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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Industrial
Art Nouveau Dining Room Furniture of the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Art Nouveau dining room furniture
of the 19th century , in oak wood, consisting of: table, 4 chairs, 2 display cabinets and sideboard. Signs o...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau Style Mahogany Side Commode
Located in Troy, MI
This circa 1910 Art Nouveau style mahogany side cabinet / commode was found in France. The cabinet has four front legs and two back legs. Front, top and sides have decorative inlay a...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
1920s French Wooden Cabinet on Wheels
Located in High Point, NC
A metal cabinet on wheels from France, produced circa 1920. Appearing like an artefact from a bustling office—frantic men in striped shirtsleev...
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1920s French Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Metal Cabinet
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial metal cabinet with original paint was saved from a factory in former Czechoslovakia. The piece has been cleaned tho...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Cabinet French from the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Art Nouveau cabinet.
French from the 19th century,
carved rosewood veneer with three doors and two drawers.
Two doors with painted plates with plant...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
Vintage Industrial Storage Cabinet
Located in Praha, CZ
Unique vintage industrial wooden shelf cabinet with metal drawers saved from a screw factory. This piece will add that now so modern industri...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
19th Century Architectural Plan, Collector's Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century architectural plan, collector's cabinet features multiple shallow drawers perfect for keeping a large inventory of blueprints and sketc...
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1890s French Industrial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Steel Clad Commode, Chest, Dresser, Bathroom Vanity Custom Made to Order Chicago
Located in Chicago, IL
Industrial Style all steel-clad bathroom vanity, chest of drawers or can be made into a dresser or nightstand is made in house here in Chicago. Our custom bathroom vanities...
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2010s American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Dresser , organic modern, Alu on Wood, Handcrafted, One of Kind, made in Germany
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
Furniture object by German designer Eckehard Weimann
organically designed chest of drawers.
Folds and distortions are sculpted from the surfaces. The furniture is made of multiplex ...
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2010s German Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
French Art Nouveau Lady's Dressing or Vanity w. Cabinets & Large Tilting Mirror
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning, practical and all hand-crafted dressing table with full-size beveled mirror.
This museum quality AND condition piece of Art Nouveau furniture is a work of art at the same ...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
ST James Commode 2 Doors 1 Drawer 1 Niche
Located in Vandoma, PT
The ST James collection incorporates glass and metel details in its furniture pieces that give them a sober and industrial look without compromising their versatility.
Produced by...
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2010s Portuguese Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Early 20th-Century Art Nouveau Pine Commode Turned into Vanity
Located in Opole, PL
Early 20th-Century Art Nouveau Pine Commode Turned into Vanity
We present you an Art Nouveau pine commode, circa 1910.
The whole piece of furniture is composed of a base with four d...
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1910s European Art Nouveau Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Stone, Brass
Jugendstil Chest of Drawers, Circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
The solid top rests above three long drawers of equal depth. Clean lines subtley adorn the piece in the classic Jugendstil style with matching hardware hardware.
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1910s Swedish Jugendstil Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash
Solid Mahogany Organic Shape Oval Beveled Glass Staggered 4-Tier Étagère Shelf
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid mahogany pre Art Nouveau style decorative étagère.
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Czech Art Nouveau Dressing Table with Mirror, Walnut, Restored, 1910s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Art Nouveau dressing table.
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia)
Material: Cherry-tree
Period: 1910-1919
Completely restored.
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Vintage Industrial Wooden Filling Cabinet, 1940's
Located in Praha, CZ
Exceptional vintage wooden filing cabinet saved from a factory in former Czechoslovakia.
Thoroughly cleaned and partially sanded.
Origi...
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Early 20th Century Czech Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Custom Hand-Made Steel Commode Marble Top, Casters with Aged Patina Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
French industrial style steel clad commode or sink base custom made by our Old Plank craftsmen. The interior is wood and can be painted any color. It can be made in any size as a com...
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2010s American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Steel, Brass
French Workshop Drawers, Circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
French workshop drawers, Circa 1930s
- Solid oak drawer fronts
- Solid pine sides and frame
- Original steel cup handles
- 24 large drawers
- Drawers have their original metal...
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1930s French Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Jugend Stil Chest of Drawers, Sweden, circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
This deeply stained mahogany chest of drawers exhibits the style of the the turn of that century, with three lower drawers, a pair of upper drawers, all locking. The original hardwar...
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1910s Swedish Jugendstil Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Mahogany 5-Drawer Pharmacy Chest of Drawers
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian mahogany 5-drawer pharmacy chest of drawers
This is an unusual piece of Victorian furniture it is a tall chest of 5 deep graduated drawers,...
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Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Zinc Top Chest of Drawers
By Brendan Bass
Located in Dallas, TX
Custom made chest of drawers with three drawers. This item can be ordered in custom finishes, wood types and dimensions.
Wood: Oak Bali finish
Metal: Light hammer ebony
Zinc: Steel ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Zinc
19th Century antique Original Art Nouveau Commode Walnut veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood with walnut veneer.
High-rectangular body with a drawer and a door. Marble-top.
A good historical condition with a beautiful warm patina.
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Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Jewelry Cabinet Titanium
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
Jewelry box handmade
Grid lines form the overall picture here
Handcrafted, handles integrated.
With five drawers
made of wood and coated with titanium.
