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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
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Italian Inlaid Rosewood Prie-Dieu, 18th Century
Located in CH
18th century Louis XV Italian Roman inlaid rosewood prie-dieu.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Tulipwood Veneer Table Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) tulipwood veneered small bedside table / commode with three drawers, a gallery, and a floral marquetry top.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Tulipwood
Snakeskin Commode in the Manner of Karl Springer
Located in Montreal, QC
Python skin covered chest of drawers set on later silver leaf base. Provenance: Collection of Vincent Petragnani. Senior designer of Ethan Allen.
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Animal Skin
Georgian Mahogany Bachelors Chest
Located in New York, NY
Georgian mahogany bachelors chest with writing slide and bracket feet.
Category
Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century with some mount replacements) kingwood commode with 3 drawers and bronze trim with a marble top.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Italian Rococo Painted and Silver Gilt Carved Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo chest of drawers coated in grey paint and accented with silver gilt trim and decorative carvings, namely classicizing l...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Silver Leaf
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19/20th Century) kingwood veneer and bronze trimmed commode with 2 drawers and inlaid with floral marquetry and marble top.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
English Adam Maple Wall Console
Located in New York, NY
English Adam-style (19th Century) maple wall mounted bracket commode/console with walnut inlaid vine & trim with a single drawer and inset black glass top & carved finial base.
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple, Walnut, Glass
English Maple Davenport Desk of the Late Georgian Period
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a finely figured and patinated Maple; rising from a plinth base, incorporating four graduated drawers to the side, with turned wood knobs; the other three sides of fie...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple, Leather
Set of Four "4D" Walnut storage system by Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Set of four "4D" storage system units by Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni.
Totally built in walnut these pieces are finished on all 4 sides; this allows to use them as side tables or ...
Category
1960s Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French Victorian Walnut Semanier Chest with Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian narrow walnut and inlaid semanier, 7 drawer chest with a marble top.
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
English Aesthetic Movement Mahogany Chest
Located in New York, NY
English Aesthetic Movement mahogany chest with 4 drawers and gilt foliate carved panels with brass handles and trim and an inset marble top.
Category
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Pair of French 19th Century Mahogany, Gilt and Red Marble Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A pair of French commodes in the Louis XV manner.
Constructed in mahogany, dressed with gilt bronze mounts and having Languedoc rouge marble platforms...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Chest of Drawers by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegantly austere and finely crafted chest of drawers in bleached walnut having a two-over-three configuration channelled recessed pulls and dowel-form legs crafted of anodized al...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Chest with Brass Hardware
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (Circa 1830) light walnut veneer and maple trimmed 3 drawer chest with demilune shape and column sides with brass handles & hardware.
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Transitional Style Commode with Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (circa 1880) transitional style gilt bronze mounted kingwood & satinwood 3 drawer commode with floral inlaid design and a fleur de peche...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Italian Neo-Classic Kingwood Commode
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic (18/19th Century) kingwood veneer small commode with a single drawer and inlaid trim and medallion on door panel.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood
French Louis XVI Style Satinwood and Parquetry Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) satinwood and parquetry inlaid small commode with three drawers and gilt bronze trim.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Venetian Style Painted Commode
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (18/19th Century with 20th top) two-door chest/commode having a refreshed off-white painted finish with foliate gilt details on cabriole leg with a faux marble...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Fruitwood Chests
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-classic (19th Century) fruitwood chests with 3 drawers and tapered fluted legs (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Michel Dufet Cabinet
By Michel Dufet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Cabinet by Michel Dufet.
Category
Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
French Charles X Maple Chest
Located in New York, NY
French Charles X bird's eye maple chest with 5 amaranth marquetry inlaid drawers and supporting a white marble top.
