Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13

A Pair of Chest of Drawers with Walnut Veneers and Nickel Handles

About the Item

This asymmetrically partitioned chest of drawers is a good example of Hungarian Art Deco and early post-war design. The Hungarians were experts in working with wood veneer ever since the 19th Century. Techniques that were refined during the Austro-Hungarian Empire were applied to streamlined Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern designs much later. As Hungary had ready access to walnut wood, walnut veneer was most often used. Hungarian designs are quite similar to French Art Deco but somewhat simpler. Each glossy lacquered chest features a tripartite design, with a dark plinth, a dark-stained single door accessing a deep compartment, and a stack of light drawers with a lighter stain. The condition is excellent, and the doors and drawers operate smoothly. The hardware is nickel.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 34.25 in (87 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    c.1950
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Chicago, IL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 25E020251stDibs: LU886445451432

More From This Seller

View All
Walnut Side Chest with Solid Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
This walnut side chest dates to the 1960's and is an example of "brutalist" or "mid-century socialist's" furniture design. The furniture and art of Eastern Europe in the post-war per...
Category

Late 20th Century Czech Brutalist Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Walnut Side Chest with Solid Drawers
$4,900 Sale Price
37% Off
A Chest of Drawers With Triangular Parquetry
Located in Chicago, IL
This Hungarian chest of drawers dates to the late 1940's or early 1950's and features Mid-Century Modern styling with an Art Deco twist. The piece is crafted with a walnut case and m...
Category

Mid-20th Century Hungarian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Macassar, Walnut

A Mid-Century Set of Side Chests with Macassar Veneer and Brass Edge Trim
Located in Chicago, IL
The simple and solid casework of these chests of drawers is enlivened by dramatic brass trim along the edges of the drawers and brass plated handles. The highly polished wood veneer ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Nickel

A Brutalist Side Chest with Brass Handles
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique side chest features a "Brutalist" design that was popular in Europe during the 1960's and 1970's. During the post-war period, Hungarian furniture production was redirecte...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Commodes and Chests of D...

Materials

Brass

A Willy Rizzo Chest of Drawers and Brass Trim
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegant and timeless, this vintage chest of drawers by Willy Rizzo features a sleek lacquered amboyna veneers with refined brass inlay detailing. Designed in the early 1970s, it offe...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

A Brutalist Side Chest with Three Drawers and a Brass Base
Located in Chicago, IL
This elm side chest dates to the 1950's and is an example of "brutalist" or late mid-century furniture design. The casework is square and chunky, contrasting with solid elm drawer fr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Elm

You May Also Like

Dresser, chest of drawers in walnut, veneered and inlaid, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
ancient chest of drawers, walnut chest of drawers, richly veneered and inlaid, with wavy drawers typical of the late Baroque, was created to be placed in ...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Walnut and Pearwood Veneered Marquetry Chests
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of walnut and pear-wood, veneered, marquetry 3 drawer commodes on tapered legs. Floral medallion details. From the area of Naples.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Pearwood, Walnut

Antique Dresden chest of drawers, oak with walnut veneer, around 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Dresden chest of drawers, oak with walnut veneer, around 1870 Solid oak body with very fine walnut root veneer. Germany around 1870. ...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Antique Dresden chest of drawers, oak with walnut veneer, around 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Dresden chest of drawers, oak with walnut veneer, around 1870 Solid oak body with very fine walnut root veneer. Germany around 1870. ...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century German Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Baroque Chest of Drawers Walnut veneer with Marquetry Deco. Castle Furniture
Located in Kastrup, DK
German baroque chest of drawers, castle furniture, 1730-1740. Walnut veneer with marquetry decorations in contrasting woods, in the form of exotic birds and foliage. Black stone top....
Category

Antique 1730s German Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Stone

Late Empire French Walnut Chest of Drawers with Bronze Handles
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Frenc...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Recently Viewed

View All