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2010s German Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Steel Multi Drawer Army Green Factory Storage Filing Cabinet
Located in Oakville, CT
Authentic American made steel factory multi drawer cabinet featuring twelve card size drawers with brass handles and plates. Additional storage compartment with shelf at the bottom. ...
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20th Century American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
1910s Art Nouveau Chest of Drawers in Cherrywood, Marble Top, wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1910s Art Nouveau chest of drawers, dresser, in cheerywood with marble top "Verona Red " and decorative inlay . original bronze accessories. The drawers work perfectly and the line o...
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Émile Gallé "Chardons des Sables" Chest of Drawers
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This "Chardons des Sables," or "Sand Thistle," multi-wood chest of drawers, by Émile Gallé, is a moving meditation on the artist's own mortality. T...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Industrial Burnished Steel Cabinet of Drawers from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large English industrial cabinet of burnished steel featuring (56) small half-drawers for storage, set into four vertical rows of (14) drawers, ...
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20th Century English Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel, Metal
Art Nouveau, Wardrobe , Chest of Drawers by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia in Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This important chest of drowers, wardrobe, in solid walnut, is masterfully carved by hand by the great sculptor artist Vincenzo Cadorin and his Atelier performers: floral motifs and classic art nouveau shapes, carved and embossed
All original and functional key locks.
The mirror, original, has oxidations in the bevelled part, and, on request, we can apply a new mirror
The furniture has been treated with woodworm and we have covered the passive holes
Measures cm: H 225, W 135, D 55
About Cadorin Vincenzo (1854-1925)
Venetian sculptor born in 1854, he was trained in the studio of Benvenuti, he then studied at the Venetian Academy. In 1883 he exposed his first works in Rome and in the next year he won the Gold Medal in the exposure in Turin. (Luisa GIORDANO, Cadorin, Vincenzo, in Biographic Dictionary of the Italians, XVI, Rome 1973, p. 97). His most known work is the gilt carved wooden desk given to the Pope Pio X for his sacerdotal jubilee in 1908; the desk is now in the Basilica della Salute in Venice. He died in 1925.
Fortuny palace: The Cadorin Bottega: A dynasty of Venetian artists
The last published photo is the Palazzo Fortuny of Venice where
IDA Cadorin, known professionally as IDA Barbarigo...
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Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Art Nouveau Chest of Drawers with Marble Top, Italy, circa 1900, Beveled Mirror
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Nouveau chest of drawers with marble top, Italy, circa 1900. Beveled mirror.
All solid walnut, hand carved, restored and polished to wax.
We can sale separately the commode and...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
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
Art Nouveau Commode by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau marquetry commode by Émile Gallé. With original key. Circa 1890.
The syncretic influence of Japanese art is keenly felt in Gallé's commode. The beginning of Galle's fascination with Japanese art can be traced back to his friendship with Hokkai Takashima (1850-1931), a fellow botanist and member of the École de Nancy. Their botanical dialogue was facilitated by the Shokobutsu mei-i, a book of Japanese names for botanical species. It is from Hokkai that Gallé gained a spiritual and symbolic understanding of nature. Along with other École de Nancy artists, Hokkai and Gallé exhibited together in the display window of René Wiener's papeterie. The store served as the office of Wiener's arts journal, the Nancy artiste, which regularly featured on its covers contemporary examples of Gansai (Japanese watercolor), Byōbu (folding screens) from the Rinpa school, Sumi-e (ink painting), and Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints). As a show of gratitude, Hokkai bequeathed a vast art book collection to Wiener. It is from this record that we know with certainty of which Japanese artists Gallé had knowledge.
One of the books in Hokkai's collection was Hokusai's Les cent paysages du Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei.) This 1835 expansion of Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
1920s Art Nouveau Oval Lombard Cabinet , Nightstand, with 4 drawers wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Period 1920s Art Nouveau style Italian oval Lombard cabinet with 4 drowers or nightstand in walnut, Bassano' Ebanistery. Restored and Polished to wax
Measure cm: H 90 x W 50 x D 40.
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
1910s Art Nouveau Dresser Carved Walnut Burl Walnut by Testolini Salviati Venice
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century Venetian commode Art Nouveau Belle Époque with mirror, carved walnut and burl walnut by Testolini & Salviati , Venice
Precious Bakelite handles fixed with stainles...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Mirrored Chest of Drawers Stained Black
Located in Wien, AT
A mirrored chest of drawers stained black nutwood.
Brass parts polished and stove enameled.
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Nutwood
Industrial wooden and iron work chest of drawers, 1970s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This industrial chest of drawers was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970´s
This chest can be used perfectly as a work cabinet for example for an architect, for a the drawi...
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Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Tall 1920s Industrial Oak Eight Drawer Cabinet
Located in Garnerville, NY
Tall solid golden oak eight drawer cabinet. Circa 1910-30. Featuring channeled drawer handles, bread board pull out shelf, doweled joinery and paneled sides. This piece is just a com...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Chest of Drawers Model 4602 by Simon Fussell for Kartell, 1970s
By Simon Fussel, Kartell
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Beautiful and rare green plastic chest of drawers designed by Simon Fussell and produced by Kartell.
This modular green plastic chest of drawers on wheels has a simple but ingeniou...
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1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Chest of drawers in Carved Oak with Marble, France, circa 1910
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb eclectic Belle Époque / Rococo / Art Nouveau chest of drawers.
In solid carved oak with red marble top and brass handles.
It has 4 drawers including 1 “secret” drawer.
Keys pr...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
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...
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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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