Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
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Violet Contemporary and Customizable Chest of Drawers by Luísa Peixoto
Located in Frazão , Porto
Chest of drawers in lacquered pearl and drawers in fabric (Lelievre Fabrics in images)
Bespoke / Customizable
Identical shapes with different sizes and finishings.
All RAL colors av...
Category
2010s Portuguese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fabric, Lacquer
Pair of Neoclassical Modern 3-Drawer Beveled Mirrored Nightstands
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Pair of custom neoclassical modern 3-drawer beveled mirrored nightstands. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and hardware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Glass
19th Century Swedish Painted Rococo Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Swedish painted Rococo commode with marble top and beautiful ormolu.
Category
19th Century Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Custom 9-Drawer Python Dresser with Lucite Side Panels
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom 9-drawer python dresser with Lucite side panels. Customization is available in different sizes and colors.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Python, Lucite
Pair Pierre Cardin Tall Wardrobe Chests of Drawers
Located in Hanover, MA
We have a pair of Pierre Cardin tall wardrobe dresser cabinets with double doors which open to reveal 6 pull-out drawers. Produced by Dilingham. White l...
Category
1970s American Space Age Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
French Empire Style Commode "Chiffonnier"
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French Empire ctyle commode "Chiffonnier".
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Antique Painted Scandinavian Chest of Drawers, circa 1790
Located in Miami, FL
An 18th century Scandinavian chest with a painted white/grey finish consisting of five drawers which rest on a plinth base. From the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany which was pa...
Category
Late 18th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Gorgeous Rock Crystal Inlaid Commode by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
This dresser features three drawers, and is entirely inlaid with unpolished rock crystal platelets. Feet and finishes are made of brass. A pair is available. Studio Glustin Creation ...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rock Crystal, Brass
Dutch Chest of Drawers or Commode / Cabinet, in Style of Tejo Remy, Droog Design
By Tejo Remy
Located in New York, NY
A unique Dutch chest or commode or server or sideboard or cabinet composed of 14 distinct, different, drawers with variations in form, size, age, color, design and decoration to crea...
Category
20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Organic Fossil Unique Commode
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
This exceptional round shaped commode is covered with marquetry of oceanic fossil. It has three drawers, and can be realized in rock crystal and custom size. This one is a unique pie...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Shell
White Lacquer High Chest with Brass Pulls
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century modern white lacquer high chest dresser with brass pulls.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Sicilian Painted Serpentine Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine top with outlines of old decoration over a conforming case with two drawers with painted floral scenes, the sides with similar decoration and shaped apron, raised on ...
Category
1760s Sicilian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Pine
Waldorf Chest of Drawers in Cream Shagreen by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Waldorf chest of drawers in cream shagreen is a beautifully detailed piece with its asymmetric shagreen overlay on top and discreet metal border indentation. The thin bronze-pati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Silver Trim Mirrored Highboy
Located in New York, NY
Custom silver trim mirrored highboy with 7 drawers. Customization is available in different sizes and finishes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Silver, Silver Leaf
Stylish Pierre Cardin Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stylish Pierre Cardin highboy or tall chest of drawers made in formica, wood, aluminium and chrome-plated accents. Simple, sleek chest of drawers in a two-door cabinet designed by Pi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Chrome
Highboy Dresser or Chest of Drawers, by Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Highboy with five drawers in alder, dark walnut stain, ivory drawer fronts and premium satin lacquer finish (12 coats). This piece is inspired by an Italian design from the 1930s (se...
Category
2010s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Gustavian Style Distressed Painted Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair of Custom Leather Wrapped Nightstands
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Pair of custom leather wrapped nightstands with three drawers. Customization is available in different sizes, colors and hardware.
Category
2010s American Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Wood
French 1950s Kidney Shape Commode
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual and funky little Mid-Century dresser. The body is composed of two circular drum-like compartments, each with doors that slide back to reveal a set of shelves. Joined together...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
1800s French Chest of Drawers with Inlays
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very unusual chest of drawers with curved sides and inlays on the top and drawer fronts. An antique piece of furniture with a surprisingly mod...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
18th Century Venetian Painted Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century Venetian painted three-drawer commode with faux marble top. Flower garland and bow motif.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paint
Neoclassical Modern 5-Drawer Mirrored Highboy
Located in New York, NY
Custom Neoclassical modern 5-drawer mirrored highboy. Customization is available in different sizes, finish and hardware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of 1940's Kittinger Mandarin Greek Key Chests
By Kittinger
Located in Hanover, MA
Fabulous over-sized chest of drawers/dresser by Kittinger from their earliest Mandarin collection with bold Greek Key drawer handles. Newly refinished in high gloss enamel white lac...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair of White Lacquer Brass Pulls Bachelor Chests or Dressers
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of very nice brass pulls white lacquer three-drawer cabinets.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Style Paolo Romano Custom Painted Chests
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of beautiful 18th century style Paolo Romano four-drawer chests that have been hand-painted with a custom Romano finish and Roman motifs. Originally from Florence, Italy and i...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Gray Painted Block Front Chest of Drawers
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
The soft grey block front three drawer chest offers a delicate accent for any room. Primary wood is pine and later painted. Hardware is highlighted in silver, circa 20th century.
