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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
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USM Haller Media B218 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With two drop down doors, one cable cut out. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome plated st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Chrome, Steel

USM Haller Credenza F2 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With two drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome plated steel tubes, the USM H...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Chrome, Steel

USM Haller Credenza C2A Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With two drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the Usm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Chrome, Steel

USM Haller Dresser Y
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With three drawers elevated. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the U...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Chrome, Steel

USM Haller Credenza E2 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With four drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the USM...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Chrome, Steel

Exquisite Early 19th Century Regence Three Drawer Commode with Bronze D'ore
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exquisite Regence three drawer commode with bronze d’ore escutcheons and drawer pulls, embellished with elaborate geometric marquetry. Note the fine details in the bronze d'ore espe...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Gold Plate, Bronze

Henri Picard, Louis XV Style Chest Of Drawers in Marquetry Bronze, Napoleon III
Located in NONANCOURT, FR
Chest of drawers between two opening by two drawers without curved crosspiece. It is in marquetry of kingwood on a rosewood background, decorated with intertwined foliage and shells ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

USM Haller Storage G2A Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With four drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the USM...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Usm Haller Storage C1A18 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With one drop down door and one drawer. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome-plated steel t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

USM Haller Mid Credenza D Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With four drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome plated steel tubes, the US...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Lam Lee Memphis Style Silver and Gold Leaf Dresser Lingerie Chest
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Equally beautiful as anything hanging in the Guggenheim and deserved the respect. Exquisitely crafted by Lam Lee. Covered from head to toe in a mix of gold leaf, silver leaf and hand painted lacquer designs. The faux coral wood pulls are so convincingly organic that you have to touch them to believe it's not actually shell. Deep drawers on metal glides are interior lined in black velvet. It's not easy to categorize this look, so we sent a pic to the scientists at NASA (not really), they crunched some numbers and here's the completely arguable composition breakdown. 50% Memphis 20% Neo deco...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

USM Haller Pedestal V Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With three 6" drawers. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the USM Ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Kartell Componibili Gold 3-Tier Drawer in Gold by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The modular elements were designed to meet different needs and to fit perfectly into every room in the home. Componibili first appeared in 1967 and have since become a timeless furni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Componibili Copper 2-Tier Drawer in Gold by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The modular elements were designed to meet different needs and to fit perfectly into every room in the home. Componibili first appeared in 1967 and have since become a timeless furni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Plastic

Kartell Componibili Metal 2-Tier Drawer in Gold by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The modular elements were designed to meet different needs and to fit perfectly into every room in the home. Componibili first appeared in 1967 and have since become a timeless furni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Plastic

Danish chest, circa 1780
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Amazing Danish chest, with faux painted marble top, richly carved, circa 1780 - 1810
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

USM Haller Mid Credenza DF Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With one drop down door and one extension door with filing. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Mid Century Kittinger Gold Leaf Chest of Drawers on Antiqued Mirror Base, 1950s
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Elegant chest of drawers by Kittinger of Buffalo. Could be used as a console table, mini dresser, or jewelry chest. The cabinet is covered in metal leaf t...
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Gold Leaf

USM Haller Storage G118 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With two drop down doors and one extension drawer. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome-pla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Dorothy Draper Style Espana Chest in Yellow
Located in Redding, CT
Dorothy Draper Espana chest in yellow. Rare Yellow color with light blue accent. Classic three drawer chest with traditional ring pulls. Drawers lined in gold pleather. This chests p...
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1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

French Regency Louis XVI Gold Gilt Three-Drawer Dresser or Commode
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style chest of drawers or commode 20th century Ornate carved gold giltwood, with original hardware. Measures: 51.75" W x 19" D x 34" H. ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Giltwood

Louis XVI Chest of Drawers in Rosewood with Siena Yellow Marble
Located in Prato, IT
Tuscany, Louis XVI, end of the 18th century Rosewood veneer with fruit wood fillets Good conditions Marble with Carrara base veneered with Giallo di Siena from a later period Dim...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble, Siena Marble

