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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: 1990s
Period: Late 18th Century
Antique 18th Century Small Louis XVI Chest of Drawers in Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome and unusually small Louis XVI chest in mahogany offering four drawers with bowed front, and featuring a fluted tambour molding on the top drawer resting under characterist...
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Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Black Lacquer Chinese Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A monumental 18th century black lacquer and cinnabar embellished cabinet. Brass and steel hardware with three drawers at the base. Fitted wide interior shelves.
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Authentic 18th Century Swedish Rococo Chest of Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
18th century chest of drawers from northern Sweden. The chest is Rococo with pronounced and curved sides and front. The profile is characteristic for the Rococo era and this is an au...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Antique Flap in Walnut, Desk with Chest, Used for Travel, 18th Century, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique brown walnut flap, used as a desk with travel chest of the time, precious hand carved material with figures of bambocci and caryatids, built in the 1700s by Italian craftsmen and masters.
Ideal in an elegant office corner...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Oak Carved Four Drawer Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English Oak Carved Four Drawer Chest, has a dentil cornice and frieze. The drawers depict carved leaves and other foliate patterns. It retains one o...
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1780s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century George III Mahogany Silver Chest by T Wilson, London
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany silver chest made by T. Wilson, great queen street of London. The top of the chest has a lift up lid which opens to reveal ample storag...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Grain Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare George III period grain painted chest of drawers, the top with molded edge over four graduated drawers and standing on bracket feet, the whole...
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1780s British Country Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
American Hepplewhite Chest of Drawers or Bureau in Mahogany, circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
A Hepplewhite chest in mahogany with four graduated drawers with inlaid key plates and original pulls depicting cornucopias. Decorative elements include line inlays around drawers, b...
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1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Dresser, France 1770, Kingwood
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XV dresser, France 1770.
This unique dresser was made in the period between Louis XV and Louis XVI.
It still has the graceful curves and the richly decorated bronze fittings...
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1770s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
Louis XVI Drop Front Desk, France 1780-1800, Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI drop front desk, France 1780, walnut root veneer with details in cherry, plum and boxwood veneer and Marquetry. The special so...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Boxwood, Cherry, Walnut
18th Century Country French Painted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Country French painted Commode features subtle rococo styling cues with the molded detail and the contoured apron with scrolled legs, but they are so subtle that this re...
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1770s French French Provincial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Chest of Drawers, Marble Top
Located in IT
18th century, Italian neoclassical inlaid chest of drawers with marble top
This refined neoclassical chest of drawers was made in Lombardy, Italy, around the end of the 18th century...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Chest of Drawers
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Chest of Drawers. The chest has six drawers profusely inlaid and each with brass ring ...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Walnut Tall Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English walnut tall chest, has seven drawers and a crossbanded and ogee molded top with ribbed molding below. The frieze has blind fretwork which dis...
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1770s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Rococo Commode, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Rococo commode, Italy, 18th century, walnut veneer with landscape marquetry in elm and mahogany, original marble-top. In excellent restored condition. The commode will be shipped from Europe...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI / Baroque Marquetry Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Darmstadt, DE
An 18th century Louis XVI marquetry commode with three drawers from West Germany. Thick walnut veneer sawn with frame in walnut on a spruce wood corpus. All keys, fittings are made o...
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Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine 18th Century Padoukwood Serpentine Chest
Located in London, GB
An attractive 18th century padoukwood serpentine chest having parquetry strung, satinwood crossbanded 'panelled' top, centred with tulipwood banded boxwood fan inlay, above four parq...
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1780s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Padouk
18th Century English Chippendale Mahogany Chest On Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
18th century English Chippendale mahogany chest on chest, upper section with “wall of Troy” dentil cornice above blind fretwork frie...
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Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Swiss “Windellade” Cabinet, 1770-1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Windellade cabinet, Zurich region 1770-1780 walnut veneer. In very good condition. The cabinet will be shipped from Europe. Shipping costs to Bosto...