Category
20th Century American Other Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Louis XV Style Chest of Drawers, France, circa 1800s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Louis XV style three-door commode with canted corners, raised on cabriole legs. The top is of a slightly darker green than the body. The inside of the drawers have been covered in antique block...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pair of White Lacquer Brass Pulls High Chest Stands
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice pair of small white lacquer bachelor chests.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
White and Gilt Gold Decorated Louis XV Style Bombe Dresser Carrara Marble Top
Located in Stamford, CT
A white and gilt gold decorated Louis XV style dresser. The white and gray veined, one" thick, Carrara marble top supported by a white lacquered dresser base. The case having a group...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Large 18th Century French Louis XV Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Large 18th century French Louis XV commode.
Well detailed large antique French Louis XV painted three-drawer painted blue, black, white and black commode...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique French Neoclassical Style Commode or Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Antique French Neoclassical Style Commode Or Chest.
Stunning 19th century French Neoclassical walnut commode or chest of drawers with three small drawers above three larger drawers w...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Elegant Antique Louis XV Painted Commode
Located in Port Chester, NY
Stunning. A fabulous slightly-off-white painted Louis XV bureau. Two-over-three drawer configuration in the classic Rococo style, light and graceful. The curved front of the piece...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Modern Walnut High Chest Dresser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern five drawers one-door compartment chest or dresser.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Dark Walnut Solid Brass Pulls Hardware Dresser
By John Stuart
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Side by side three-drawer set and double doors compartment dresser credenza.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Pair of Modern Commodes by American of Martinsville, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent pair of commodes is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
A fabulous meticulously restored pair of cream lacquer chests...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Continental Diminutive Painted Marble-Top Chest
Located in Buchanan, MI
Continental diminutive painted chest. Gray veined marble top with canted corners, resting on the conforming case, painted with colorful foliate.
Category
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome walnut cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Three inner shelves with sliding doors. Bottom of cabinet is wrapped in tan leather. Dunbar tag on the back. Newly refinished in...
Category
1950s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Painted Bombay Commode
Located in Washington, DC
White painted two drawer Bombay Commode with original white paint and creamy greyish marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Indian Wood Cabinet Consol
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Unusual wood cabinet with artistic brass work in the front,
of animal and birds.
Great to use as console in narrow space.
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Small Antique Dutch Bombe Commode
Located in Port Chester, NY
Very sweet, this smaller-sized chest would serve in lots of places, from a nightstand to an end table. This in a vintage copy (c 1920) of the period class...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Mirrored Commode
Located in Washington, DC
A mirrored glass top and front commode with three drawers adorned with star decoration. Beautiful gold accents and detailing, such as mirrored front pull handles.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Mirror
Painted 18th Century Pastiglia Italian Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Commode, having a faux mabre molded top, on conforming case, its three stacked drawers flanked by stiles, all decorated with pastiglia scrollwork and foliate, similarly embellished s...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair of Architect Meyer H Loomstein White Lacquered Chests with Greek Key Frames
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of classical modern matching chests designed by St. Louis Modernist Architect Meyer H. Loomstein and built by his furniture studio Guild Craftsmen in the 1940s. Shown in white l...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lucite, Lacquer
Faux Ivory Low Chest by Dunbar
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Wonderful custom Dunbar chest designed by Edward Wormley redone in a faux ivoy finish. Great scale which could easily be used behind a sofa or under a window.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Canadian PIne Bonnet Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
grain painted finish and unusual lift top
Category
19th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Tommi Parzinger Chest, White Lacquer, Brass Studded
Located in New York, NY
Tommi Parzinger, white lacquer and brass studded chest. Drop-front blanket chest which could additionally be used as an end table or nightstand. Appointed with a brass front pull and decorated with brass studs over a hand rubbed white...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Chest designed by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant chest designed by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb, circa 1950's. The three drawers open to offer a voluminuous amount of storage. It has been completely restored in an u...
Category
1950s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Italian Neo-Classic Walnut Chest with Decorative Penwork
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic (Early 19th Century) walnut chest with 3 drawers and decorated with ebonized penwork of wreaths, heads and other various motifs.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Pair of English Regency Ebonized Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style ebonized 2 grill door commodes with brass inlay and satinwood trim (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian Painted Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
An Italian neoclassical style painted two drawer commode raised on square tapering legs with arabesque decoration and reserved black and white panels of Asian figures.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Softwood
Vintage Blue Painted Pine Buffet, Belgium c. 1920
Located in Napa, CA
Very large painted buffet from Belgium. Might have been a work bench, would now make a great rustic looking addition to a dining area or kitchen. Could also be used as a commode or ...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paint, Pine
Drawing cabinet by Warren Platner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
located in france
Category
20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Dorothy Draper style Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
Three drawer chest with tongue and groove construction. Raised moulding provides drawer pull.
Category
1940s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Vanity Dresser in Gustavian Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chest of drawers with vanity mirror in birch. The Gustavian gray painted finish has a nicely worn patina. Chest has four spacious drawers;...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
Vintage Industrial Heavy Chest of Drawers, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Heavy industrial chest of drawers made of metal. Rescued from a screw factory in former Czechoslovakia.
Category
Mid-20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Louis XV-Style Painted Dresser
Located in Sheffield, MA
The Louis XV-style dresser is painted white and has three drawers with large elaborate metal handles The sides are paneled in the French manner.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Steel Chest of Drawers Hand Fabricated by Old Plank Available in Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom hand fabricated steel chest of drawers available in any size or configuration. We will even produce it in brass or bronze should you like. Available with brass, or nickel cast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
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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