Sold|$2,500
Ivory Lacquer Bow Front Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century bow front three-drawer commode of ivory lacquer with gray pinstripe detailing, wonderful oversized bronze bail hardware, and a scalloped bottom apron.
Bronze
Sold|$3,600
Faux Bamboo Chest
Located in New York, NY
Faux Bamboo Chest white gloss lacquered, with original polished nickel pulls. 4 drawers.
Wood, Lacquer
Elegant White Lacquered Commode by Tommi Parzinger
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
White lacquered commode No. 2315 with dark mahogany legs, elegant brass hardware, and milk glass top by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1960's
Palm Beach Modern White Lacquered Commodes, Pr
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of Palm Beach Modern White Lacquered Commodes. Each with floating rectangular top above three drawers with pulls on square legs. Measures: 29" H x 36" W x 22" D.
Wood
1960s James Mont Style White Lacquered Credenza
Located in Dallas, TX
Absolutely stunning James Mont style credenza or buffet, with gilt medallions. Lacquered in white. Has three cabinet doors and the interior boasts a single shelf inside. An outstandi...
Wood
Six-Drawer Contemporary Design White Laquered Chest
Located in New York, NY
A 6 drawer white lacquered contemporary design chest with cantilevered front.
Sold|$4,800
Pair of White Lacquered Greek Key Cabinets
Located in Miami, FL
Fantastic pair of high lacquered cabinets with black greek key detail.
Sold|$2,400
A Deco Style Commode in White Lacquer
Located in North Miami, FL
Twelve drawers total, featuring "X" shaped fixtures in high polished nickel. Deco style adds high glam to any space. Made by the Kent Coffey Company - second piece available (tall ...
White Lacquered Commode No. 2315 by Tommi Parzinger
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
White lacquered commode No. 2315 with dark mahogany legs, elegant brass hardware, and milk glass top by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1960's
1967 Salocchi White Lacquered Mirrored High Commode with Light by Sormani, Italy
By Claudio Salocchi, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This rare piece belonged to the renowned collection Amina: the first all-white Italian collection designed for a modern industrial production. The skills of Claudio Salocchi made it ...
Wood
Pair Sanford Wallack White Lacquer Three-Drawer Commodes
By Sanford Wallack
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair restored white lacquer three drawer commodes. Tappered legs with recessed drawers and sides with radiused inside corners. Drawers feature brass U shaped drop pull with long thin...
Brass
Large Rosewood/White Lacquer Glenn of California Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rosewood and lacquer dresser designed by Robert Baron for Glenn of CA.
Pair of matching nightstands available.
Rosewood
Baker Three-Drawer White Lacquer Cloth Cabinet Brass Pulls
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern white lacquer three drawers bachelor chest.
Maison Jansen Off-White Chest of Drawers Designed by Alain Delon, Cinema Star
By Maison Jansen
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding off-white lacquered wood French chest of drawers Hollywood Regency style, plenty of glamour and elegance, designed by Alain Delon, well known French Cinema Star from the ...
Brass
Maison Jansen Off-White Chest of Drawers Designed by Alain Delon, Cinema Star
By Maison Jansen
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding off-white lacquered wood French chest of drawers Hollywood Regency style, plenty of glamour and elegance, designed by Alain Delon, well known French Cinema Star from the ...
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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