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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
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Louis XVI Style Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke, circa 1905
By Jean-Henri Riesener, François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted marquetry commode after a model by Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke.
French, circa 1905.
Linke Index No. 10.
Signed 'F...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Documented and Important Maison Jansen Ormolu Mounted Regency Commode, c. 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent and fine Maison Jansen ormolu mounted commode (France, c. 1950), documented in the book 'Jansen Furniture' by James Archer Abbot (see photos).
This important cabinet wa...
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Mid-20th Century French Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu, Brass
Deborah Gump Diminutive Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Deborah Gump Zoomorphic 3 Drawer chest.
Original finish
Signed and dated.
Category
1970s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Small Chest of Drawers in Italian Walnut Molteni&C by Gio Ponti -D.655.2
By Molteni & C, Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
D.6655.2 Small Chest of Drawers in Various Woods by Gio Ponti.
Expert-crafted in Italy exclusively by Molteni&C.
A statement piece for the modern home, this small chest of drawers ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Wood
Pair of Charles X Inlaid Burl Maple and Black Marble Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Charles X two-door commodes with burl maple veneer and inlaid marquetry trim and having bronze keyholes and a single top drawer under a black ro...
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19th Century Charles X Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Commode
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze Mounted Marquetry inlaid commode by Gervais Maximilien Eugène Durand.
Stamped to the carcass beneath the marble top 'G. DURAND'.
This fine co...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Brazilian Rosewood Low Chest of Drawers with Brass Handles 1960
Located in New York, NY
Low chest of drawers in beautifully figured Brazilian rosewood with stylized brass pulls and handles on sides, custom design, American c.1960. This piece is beautifully made.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Shiro Kuramata Progetti Compiuti, Side 1 Cabinet in Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The Progetti Compiuti chest of drawers, designed by Shiro Kuramata, includes an array of furnishing elements with drawers. The frame of the side 1 ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash
DeCastelli Pandora 27 Chest of Drawers in Brass by Martinelli Venezia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This drawer unit alludes to the archetypal shape of a vase. Like a modern treasure chest, Pandora was crafted to store - and thus ‘hide’ - all kinds of objects. In its different vers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Jorge Zalszupin Modular Shelving System for L’Atelier, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This gorgeous multi-level shelving system was designed and manufactured by the Brazilian design icon, Jorge Zalszupin and his company, L’Atelier.
When it comes to Zalszupin’s line of modular pieces (Modulados Compiníveis), simplicity and clarity are the main characteristics. Similarly to Danish production, treating the wood with special care was a core concept for Zalszupin. The versatile industrial design of these pieces offers a variety of typologies and combinations of modules that can be creatively combined to satisfy every need and interest. The pieces include drawers as well as diverse consoles with doors that feature locks.
These modular pieces made by L’Atelier follow the idea of Louis Sullivan: “form follows functions”, which is exemplified by this piece. The modules are made of the Brazilian wood ‘caviuna’ with a beautiful finish in wood-block collage. The six wooden legs support the units in an understated way, leaving the units to be the main visual pieces. The pieces feature “inverted” handles in pairs, that are distinctive of Zalszupin, and contribute to the elegant and modern look of this shelving system.
Condition:
In good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Some modules have some small scratches and marks.
Dimensions:
98.42 in W x 15.95 in D x 104.33 in H
250 cm W x 40.5 cm D x 265 cm H
About the designer:
Jorge Zalszupin was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1922. He graduated as an architect in Romania in 1945. His importance for Brazilian design has been articulated in several publications so far. In addition to being the owner of the l'Atelier furniture factory of modern furniture, Zalszupin led a unique initiative: he coordinated a team of designers working for four different factories in the same business group, the Forsa Group.
Zalszupin immigrated to Brazil in 1949 and after a brief stay in the capital, he settled in São Paulo, a city that was then entering a cycle of great industrial growth and great cultural transformations. In the first half of the 1950s, he opened an architecture office, having José Gugliota as a partner. When he got tired of designing exclusive furniture manufactured for his clients' homes, he decided to join a group of woodworkers and started to produce smaller series. This was how l'Atelier came into being, which eventually began to manufacture office furniture and went from a carpentry shop with handcrafted products to an industry with serial production. The first piece in this series was an armchair nicknamed 'Danish' by employees. It was first created in 1959.
In the early 1970s, because of serious financial problems, l'Atelier was sold to a business group. The sale was finalized with Zalszupin's 'pass' as director of product research and development. Thus, Zalszupin expanded the team of designers - which already had Oswaldo Mellone - incorporating Paulo Jorge Pedreira and Lílian Weimberg permanently. The designers named the new group Forsa, and started to act as a sort of creative laboratory.