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1770s Swiss Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in IT
18th century, Italian neoclassical inlaid wood chest of drawers
This refined neoclassical chest of drawers was done around the end of the 18th century in Genoa (Italy). The cabinet ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Boxwood, Nutwood
George III Mahogany Commode
Located in Wilson, NC
George III mahogany commode, with scalloped gallery, crotch mahogany doors, and drawers crossbanded with straight grain mahogany. It has reeded quarter columns that flank the doors a...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Period 18th Century Dutch Chest/Commode, Serpentine Drawers
Located in Port Chester, NY
A glowing Dutch oak chest, with serpentine drawers and original brasses, circa 1780. Classic scalloped top and apron, plus splayed feet complete the lo...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Chippendale Chest-on-Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Chippendale chest-on-chest, Classic British country tall chest (chest-on-chest), circa 1770-1780, in English oak with later brass hardware and expected wear, patina and wood shrinkag...
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Late 18th Century British Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800, with beautiful walnut veneer on the outside and on the inside, including the writin...
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1780s German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Rare circa 1780 Continental Parquetry Marquetry Inlaid Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale very rare circa 1780 Continental Parquetry and Marquetry inlaid chest of drawers
A very good lo...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Cylinder Desk, Germany, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI cylinder desk, Germany circa 1780, so called "Zopfstil". Walnut, rosewood and maple veneer and intarsia. In very good refinished cond...
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1780s German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple, Rosewood, Walnut
Pair of French Provincial Brittany Style Bedside Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Provincial Brittany style bedside commodes with spindle design and marble-top with shelf (18th-19th century).
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique 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...
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Late 18th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Trout Studios Grisette Cabinet Birch Wood Aluminum Chest of Drawers Post Modern
By Trout Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Post Modern "Grisette" cabinet by Trout Studios, California. Item features drawers that open from either side (finished all the way around), birch wood construction, brushed aluminum...
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1990s American Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Neo-Classic Walnut Commode with Marquetry
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in New York, NY
Northern Italian (late 18th Century) Neo-classical walnut commode with marquetry & a round inlaid medallion top with 3 drawers, 2 having brass u...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany Five Drawer Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English Mahogany Five Drawer Chest, the top inlaid with a shaded fan and banded with ebony bees wing and boxwood inlay. The drawers have...
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1780s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Chest of Drawers with Marble
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
This refined neoclassical chest of drawers was made in Lombardy, around the end of the eighteenth century....
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
18th Century Italian Marquetry Top Chest with Two Drawers and Serpentine Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Italian 18th century chest features an exquisite top adorned with a diamond pattern veneer, around a central landscape scene in marquetry. ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Childs Dutch Kettle Base Paw Foot Bookcase
Located in Stamford, CT
A late 18th century child’s Dutch kettle base paw foot bookcase with arched crest and glazed double doors and original pulls, circa 1790.
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Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Connecticut Queen Anne Flat-Top "Highboy" High Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
A cherry "highboy"/high chest of drawers, circa 1770, with long graceful shaped cabriole legs and pad feet, shaped apron both front and sides, four (4) drawers in base / bottom, five...
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Late 18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Period Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
This charming old oak Georgian chest of drawers started life as a book press sadly the press which would have been on the top of the chest has long gone
The chest has two short draw...
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Late 18th Century George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Large 18th Century Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A large 18th century mahogany chest of drawers, with brass handles, and bracket feet.
5 drawers, oak lined, each with Victorian patent brass locks, top lock marked VR.
Each si...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Elmwood Root Chest of Drawers
Located in Brescia, IT
This kind of chest of drawers is an eclectic piece that doesn't shows his age. The linear shape is very contemporary and the fine material make it an interesting piece of furniture.