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Walnut Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Northern Italian (late 18th Century) Neo-classical walnut and marquetry inlaid gilt bronze mounted commodes with 3 drawers (in the manner of GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI) (PRICED AS P...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Jansen Mahogany Chest
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) mahogany chest of 6 drawers having bronze ring handles with parchment veneer and a marble top. (stamped: JANSEN)
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Neo-Classic Walnut Chest
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic (19th Century) walnut chest with 4 drawers and fluted column sides.
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An ebonized mahogany cabinet with seven graduated, recessed-pull drawers, on a recessed plinth leather wrapped base.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Parquetry Commode with Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) inlaid parquetry 2 drawer commode with bronze trim and shaped marble top.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Maple Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier (19th century) maple 5 sided commodes with bronze X design on doors with grey marble top and over mirror panel (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Provincial Louis XV Mahogany Chest
Located in New York, NY
French Provincial Louis XV mahogany chest of drawers with bombe shape and 3 full drawers below a Pair of drawers all with bronze handles (PORT FURNIT...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Continental Rococo Gilt Mahogany Commode
Located in New York, NY
Continental (probably Dutch, circa 1750) Rococo gilt bronze trimmed mahogany and fruitwood 2 drawer commode with parquetry and marquetry inlaid design.
Category
Mid-18th Century European Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian Neoclassic Style Walnut and Tulipwood Bedside Commode
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neoclassic-style (19th Century) small walnut bedside commode with tulipwood and marquetry inlaid design on top, sides, and back, and two front-facing doors.
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Tulipwood, Walnut
French Art Deco Dufrene Mahogany & Marble Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco parcel gilt, mahogany & rosewood commode with inset black marble top over a swag carved frieze with 2 long drawers (attributed to MAURICE DUFRENE)
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Italian Rococo Neapolitan Chest of Drawers, Commode, 18th Century
Located in CH
An 18th century Italian Rococo gilt bronze-mounted walnut and fruitwood inlaid chest of drawers, commode, Naples, circa 1760.
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
English George I Style Chest on Chest
Located in Hudson, NY
English George I style chest on chest.
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Inlaid Commode
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI 6 drawer commode with bronze trim and marquetry inlaid veneer with a marble top.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Continental Dutch Satinwood Commode
Located in New York, NY
Continental Dutch (18th/19th Century) satinwood commode cabinet with 2 drawers above to doors with floral marquetry panels.
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Italian Walnut Serpentine Commode, 18th Century
Located in CH
An impressive 18th century Italian walnut and burl walnut serpentine commode with bronze handles. Emilian, circa 1720.
Category
1720s Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century French Orange Lacquered & Mirrored Commode
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s orange lacquered commode with 2 painted mirror doors with Neo-classic scene and brass trim. (Mirror decorated attributed to ADRIEN EKMAN)
Category
1940s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany Commode
Located in New York, NY
English Regency mahogany and ebonized trimmed commode with flaired back sides and 2 drawers over 2 large doors trimmed with bronze lion heads and claw...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful 18th Century Italian Baroque Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful Italian Baroque period walnut and fruitwood veneered serpentine front chest of drawers on cabriole legs.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
William and Mary Yew Wood Veneered Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Period William and Mary yew wood and yew veneered chest of two over three drawers, the top with oval and heart inlay and solid thumb molded edge, oval string inlaid work on each of t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Yew, Oak
Milo Baughman Minitature Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul McCobb Miniatue Cabinet,can be used as a sidetable or a jewerly box.
Manufactured by Directional Furniture
Walnut and Brass
Manufactured by Directional Furniture
Walnut and Brass
Category
20th Century American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Chiffonier
Located in Austin, TX
Chiffonier from France featuring five dovetailed drawers and gilt brass trims throughout. This piece is made of mahogany and has been ebonized with a lustrous French polish finish. T...