The technical possibilities offered by four distinct industrial plants were enhanced by the team of designers. In this way, Hevea, which produced plastic commodities, won a very sophisticated product line in design and established a brand: Eva, for household items, sold in supermarkets. L'Atelier itself started using injected plastic, producing partition panels...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
PH Grand Chest of Drawers, Brass Legs, Black Oak Veneer, White Ash Wood Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Created so it can be placed in the centre of a room, away from a wall, Poul Henningsen’s grand chest of drawers features wooden panels on all...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XVI Style Marquetry Commode in the Manner of Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry commode
After the design by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806)
After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener, supplied to Princess Adélaïde for Versailles. Constructed from amaranth with veneered tulipwood "en semelle" and dressed with a profusion of finely cast & hand-chased ormolu mounts, with a Sarrancolin marble platform, atop a breakfront frieze, set with three drawers, over a unified central panel divided in two drawers depicting a 'bois de bout' marquetry floral still life within a gilt-bronze frame, flanked by panels of quarter-cut tulipwood with ormolu handles suspended from lover's knot bows, with conforming matched panels to the concave sides. The apron is mounted with a finely cast central scroll, and the canted corners dressed with cascading ormolu foliate mounts terminating in lion's paw feet.
French, circa 1910
Madame Adélaïde's commode
The design for this commode was one of the earliest royal commissions awarded to Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), the master craftsman who was later appointed cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and his court in 1774. The commode, with its architectural features, extensive ormolu mounts and immaculate marquetry work, was ordered in 1776 and delivered that same year for Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), the daughter of king Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska. The commode was later moved to château de Bellevue when it was given to her by king Louis XVI.
The famous commode was later part of the Earl of Carnarvon's collection, who also bought furniture made for Napoleon. Carnarvon's wife, Lady Elmina Wombwell, was the child of Alfred de Rotschild, which may explain the post-revolutionary history of the royal commode. In 2018, the Riesener commode was bought for the nation for the sum of 3.5m€ and returned to Versailles.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
John Eric Byers, "16 Cubes", Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monolithic cabinet from John Eric Byers merges bold, modern geometries with traditional craft. The wood is hand-sawn and lacquered with a disti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Maple
Marble Topped Marquetry Commode After Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
Marble topped marquetry commode after Riesener
French, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 91cm, width 173cm, depth 64cm
This exquisite commode takes after a commode made by the master of 18th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
John Eric Byers, "12 Cubes", Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monolithic cabinet from John Eric Byers merges bold, modern geometries with traditional craft. The wood is hand-sawn and lacquered with a disti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple, Ash
John Eric Byers, "8 Cubes", Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monolithic cabinet from John Eric Byers merges bold, modern geometries with traditional craft. The wood is hand-sawn and lacquered with a disti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Maple
DeCastelli Pandora 52 Chest of Drawers in Brass by Martinelli Venezia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This drawer unit alludes to the archetypal shape of a vase. Like a modern treasure chest, Pandora was crafted to store - and thus ‘hide’ - all kinds of objects. In its different vers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mur Side Table. Oak and elm. Mattia Bonetti. Cat-Berro Edition 2013.
Located in Paris, FR
Mur.
Cat-Berro edition 2013.
Side unit with two drawers. One niche.
Scarified oak and elmwood.
Measures: L 18”, H 24.5”, D 21.5” cm.
L 45 cm, H 62 cm, P 55 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Oak
John Eric Byers, "9 Cubes", Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monolithic cabinet from John Eric Byers merges bold, modern geometries with traditional craft. The wood is hand-sawn and lacquered with a distinctive textured pattern to give a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Maple
GRANITO Chest of Drawers by Nathalie du Pasquier for Post Design Collect/Memphis
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
GRANITO chest of drawers in wood by Nathalie du Pasquier for Post Design collection/Memphis
The product is purchased with authenticity certificate and guarantee stamp.
Addition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Tulipano Chest of 21 Drawers by George J. Sowden by Post Design Collect./Memphis
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Tulipano chest of 21 drawers in wood by George J. Sowden by Post Design collection/Memphis
The product is purchased with authenticity certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
John Eric Byers, "9 Rectangles", Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monolithic cabinet from John Eric Byers merges bold, modern geometries with traditional craft. The wood is hand-sawn and lacquered with a disti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash, Maple
German Baroque Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine diminutive German Baroque serpentine front walnut veneered and inlaid chest of drawers.
