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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
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Kartell Componibili 3-Tier Drawer in Red 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

Materials

Plastic

Stunning Pair of Red Lacquer Commodes by Michael Taylor for Baker, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent commodes are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready. ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Commode with 4 drawers in rattan and raffia
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Beautiful chest of drawers with 4 drawers in rattan and raffia with palmtrees patterns on the face and on the sides. With its brass handles, its design is unique and typical of the I...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Raffia, Rattan

Shiro Kuramata Revolving Cabinet in Red Polish Acrylic Plastic for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The revolving cabinet looks like a mobile sculpture: light and innovative, it is the perfect emblem of the projects designed by Shiro Kuramata. Revol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Acrylic

Biedermeier Commode Chest of Drawers Satin Birch
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous deco Biedermeier style chest of drawers or commode Elegant chest with two drawers so ample storage Blonde walnut offset by black ebonized trim Some of our items are in st...
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1980s Biedermeier Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Other

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Smile Red 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 system is the elementary and solid vertical overlapping of interlocking single pieces to create practical storage furniture., Modular pieces can be rested on wheels. Flexible, functional, practical, Modular pieces have been in production for almost forty years and have received a great deal of recognition for the project's significance and innovation (they can be found on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the Centre George Pompidou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Red 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

1950s Paul Frankl Moroccan Red Lacquered Double Dresser / Chest of Drawers
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Iconic Paul Frankl 10-drawer chest with freshly polished brass X pulls, refinished and shown in Moroccan Red Lacquer from Frankl's Debonair Collection for Johnson Furniture. Pair Available. Please note buyer has the option to select any color for professional refinishing to match the desired interior. Certainly one of Paul Frankl's most celebrated designs, the chest is timeless and pairs well with contemporary, eclectic and mid century decor. Paul Frankl was known in the Art Deco period for his architectural skyscraper...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

Kartell Componibili 3-Tier Drawer in Red 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

Materials

Plastic

1970's Vintage Bamboo & Rattan Tallboy Chest of Drawers by Angraves
Located in London, GB
A stylish and useful vintage bamboo and rattan tallboy chest of drawers by Angraves. This was made in England it dates from around the 1970’s. It is re...
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1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bamboo, Rattan

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Smile Red 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 system is the elementary and solid vertical overlapping of interlocking single pieces to create practical storage furniture., Modular pieces can be rested on wheels. Flexible, functional, practical, Modular pieces have been in production for almost forty years and have received a great deal of recognition for the project's significance and innovation (they can be found on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the Centre George Pompidou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Red 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

Materials

Plastic

Chest of Drawers "Losange" in Orange Tinted Sycomore Open Is Tow Drawers
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Chest of drawers in orange and black tinted Sycomore Build with 13 scares marquetry open in tow big drawers. Leg are in black tintded sycomore. The frame is built in oak and tinted b...
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Early 2000s French Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Wink Red 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 Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Italian Modern Red Plastic Modular 4602 Chest of Drawers by Fussel Kartell 1970
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern pair of modular red plastic mod. 4602 chest of drawers on wheels by Simon Fussel for Kartell, 1970s. Modular piece of furniture with four drawers, mod. 4602, one of wh...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Contemporary Chest of Drawers in Orange Lacquer & Marble Details
Located in Porto, PT
The beautiful Malala chest of drawers chooses to be different - it’s a modern piece for contemporary bedroom decor. Let this luxury drawer chest transform your bedroom space with its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Smile Red 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

Materials

Plastic

Pair of Red Minimalist Nightstands Side Tables by Atelier Bachmann, 2019
Located in Berlin, DE
A beautiful pair of red side tables/nightstands designed by Yuzo Bachmann for Atelier Bachmann, handcrafted in Germany, 2019. These nightstands are m...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plywood

Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Red Lacquer Side Chest with Five Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period red lacquer side chest from the 19th century with five hand-carved raised drawers, hints of a black lacquer and horse hoof...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Clay Table with Drawer by Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Kartell Componibili 4-Tier Drawer in Red 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