Category
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Tommi Parzinger Long Cabinet with Bronze Flower Pulls 1950s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Rare and exceptional long cabinet in white lacquer with bronze stylized flower pulls by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1950s (signed “Parzinger Originals” on insid...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
George Nelson for Herman Miller 'Basic Cabinet Series' Dresser, c. 1955, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic chest of drawers was designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller, part of the 'Basic Cabinet Series' and also called 'Primavera', t...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
George Nakashima 'Origins' Dresser or Sideboard for Widdicomb, c. 1960, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous 'Sundra' twelve drawer dresser by George Nakashima for Widdicomb, circa 1960, features beautiful Indian Laurel wood and dramatic large brass handles, which is a much more rare and sought-after variation of this design. Refinished and ready for immediate use.
Signed in three places on this cabinet, 'Sundra' stamped underneath the solid wood top, Widdicomb label in one drawer, and "George Nakashima' stamped signature in one drawer.
Incredible and rare option for design enthusiasts, and art and design investors and collectors but also ideal for interior designers looking to add some sophisticated refinement into an interior project.
Nakashima designed the Origins Collection for Widdicomb in 1959 featuring rare woods such as Carpathian Elm, Indian Laurel wood, Walnut and Rosewood and was noted for the fine craftsmanship and attention to the natural beauty of the wood.
Nakashima and Widdicomb described the collection as “a subtle elimination of straight lines; almost all pieces have edges that are beveled back ten degrees; many tops overhang substantially more than is usual; and upholstered pieces achieve a “forward thrust” due to the canting of the legs.” The only finish offered on the Indian Laurel wood in the collection was the Sundra finish, sanskrit for “thing of beauty,” a nod to Nakashima’s time in India.
This gorgeous George Nakashima 'Sundra' chest of drawers or side board cabinet...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian midcentury cest of drawers by Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Walnut low chest of drawers designed by Gianfranco Frattini manufactured by Bernini.
Iconic piece of Gianfranco Frattini, this elegant sideboard present five drawers for each side,...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Louis XVI Style Chest
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style commode/chest. This piece is made of solid walnut and features tapered legs and wooden top. This classical chest boasts four dov...
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Remarkable early 19th Century Swedish Chest of Drawers
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Remarkable and unusual Swedish provincial manor house chest of drawers / commode from the Gustavian period. Exceptional original painted decor. ca 1800 Sweden / Scandinavia. Nicknamed The Louie Vuitton...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Chest of Drawers Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 Raw Finish Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chest of drawers Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 raw finish Sweden. A chest of drawers made during the Rococo period (1750-1775) in Sweden. Restored in an unfinished oak with a gray lime st...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Cabinet by Ico Parisi
By Ico Parisi
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Cabinet by Ico Parisi, Italy 1960, in solid Rosewood, manufactured by Spartaco Brugnoli.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Pair of Bedside Tables / Chests in Walnut, 1950s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bedside tables / chests in walnut, chests with brushed nickel pulls, by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American 1950s (label in drawer). These bedside chests are extre...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Nickel
Louis XV Marble Top Walnut Bombé Commode
Located in New York, NY
An impressive piece with warm, rich patina. The serpentine top with molded edge over two short and two long graduated and paneled drawers, above a deep apron with shell-carved edge a...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French Art Deco Arbus Satinwood & Mahogany Commode
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco satinwood and mahogany with gilt trim door commode with a carved center panel with figural design. (Attributed to ATELIER ARBUS)
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Gold Leaf
Viennese Early 19th Century Empire Commode
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
This rare and unusual side cabinet displays very characteristically the elegance of Viennese Empire furniture from the early 19th century. The white marble-top above a long single dr...
Category
19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Tall Chest with Drawers in Teak by Børge Mogensen, P. Lauritsen, Denmark
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful tall chest in teak by Danish master Børge Mogensen. Designed for P. Lauritsen in Denmark, circa 1960. Inset drawer pulls in brass. Interior and drawers in combed oak.
Measu...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Regency Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Regency doré bronze ormolu and kingwood marquetry commode with marble top.
Category
18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Michael Wilson Carved Out Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid black walnut dresser with carved out elements.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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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