Dorothy Draper Viennese Collection Ivory Chest with Gold Incised Drawers
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Hollywood glamour then and now, this Viennese Collection chest of drawers was designed by the Queen of Hollywood Regency - Dorothy Draper - in the early 1960s and features solid brass rectangular pulls centered amidst incised rectangles set in an octagonal drawer front pattern, circa 1960. Dorothy Draper's incised pattern purposefully blurs the rectangular drawer fronts and instead focuses the admirer on the glamorous honeycomb pattern outlined in gold lacquer and finished with glowing solid brass drawer pulls. She transforms a large, functional three drawer chest into an artistic object with golden shapes and textures. The pattern also interlocks in pairs or sets of three, so these chests look especially grand in sets. The piece is finished on all sides which allows it to float in a room. As they say, the eye has to travel and this Dorothy Draper Viennese chest...
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1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Kartell Componibili 3-Tier Drawer in Gold by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modular elements were designed to meet various needs and to fit into any room in your home: bathroom, bedroom, kitchen or living room. The design solution that animates the Modular s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Plastic

Commode of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Black ebonised 19th c., Napoleon III style ormolu cabinet. Like many cabinets from this period the cabinet is heavily embellished with ormolu mouldings and decorative patterns with a...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Marquetry Commode In The Style Of Jean Henri Riesener
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Belle commode en marqueterie dite " à la Reine " ouvrant par quatre tiroirs en façade dont deux sans traverses. Les cotés sont incurvés, la façade présente un ressaut central marquet...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

USM Haller Storage S2 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L. With two drop down doors and two drawers. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome plated stee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome, Steel

1980s Spanish Signed Bronze and Mirrored Chest of Drawers and Doors
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Spanish signed bronze and mirrored chest of drawers and doors.
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Late 20th Century Spanish Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

18th Century French Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th century French walnut chest, made by the famous ebeniste Criard (signature is on the backside of the chest) from Paris, original bronze handles.
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18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Bubble Side Table Chest of Drawers in Buttery Yellow by Steven Bukowski
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A small side table with a big statement. Soft-close under-mount drawer slides keep the design looking clean and sophisticated. Maple dovetail drawers operate with push-to-open mec...
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2010s American Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer, Hardwood

Shagreen Chest, Tamara by Reda Amalou, One-Off, 2020, Gallery Collection
Located in Paris, FR
This one-off sideboard is the most majestic piece of our Gallery Collection. Produced between France and Italy, this furniture joins the great French decoration history with the mas...
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2010s French Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Laurameroni "Maxima" Modern Chest of Drawers in Bronze Liquid Metal
Located in Monza, IT
Wooden chest of drawers with Maxima carved drawers and structure covered in liquid metal bronze. Equipped with 2 external drawers and 2 internal drawers. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Yellow Numbered Toolbox, Designed by Pietro Arosio, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Toolbox is a modular container with drawers and/or doors, with castors or hanging, wit...
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2010s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Aluminum

Pop Art Style Vintage Yellow Chest of Drawers, circa 1970, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern Pop Art Style vintage yellow chest of drawers from plastic coated pressboard in yellow color tone circa 1970 Germany. The body o...
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1970s German Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

21st Century Night Stand in Solid Wood and Gold Leaf by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Modenese Gastone Interiors producer is proud to promote this brand new luxury night stand in solid giltwood from its Deluxe catalogue. This figured night stand features a lacquered ivory finish, baroque legs and carvings carefully hand-decorated with gold leaf. Its elegant shape and the baroque touch make it a great candidate to fully furnish your bedroom with paired bed...
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2010s Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Fine Quality Gilt Bronze-Mounted Marble Top Commode by to François Linke
Located in New York, NY
Fine quality french ormolu-mounted marble top commode with rare diamond-shaped parquetry veneers Two door cupboard bombe front with gilt bronze mounts, cabriole capped feet. The d...
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19th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Gold Contemporary Chest of Drawers, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, chest of six drawers. Verdemare lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Lining of drawers in ochre mohair velvet. Available more colorway variants. External sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Steel, Gold

Brass Clad Decorative Three Drawers Chest
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative high quality brass-clad 3 three drawers chest on black lacquer base. Heavy solid brass hardware. High sheen polished finish.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Diamond Contemporary and Customizable Chest of Drawers by Luísa Peixoto
Located in Frazão , Porto
Chest of drawer’s lacquer (Ral 1018 gloss in image) and drawers lined inside. Bespoke / customizable Identical shapes with different sizes and finishing’s. All RAL colors availa...
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2010s Portuguese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