Category
18th Century German Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
PH Grand Chest of Drawers, Natural Oak Veneer, Brass Legs, White Ash Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Created so it can be placed in the centre of a room, away from a wall, Poul Henningsen’s grand chest of drawers features wooden panels on all...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
PH Grand Chest of Drawers, Mahogany Veneer, Brass Legs, White Ash Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Created so it can be placed in the centre of a room, away from a wall, Poul Henningsen’s grand chest of drawers features wooden panels on all...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe' Shaped Commode with Original Marble Top, 1730
Located in CH
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe' shaped commode with original marble top, Circa 1730
This Italian Roman Louis XV commode of a Bombe' shape is inlaid with various precious woods (maple...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
18th Century Georgian Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Mid-late 18th Century Georgian serpentine chest with brass locks and oval-shaped pulls on four graduated drawers raised on outswept bracket feet.
Category
18th Century Irish Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Montreal, QC
18th century Georgian period mahogany bow front chest of drawers with bracket feet.
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Bachelor's Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III mahogany bachelor's chest, the richly grained fold over top with molded edge, over two short and three long drawers, and standing on original bracket feet, the whole ...
Category
1760s European George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Unusual Pair of Early 20th Century Walnut Serpentine Commodes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pair of early 20th century walnut serpentine commodes, each of with two short drawers above a brushing slide and three long drawers, decorated with burr-walnut panels with...
Category
1920s English Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
PH Small Drawer Chest, Brass Legs, Mahogany Veneer, White Ashwood Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels.
It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all angles. Poul Henningsen designed this in 1920.
The PH small drawer chest...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
ROSA Chest of Drawers by George J. Sowden by Post Design Collection/Memphis
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
ROSA chest of drawers in Wood by George J. Sowden by Post Design collection/Memphis
The product is purchased with authenticity certificate and guarantee stamp.
Additional Infor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Chest of Drawers Molteni&C by Werner Blaser MHC.1 - made in Italy
Located in New York, NY
MHC.1 Chest of Drawers by Werner Blaser. Expert-crafted in Italy exclusively by Molteni&C.
A pioneering piece, this was Molteni&C's first modern furnitu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
DeCastelli Marea 113 Chest of Drawers in Brass by Zanellato/Bortotto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The traces of time are drawn one on top of another, infused into the changing skin of the rigorous metal forms that define these cabinets and chests. Like the tide (marea in Italian)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brutalist Mahogany Two Drawer Bedside Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Brutalist mahogany bedside tables with two drawers and high back panels with a geometric relief design of squares (priced as pair).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
PH Small Drawer Chest, Wood Legs, Mahogany Veneer, Red Leather White Ash Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels.
It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all angles. Poul Henningsen designed this in 1920.
The PH small drawer chest...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
PH Small Drawer Chest, wood legs, mahogany veneer, white ash wood drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels.
It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all angles. Poul Henningsen designed this in 1920.
The PH Small Drawer Chest...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
French Art Deco Commode
Located in Bridgewater, CT
An elegant French Art Deco chest of drawers, veneered in Macassar ebony, with three drawers, silvered bronze trimmings on tapered gadrooned legs, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Macassar
Early 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bachelors Chest, C.1720-1730
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare early 18th-century compact George I figured walnut bachelors chest
The quarter veneered feather and crossbanded top opens on original hinges to reveal a veneered int...
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Early 18th Century English George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Painted Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good mid 19th century English painted chest of drawers having scalloped backspash and scrolled sides over original faux marble painted top over three drawers retaining original turne...
Category
19th Century Country Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
PH Small Drawer Chest, Mahogany, Emerald Green Leather, Wood legs, Ash Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels.
It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all angles. Poul Henningsen designed this in 1920.
The PH small drawer chest...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
DeCastelli Pandora 102 Chest of Drawers in Brass by Martinelli Venezia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This drawer unit alludes to the archetypal shape of a vase. Like a modern treasure chest, Pandora was crafted to store - and thus ‘hide’ - all kinds of objects. In its different vers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
American Chippendale Style Mahogany Chest
Located in New York, NY
American Chippendale style (Early 20th Century) mahogany chest on chest cabinet with 7 drawers below 3 shell carved small drawers with flame form ...
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Kai Kristiansen Bureau Model 385 Produced by Aksel Kjersgaard in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare bureau model 385 designed by Kai Kristiansen. Produced by Aksel Kjersgaard in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Second Empire Period Ormolu Mounted Commode by Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Second Empire period ormolu mounted commode by Sormani
French, c. 1860
Measures: Height 86cm, width 151cm, depth 65cm
This superb commode is ...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Serpentine, Bronze, Ormolu
"Tecnica" Castored Walnut Drawers Unit Designed by Jaume Tresserra for Dessie'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tecnica" is a drawers unit, designed by Jaume Tresserra and manufactured by Dessie', featuring three drawers in walnut, metallic base in antique nicke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Baltic Commode, Circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
This mahogany commode has the fluted rails and canted corners typical of case furniture made along the coasts of the Baltic and North Seas around 1800. More difficult to pinpoint, however, is the exact place of its making, since this geographical region stretches from Germany to Russia, and north from Poland to Scandinavia. That said, a strikingly similar, if slightly plainer commode in a private German collection bears an old paper label that identifies it as having been made in the city of Altona. It also bears the seal of King Christian VII of Denmark who reigned until 1808. At the time, Altona was in the independent Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, located between Denmark and Prussia. Both nations tried to annex the Duchy, and in 1848 it was ceded to Prussia, which became part of Germany in 1871.