Materials

Plastic

Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volume Set First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volumes by Giuseppe Morazzoni. Luigi Alfieri, Milano, nd, First Edition hardcovers. ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Paper

20th Century French Chest of Drawers in Bamboo, C.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A mid 20th Century French chest of four drawers in bamboo and woven raffia detail with original brass handles. CONDITION In great conditi...
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20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Italian Red Lacquer Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
A superb Italian decorative commode composing of three long drawers of broken fronted design, set on elegantly shaped legs, the red lacquer finish is of a distressed look and has exc...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Paint

Contemporary Clay Table with Drawer by Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Established & Sons Stack-8 Drawers by Raw Edges and Shay Alkalay
Located in London, GB
In this innovative design Shay Alkalay challenges our perception of what a drawer unit can be. Individual, multicolored, ‘floating’ drawer units are built up creating a tower of draw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plywood

Stack H1780 13 Drawer Red Palette Storage by Established & Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Challenging the conventions of a traditional drawer unit, Stack consists of individual, multicoloured drawers that appear suspended above one another and open in both directions, cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Steel

19th Century Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
An early nineteenth century painted pine chest of drawers, wonderfully proportioned and in excellent serviceable condition. English, early nineteenth century
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Paint

French Antique Solid Wrought Iron Red Safe Box with Marble Top, circa 1900
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare red wrought iron safe strong box with original key and marble top above. It is very heavy - around 200 kg. France, circa 1900.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wrought Iron

Vintage Palaset Palanox Modular Storage Box Set of 6, Yellow, Finland, 1972
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Palaset Palanox modular storage box set of 6, White, Yellow, Finland, 1972 Palaset Palanox, multicolored stackable boxes that allow you to b...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

PH Small Drawer Chest, Brass Legs, Mahogany Veneer, Red Leather, 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...
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2010s Danish Bauhaus Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

Custom English Walnut Three-Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Custom made for us by English cabinet makers, this Classic little three-drawer chest in walnut burl has chamfered corners and rests on bracket feet. The top and drawer fronts are cro...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Burl, Walnut

Established & Sons Stack-13 Drawers by Raw Edges and Shay Alkalay
Located in London, GB
In this innovative design Shay Alkalay challenges our perception of what a drawer unit can be. Individual, multicolored, ‘floating’ drawer units are built up creating a tower of draw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plywood

In Style of David Hicks Low Red Lacquer Chest of Drawers with Brass Handles
Located in St. Louis, MO
Hollywood Regency low chest of drawers with high polished red lacquer. Having three drawers with brass Greek Key handles / hardware on inset plinth b...
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Red Toolbox with Drawers, 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 aluminum numbered handles so you won’t...
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2010s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Aluminum

Chest of Drawers "Losange" in Orange Tinted Sycomore Open is Tow Drawers
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Chest of drawers in orange and black tinted Sycomore Build with 13 scares marquetry open in tow big drawers. Leg are in black tintded sycomore. The frame...
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Early 2000s French Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

19th Century French 8-Drawer Red Painted Cabinet
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French 8-drawer red painted cabinet.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Fabulous Restored Vintage Ficks Reed Chest in Chinese Red Lacquer, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stellar piece is shipped as photographed and described in the narrative: completely ready to install and enjoy. A stunning vintage Ficks Reed eight (8) drawer chest, circa 19...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

20th Century Pair of French Exceptional Raspberry Red Wooden Nightstands
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of assimetrical wooden nightstands with single door and original key, raised on curved legs. France, circa 1920.
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Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

O Grande Contemporary and Customizable Harberdasher with Artistic Intervention
Located in PT
Haberdasher with ten drawers with silent grooves. Off-inn cabinet with artistic intervention by Ricardo Alevizos. In the photo: Haberdasher lacquered in RAL 3004...
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Early 2000s European Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

