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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Color: Brown
Color: Beige
Ebony Hollywood Regency Bronze Mounted Commode, Sideboard, Chest, Marble Top
Located in Stamford, CT
An Ebony Louis XV commode or chest in the Hollywood Regency Fashion.
This stunning French chest or commode has three over two drawers in the blockfront form with bronze pulls. The recently refinished chest...
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Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Chest of drawers in elmwood, France circa 1970-1980
Located in Paris, FR
Commode in elm with four drawers in very good condition, with a nice assembly and an original shape.
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1970s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Stack H1080 8 Drawer Green Palette Storage by Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Challenging the conventions of a traditional drawer unit, Stack consists of individual, multicoloured drawers that appear suspended above one another and open in both directions, cre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Antique Chippendale Three Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American Chippendale style three drawer commode. Wonderful antique three drawer chest with hand carved details. Drawers have inlaid bandings...
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19th Century American Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Burl
Vintage Dresser with Matching Mirror and Custom Glass Top by Stanley
By Stanley
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering one of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a
Stanley Art Deco dresser with matching mirror and custom g...
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1970s American Neoclassical Revival Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Henredon Chinese Chippendale Carved Mahogany Nightstands, Newly Refinished
By Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Chinese Chippendale style three-drawer bedside chests
By Henredon, "Aston Court" Collection
USA, Circa 1980s
Carved solid mahogany, with original brass ha...
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Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century English Charles II Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Super early antique Charles II English oak chest of drawers having two small drawers at the top and 3 large drawers underneath. Brass hardware is beautiful and all drawers work smoot...
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Late 18th Century English George II Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern American Walnut Tall Skinny Lingerie Chest Dresser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern American walnut skinny tall and narrow unusual shape dresser high chest.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English 19th Century Teak Campaign Chest with Five Drawers and Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Campaign teak wood chest from the 19th century, with brass hardware and bracket feet. Created in England during the 19th century, this teak wo...
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Marquetry Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted floral marquetry Bombé commodes with marble top. The serpentine two-drawer commodes, with rosewood, king-wo...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
John Stuart Three Drawer Rosewood Bachelor Chest Mid Century Console Stand Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
John Stuart Three Drawer Rosewood Night stand Side End Table Chest Mid Century Modern MINT.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Large English Bow Front Chest of Drawers of Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English bow-front chest of mahogany featuring a bowed top over four beaded drawers with brass pulls, and set upon an apron base with splay feet.
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19th Century English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tommi Parzinger Originals Brass Studded & White Lacquered Two Drawer Chest
Located in Hanover, MA
Tommy Parzinger for Parzinger Originals white lacquered two drawer cabinet.
Some call this a dresser but scale suggests nightstand or bedside chest.
Solid brass round domed studs ev...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19thc Painted and Gilded Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Unusual pair of painted and gilded Swedish commodes.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Chest of Drawers in Sycamore, circa 1930-1940 in the Style of René Prou
By René Prou
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco chest of drawers in Sycamore, circa 1930-1940 in the Style of René Prou
Varnish to redo.
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Sycamore
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted satinwood and tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout floral Marquetry two-drawer commode of bombé serpentine form, ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Country French Petite Commode, Nightstand
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French petite commode ~ nightstand will make the perfect finishing touch for your classic, casual decor! Ideal to use in vir...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Paint Decorated Satinwood English Adams Style English Commode circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous hand-painted antique Adams commode. The commode is made of solid satinwood which is rare enough, but the simple lines and design and gorgeous paint decoration adds...
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Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century India Iron-Bound Hardwood Dowry Chest
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
Beautiful 19th century, Anglo-Indian solid teak trunk with original iron bindings.
It has a hinged top with two iron hasps that would have been pinned close with an iron or steel pi...
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19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
R Crosby & Son Victorian Burr Elm Wellington Chest of Drawers 160 Crests Seal
By Crosby & Sons
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this important, one of a kind, R Crosby & Son, Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Burr Elm and Oak Wellington Chest of Drawers housing 160 Sulphur casts...
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19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Oak
Georgian Yew Wood Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and rare 18th century Georgian yew
wood miniature chest having four long drawers
with original brass knobs raised on original
shaped bracket feet.
(There is often debate as to whether miniature furniture was
made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who
is looking for a job at a workshop would create something to
showcase their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling
salesman's sample piece, which is when a few articles were
made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which a
salesman would travel the country showing prospective clients
the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and
take orders from. This particular example doesn't really appear
to quite fit either of those briefs however and may well have just
been made as an individual, one off piece in a provincial workshop.