A North Sea port, Altona was a member of the Hanseatic League, an association of seaports that was established in the 14th century to foster trade and police the high seas. Around 1800, the aforementioned King Christian of Denmark, who was also the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, allowed Jews to freely settle in Altona to increase the tax base. This allowed them to conduct business in neighboring Hamburg, a larger financial hub that maintained quotas. The prosperous Jewish families of Altona built villas there, and decorated them with furnishings that were made locally and imported. Many of those makers owned copies of furniture-pattern books, which were widely disseminated among these seaports, accounting for the difficulty in determining if a piece was made in Altona, Stockholm, or St. Petersburg.
We can’t trace our commode to a Danish king or a known Altona merchant, but we can link it to the New World empire builders...
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Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Campaign Chest
Located in Montreal, QC
English solid mahogany campaign chest, in two parts, all fitted with brass hardware, the top drawer fitted with a secretaire featuring a multitude of compartments.
Category
1860s English Campaign Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Large Chest of Drawers in Italian Walnut Molteni&C by Gio Ponti - D.655.1
By Gio Ponti, Molteni & C
Located in New York, NY
D.665.1 Large Chest of Drawers in Various Woods by Gio Ponti.
Expert-crafted in Italy exclusively by Molteni&C.
A statement piece for the modern home, this chest of drawers is imbu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Wood
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode, Attributed to Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany commode, in the manner of Martin Carlin, attributed to Henry Dasson.
The lockplate signed to the reverse 'Duvivier, Paris'.
The design for this elegant commode is taken from the celebrated lacquer model by Martin Carlin delivered in 1785 to Madame Victoire, daughter of Louis XV, for her use in the 'grand cabinet' at the Château de Bellevue and today in the collections of the Louvre (OA 5498).
This commode with its Fine gilt bronze mounts and superb quality of construction was undoubtedly made in one of the leading Parisian workshops towards the end of the 19th century. .A popular model versions were made by many of the most important haute luxe...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Teal Serpentine Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style serpentine commode that contrasts a smooth, scalloped gray painted faux marble top with a wooden, teal-painted body of undulated drawers with gold pulls and pet...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Kai Kristiansen Bureau / Side Table Model 394 by Aksel Kjersgaard in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Bureau / side table model 394 designed by Kai Kristiansen. Produced by Aksel Kjersgaard in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
PH Small Drawer Chest, Brass Legs, Natural Oak Veneer, White Ashwood Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels.
It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all angles. Poul Henningsen designed this in 1920.
The PH small drawer chest...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Oak
French Louis XV Style Cream Serpentine Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style serpentine commode that contrasts a smooth, scalloped beige faux marble top with a wooden, cream-painted body of undulated drawers with brass pulls and petite, ...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Paul McCobb Pair of Chests in Walnut and Aluminum, 1960s
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 4 drawer chests in walnut with aluminum pulls and trim by Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture, American 1960's. These clean line chests would be used as bedside tables. They a...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Marble Topped Hardwood Dresser with Neoclassical Marquetry
Located in London, GB
Antique marble topped hardwood dresser with neoclassical marquetry.
French, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 85.5cm, width 79cm, depth 40c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Indo-Portuguese Rosewood, Teak and Ebony Contador
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This chest on chest is of rectangular form in two sections. The upper section has twelve similar drawers in four registers and carrying handles on the sides. The base has a pair of frieze drawers above a single deep drawer, disguised as a pair, with four handles and flanked by carved Nagini whose monopodia scroll supports are raised on blocks to form the feet. The whole piece is decorated with an overall pattern of interlaced stars and circles embellished with ebony and ivory dots and is applied with brass handles and lock escutcheons. Goanese, circa 1800.
This contador blends the traditional form of Western...
Category
Early 1800s Indian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ebony, Rosewood, Teak
PH Small Drawer Chest, wood legs, natural oak veneer, white ash wood drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This small but perfectly formed storage piece is made out of wood and can be combined with soft leather on the panels.
It is elegant and stylish all the way around and from all a...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Oak
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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