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Late 18th Century Italian Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
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
French Louis XVI 18th Century Painted Two-Drawer Commode with Fluted Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period painted two-drawer commode from the late 18th century, with fluted accents and bronze hardware. Born in France at the end of King Louis XVI's reign, this pa...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Occasional Chest/Table with Three Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century Louis XV three drawer chest veneered in various types of wood; the top section sits on four scrolled legs;.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Fall Top Secretaire, France, 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Stunning Louis XVI Falltop Secretaire, made in France, circa 1780-1800, rosewood, kingwood and walnut veneer and beautiful flower marquetry. The kingwood veneer parts are framed by a...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Chest of Drawers Signed by Gustaf Furlow Swedish Gustavian, 1780-1800, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chest of drawers signed by Gustaf Furlow Swedish Gustavian, 1780-1800, Sweden. An exquisite chest made by cabinet maker Gustaf Furlow in Sweden during the Gustavian period. All origi...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century George III Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III oak chest of drawers, having an arrangement of five drawers, each with their original handles and...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
American 18th Century Federal Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmel, CA
Sheraton style chest with four graduated drawers with inlay banding and cock beading about the perimeter. The chest has a curvaceous apron and Fr...
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Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Carved Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a dressing table made in England, circa 1770. It is made of solid mahogany and is beautifully hand carved throughout with fine quality deep carving. The top has a molded edge...
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1770s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Dutch Walnut Bombe Chest
Located in Port Chester, NY
Fabulous early Dutch bombe chest, grand in presence. This four drawer bureau is made of mellow walnut with a beautiful color and rich patina. Details of note include all original han...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Late 18th Century George III Pair of Demilune Commodes
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 18th century George III pair of flame mahogany demilune commodes, the moulded top with foliate shaped fan inlaid with boxwood and fruitwood and crossbanded in rosewood, trimmed with parquetry rim raised over parcel gilt frieze with egg and dart and flower head motif, the body with diamond pattern...
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Late 18th Century Irish George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century painted, gilded and carved Italian commode.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique English 18th Century Period Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Port Chester, NY
Dating from circa 1720, this large and stunning Classic Jacobean chest of drawers is dramatic and unique. The panels in the drawer fronts are a warmer color than the deeper, rich dar...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Decorated Venetian Neoclassical Commode
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 18th century Italian, probably Venetian three-drawer commode, the top faux painted to simulate Sienna marble, over three graduated drawers festooned with floral and ribbon ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Poplar
Louis XVI Transitional Two-Drawer Commode with a Breche Marble Top
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period 18th century French two drawer chest with a breche marble top, the oak carcass veneered in various exotic woods in an overall geometri...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Robert Gillows II 1790 Writing Library Hardwood Chest of Drawers Leather Slope
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 Georgian writing Library chest of drawers with desk secretaire by Gillows of Lancaster and L...
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1790s English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Period Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Four-Drawer Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare period Gustavian chest of drawers in remarkable condition. Very well-crafted, layers of paint from the last two centuries add immense character. We are happy to restore any of t...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Walnut Semanier
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Fine French Louis XVI walnut Semanier tall chest with bronze escucheons and scalloped apron.
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th-Century French Bow Front Marquetry Walnut & Marble Top Provincial Commode
Located in New York, NY
France circa 1770, solid walnut chest with bowed front, Provenance: private French castle in Le Cher, La Loire region, hard to find such a preserved piece from that time with origina...
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Christie's: Palazzo Dal Pozzo Arredi e Dipinti Dalla, September 1998
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Palazzo Dal Pozzo Arredi e Dipinti Dalla, September 1998. Softcover auction catalogue 857 lots on 107 pages, all in color. Italian furniture, painting and accessories.
NP...
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1990s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paper
Period 18th Century Decoratively Carved Swedish Commode
Located in Port Chester, NY
Excellent example of the Swedish commode, the best carved elements enhance this piece. Beautiful fretwork and dental molding, carved rosettes at the top, lovely carved columns. Sha...
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1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
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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