Chest of Drawers Covered with Amber Mirror Bronzed Skirting Glass Flower Knobs
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Metal, Bronze

Diminutive Scottish Grained & Yellow Painted Chest of Drawers Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A early Victorian 19th century Scottish chest of drawers of diminutive proportion. Comprising of two short and two long drawers. A rectangular chamfered top with a decorative brown g...
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Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Pine

Fine Mid-Century Modern Lorin Marsh Bronze Brass Ormolu Bead Black Glass Cabinet
Located in Roslyn, NY
A beautiful statement piece of furniture in the Mid-Century Modern style, bronze and brass ormolu-mounted cabinet retailed by Lorin Marsh in the D&D Building in New York City called ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Continental Inlaid Walnut Consoles with Yellow Onyx Tops
Located in Charleston, SC
Incredible pair of 19th century Continental inlaid walnut consoles with yellow onyx tops. Northern Italian or Austrian mid 19th century. Incredible scale and quality
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19th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Onyx

Wonderful Lorin Marsh Jansen Stainless Steel Leather Top Bronze Chest Cabinet
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Lorin Marsh three-drawer chest in stainless steel with hand-tooled leather top, with Russian gold bronze drawer pulls and acanthus leaves detail Called The "JANSEN CHEST ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel

Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis XV style gilt bronze marquetry commode with mounted marmol. France, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Vinci Chest of Drawers with Gold Leaf Painted on Brass Ornaments
Located in Paris, FR
Chest Vinci with rare wooden structure with brass ornaments painted with golden leaf and with high gloss varnish paint. Feet in carved metal structure. Nickeled and lacquered handles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

1990s Spanish Modern Design Console Table with Three Drawers and Wall Mirror
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s Spanish modern design wooden console table with wall mirror decorated using glass, mirrors and bronze fittings.   
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1990s Spanish Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Ikon Chest of Drawer Lacquered Frame and hand crafted Leather
Located in Paris, FR
Chest of drawers Ikon made with lacquered structure and hand crafted leather matlasse. Available in: Steel or bronze structure and leather.  
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Italian Venetian Style Painted Chest
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (1950s) pale yellow painted and gilt trimmed bedroom chest with 9 drawers and a bombe shape.
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Mid-20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted parquetry commode. French, circa 1880. This fine commode has a Breche d’Alep marble top above two shaped d...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Sleek Pair of Modern Style Three-Drawer Mirrored Vintage Chests with Gold Color
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of modern style mirrored chests. This vintage pair of American three-drawer chests feature clean, modern lines with mirrored panels across each of the three drawers and tops. ...
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20th Century American Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Glass, Mirror

Dessin Fournir 22-Karat Gold Leaf Avignon Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful walnut Avignon chest of drawers with 22-karat gold leaf trim by Dessin Fournir. Width: 46" Depth: 22" Height: 34".
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Late 20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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22k Gold

1990s Italian Unique White Black and Gold Chest or Sideboard on Brass Legs
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind modern three-drawer sideboard or console, entirely handmade in Italy, very attractive design, the surround in ivory white glass is also finished at the back so that thi...
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1990s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Gold, Brass

Florence Knoll Bureau
Located in Westport, CT
Florence Knoll , knoll international Slant front petite birch chest of draws, original condition french polished rare design , with top raise side rails.
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Vintage Donald Deskey Art Deco Dresser with Bronze Pulls
Located in East Hampton, NY
Manufactured and labelled by Amodec, this important Art Deco piece displays simple lines and elegant and original bronze hardware. Original ivory lacquer.
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

French Chest of Drawers in Shagreen
Located in Pasadena, CA
Outstanding 1980s dresser finished in a delicate opalescent cream "galuchat" leather with outstanding silvered bronze handles. It was probably a custom order. Shagreen is a type of...
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Late 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

English 1950s Vintage Painted Three-Drawer Commode with Yellow Painted Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English vintage painted three-drawer commode from the mid-20th century, with muted yellow finish and painted cartouches. This mid-20th-century English vintage commode, with its so...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

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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