One of the reasons for this is the construction from solid yewwood
which is a rarely used material in items any larger than this as the
trunks generally don't grow large enough. The overall quality is
excellent and clearly somebody has spent many, many hours
producing this wonderful piece. A really quite charming piece of
antique miniature furniture...
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Yew
Swedish Grace Period Petite Commode
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sweet three-drawer Swedish Art Deco chest with intarsia mixed wood inlay on patchwork oak and birch veneer, brass fittings.
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Chinese Medicine Chest
Located in Kastrup, DK
Medicine Chest in original black lacquer. Shanxi province, China.
Dating back from the late 18th Century.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
19th Century Biedermeier Chest of Drawers Nutwood, Austria, circa 1840
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Outstanding 19th century chest of drawers from the famous Biedermeier period in Vienna/ Austria around 1840. Impressing with an absolute fantastic grain, this elaborately restored commode offers four large, lockable drawers which provide a lot of storage room. The high-quality nutwood veneer has been set in an absolute beautiful manner to make it look like it is running down from top to the bottom without any interruption. In contrast to that the slightly curved pilaster strips show a horizontally veneered surface. Fantastic looking brass key blades in the shape of shields and a traditional handmade shellac polish finalize the exceptional appearance of this fine austrian Biedermeier chest of drawers...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine and Small 18th Century Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A super example of a flame mahogany serpentine chest with original swanneck handles and ogee bracket feet. The top with a large cross banding and lovely grain to the timber.
The who...
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Late 18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
American Empire Marble Top Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
American Empire mahogany marble-top chest, with rojo Alicante marble top, the four drawers with crotch mahogany veneer, brass knobs and escutcheons, tiger birch...
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1850s American American Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Set of Hand Painted Carved Side Chests of Drawers
Located in Sofia, BG
French wooden chests of drawers hand painted in green with red edges and decoration in Louis XV style. Lion's heads on the handles.
France, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated commode. The three drawer chest is raised by elegant circular tapered fluted legs below the fine fluted straight frieze. Each ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique George IIIl Quality Mahogany Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George IIIl quality mahogany chest of five drawers having a quality mahogany top above two short and three long figured mahogany cockbeeded drawers with pretty oval brass han...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated commodes. Each three drawer chest is raised by fine circular tapered fluted legs below striking fluted columns extendin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Georgian Bowfront Mahogany Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
Georgian style bowfront chest with four self-closing drawers and hand-cast polished brass flourish hardware has a “rustic” warm walnut finish with subtle visual distressing and hand-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
19th C. Regency Mahogany Chiffonier Tall Chest of Drawers Filing Cabinet Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A tall and Elegant 19th Century Regency chest of drawers Mahogany Chiffonier also chiffonnier. Its name comes directly from a Fre...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Unique Czech Art Deco Dressing Table with Mirror, Cherry-Tree, Restored, 1920s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Art Deco dressing table.
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia)
Material: Cherry-tree
Period: 1920-1929
Completely restored.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer, Cherry, Mirror, Wood
A George II Walnut Chest of Drawers / Commode
Located in Pomona, CA
A George II Walnut Chest of Drawers with nice proportions. Cross-banded top and drawers. Oak drawer liners. Bracket feet c.1835
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1730s Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique Grand Chest of Drawers, English, Walnut, Tallboy, Georgian, circa 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique grand chest on chest of drawers. An English, walnut and mahogany tallboy, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Striking appeara...
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Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Nice Quality French Provincial Louis XV Commode Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Measures 43 wide x 24 deep x 32 deep. Dates to the 1950s era.
Category
1950s North American French Provincial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Stunning Burr Elm Chest of Drawers with Oversized Military Campaign Handles
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning military campaign style burr elm Theodore Alexander chest of drawers
A very good looking a...
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20th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine 18th Century French Regence Period Walnut Commode with Ormolu Mounta
Located in Charleston, SC
Fine 18th century French Regence period walnut and ormolu mounted commode or chest of drawers. Three drawers over two. Great quality ormolu bronze mounts and pulls. Few old charming ...
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18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century, Italian Walnut Wood Bureau Chest of Drawer
Located in IT
18th century, Italian walnut wood bureau chest of drawer
This bureau chest of drawer was made in Emilia, in Italy, at the beginning of the 18th century. The structure is entirely paved in the precious wood essence of walnut and walnut root. The upper portion has a door that opens to the fore to show inside a compartment divided into six drawers. There is also a secret, which is fulfilled by running the support plan.