Chest of Drawers "Losange" in Orange Tinted Sycomore Open Is Tow Drawers
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Chest of drawers in orange and black tinted Sycomore Build with 13 scares marquetry open in tow big drawers. Leg are in black tinted sycomore. The frame is...
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Early 2000s French Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Chest of Drawers "Losange" in Orange Tinted Sycomore Open is Tow Drawers
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Chest of drawers in orange and black tinted Sycomore Build with 13 scares marquetry open in tow big drawers. Leg are in black tintded sycomore. The frame...
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Early 2000s French Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Charles Pfister for Baker Prima Vera Mahogany Three-Drawer Oval Commode
Located in Chicago, IL
Charles Pfister for Baker Furniture oval three drawer commode. Prima vera mahogany case and drawer fronts with flush concentric circled swiveling brass pulls. Four radius end legs an...
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1980s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Rare Italian Sicilian Red Scarlet and Polychromed Rococo Style Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Italian Sicilian red scarlet and polychromed Rococo style commode 19th century. The shaped top over three graduated drawers above a sh...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Paint

Deep Drawers Heavily Custom Built File Cabinet
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual 48" high very solid build deep drawers file or specialty cabinet.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Kuramata Side 1 Furniture in Irregular Form 1989
Located in London, GB
A Kuramata side 1 eighteen drawers cabinet in cherrywood. Shiro Kuramata was a Japanese designer from 1965 when he founded the Kuramata Design Office in Tokyo...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wool

Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A petite chest of drawers, crafted of solid mahogany and fir, the piece is veneered with light mahogany with birch banding and marquetry. Bone escutcheons line the keyholes. The lock...
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1850s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Birch

Art Deco Mjolby Intarsia Chest of Drawers with Golden Ash Veneer
Located in New York, NY
A compact and sturdy locking three drawer chest, with walnut-stained birch case, contrasted with golden-ash veneered drawer faces. The center drawer is adorned with a central palisan...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Ash

"Viscount" Mahogany Dresser by Wesley Griffin for Gibbard
Located in Hanover, MA
Elegant mahogany and brass nine drawer long dresser (with mirror) from the Viscount collection made by Gibbard Furniture Company of Canada in March 1956. Only 60 were made. The V...
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1950s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

1970s Chest of Drawers by Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare Lacquered wood commode with inclusion of labradorite stones. Belgium Circa 1970's
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1970s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

American Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Walnut graduated chest of drawers with box wood string inlay, burl walnut carved skirt, and terminating on original splayed feet. Dealers please call for trade price.
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18th Century and Earlier American Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

French Art Deco Lacquered Credenza or Commode, Maison Jansen Attributed
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco Lacquered Credenza Or Commode, Maison Jansen Attributed. Unusual, French, 1940s Maison Jansen attributed ivory lacquered w...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

Modernist Gentlemans Chest, Art Moderne, German, Mobelhaus Berghann
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Moderne' Gentlemans storage Chest,Stunning two-tone. quilted satinwood and rosewood,,Made in Germany,,cabinet makers Mobelhaus Berghann,,still making quality furniture today.Inte...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

Gorgeous Rway Six-Drawer Chest in Blonde Mahogany and Bird's-Eye Maple
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lovely modern six-drawer chest by Rway, circa 1940s. Blonde mahogany with bird's-eye maple accents. Simply stunning! Retains the Maker mark. Excellent restored condition. The chest h...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Mahogany

Paul Frankl For Brown Saltman Chest Dresser
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern chest of drawers designed by Paul Frankl and made by Brown Saltman. An oak case with combed oak drawer fronts and signature Frankl X pulls. As shown in the las...
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1940s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

19th Century Biedermier Commode with Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Biedermier Commode with Inlay, 3 sliding drawers and shaped feet.
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Fruitwood

Art Nouveau Vanity with Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Featuring the qualities of a vanity combined with the functions of a chest of drawers, this tall and handsome piece has three locking drawers for clothing, as well as two generously ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Jugendstil Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Fir

Three Drawer Chest by George Nelson for Herman Miller
Located in Dallas, TX
3 Drawer Chest by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Birch, Lacquer

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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