The front then has three drawers equipped with door locks and handles in chiseled bronze.
The cabinet rests on a band that front is interrupted to create two feet, a feature that gives elegance and lightness to the compositional line.
The walnut veneer is applied playing on the different designs of the wood and this gives the furniture a refined chromatic effect of great decorative.
This flap is suitable to be inserted in different environments of your home is combined with antique furniture in...
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Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Italian Patch Olive Burl Wood Bombe Shape Hall Cabinet Console Cabinet Credenza
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fine petit wall console credenza chest meticulously finished in thick olive burl wood veneers. Two door cabinet with one shelf storage space. Made in Italy.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Olive, Burl
English Chippendale Bachelor's Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English Chippendale bachelor's chest, the two over three drawers with open fretwork brass pulls that are not original but are handmade copies of an...
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1780s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis XV-Style Chest of Drawers, Dark Oak, Hand Carved 19th C.
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome chest of drawers having four drawers that pull
Easily. Hand carved with scrolling designs make it
Special. A shaped top that bows slightly in the front
Center adds intere...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
George II Walnut Chest on Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
George II walnut chest on chest, the upper section with cove cornice above two over three graduated drawers, the drawers are cross band...
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1730s English George II Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Gibbings Widdicomb Solid Brass Ring Drop Pulls Bachelor Chests Dressers
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Gibbings Widdicomb Solid Brass Ring Drop Pulls Bachelor Chests Dressers on Wheels.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Czech Art Nouveau Dressing Table with Mirror, Walnut, Restored, 1910s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Art Nouveau dressing table.
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia)
Material: Cherry-tree
Period: 1910-1919
Completely restored.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Modern Leather Chest of 6-Drawer with Earl Grey Stained Red Oak by Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This a very elegant chest of drawer, the case is in red oak with an Earl Grey stain.
The drawers are covered with a light tan colored leather, with dark bronze metal handles right i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Bowfront Chest of Drawers Circa 1800 in Mahogany
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine regency bowfront chest of drawers in mahogany from the beginning of the 19th century circa 1800-England
Very beautiful ches...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th c. Swedish Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous original patina 19th century Swedish commode, Circa 1850. This commode has a beautiful finish on it. Sure to make a statement.
Category
1850s Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style 3 Drawer Commode
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XV style 3 drawer commode with shaped front and sides veneered overall with figured walnut and rosewood. The oak carcass mounted with c...
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19th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Stack H1080 8 Drawer Blue Palette Storage by Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Challenging the conventions of a traditional drawer unit, stack consists of individual, multicoloured drawers that appear suspended above one another and open in both directions, cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Stack H1080 8 Drawer Sage Palette Storage by Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Challenging the conventions of a traditional drawer unit, Stack consists of individual, multicoloured drawers that appear suspended above one another and open in both directions, cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Fine Pair of Italian Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bedside Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very decorative pair of Burr Walnut, Italian Marquetry inlaid Bombe bedside table sized chests
A very good lookin...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Opposing Walnut Chests, 1950s
Located in Westport, CT
A set of opposing chests of drawers executed in walnut with contrasting ebonized mahogany pulls. From afar they appear to be dressers, however, they can be split and used as bedside ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
21st Century Matteo Cibic Petineuse Lacquered MDFMirror Fabric Scapin Collezioni
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Bi Petineuse, design by Matteo Cibic, product by Scapin Collezioni
Elegant and sophisticated, BI is a luxury and dreamy petineuse. The gravity of the structure is contrasted by th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Mirror
George Nakashima for Widdicomb Long Dresser Credenza Cabinet Burl Sliding Doors
Located in Rockaway, NJ
George Nakashima for widdicomb long dresser credenza cabinet burl sliding doors mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Burl
60s 70s Teak Sideboard Credenza Cabinet Danish Modern Design Denmark
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s teak sideboard Credenza cabinet Danish Modern Design Denmark 70s
Object: sideboard
Manufacturer:
Condition: good
Age: around 1960-1970
Dimensions:
85cm x 40...
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1970s Danish Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Superb Early 19th Century George III Flame Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb early 19th century George III flame mahogany chest on chest, the upper section with a stepped moulded Cavetto cornice and finely...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Axel Larsson Kidney Shaped Chest of Drawers Made by Bodafors, Sweden
Located in Goteborg, SE
Rare kidney shaped chest of drawers in Elm by the Swedish designer Axel Larsson for Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors. Axel Larsson designed the ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
Antique and Vintage Chests of Drawers and Commodes for Sale on 1stDibs
Is it 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 a 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.
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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