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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Baroque
Mid 20th century Scandinavian teak chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century Scandinavian teak chest of drawers circa 1950. Good quality chest of drawers in the baroque taste.  Shaped top is followed down through the 4 shaped drawer fronts, ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Teak

Baroque Chest Of Drawers, Portugal, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A richly wooden commode chest of drawers with a scalloped top and corners, two small drawers and three big drawers, cut-out and finely carved skirts with floral motifs and volutes w...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze

Hand-Carved Writing Desk Commode, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Portuguese cabinet crafted at the beginning of the century, constructed from solid and intricately carved wood. The box features scalloped and domed lines on its front and sides, w...
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20th Century Portuguese Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze

Swedish 18th Century Blue Painted Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An exquisite 18th Century baroque 3 drawer chest. This blue painted three-drawer chest features a bow front, thick wood top with pull out shelf and scalloping on the front. The three...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Metal

Antique Carved Chest of Drawers from Belgium
Located in Houston, TX
Stepping into the world of Belgian craftsmanship, the Antique Carved Chest of Drawers epitomizes the grace and grandeur of the Louis XVI style. With its intricate carvings and meticu...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Antique French Intarsia Oak Commode witt Marble top by Joseph Schmitz ca 1770
By Joseph Schmitz
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique intarsia oak commode with geometric patterns. Transition Louis Seize, Paris, ca. 1770. Stamped / signed under the marble top Joseph Schmitz, furniture maker or ébéniste in Pa...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI style. This "Commode” is made of mahogany that has been fully ebonized and finished with a lustrous museum-quality French polish. There ...
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1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble, Brass

Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece is made of mahogany that has been fully ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish of museum-quality. There a...
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1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble, Brass

French Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, 1790-1800
Located in Leimen, DE
Explore the timeless elegance of a late 18th-century French Louis XVI chest of drawers. This exquisite piece stands gracefully on slender cabriole legs and features two drawers adorn...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Elm, Fruitwood

French Louis XVI Marble Top Inlaid Demilune Walnut and Fruitwood Commode Console
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XVI demilune marble top commode or console is a remarkable work of art: it features a fully curved casework in a demilune form that presents no corners or sharp ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Light grey baroque chest of drawers, 18th century
Located in Greding, DE
Hand-painted baroque chest of drawers in light grey with blue accents. The corpus with serpentine front stands on lightly pressed ball feet. The painting is new and was inspired by h...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Late 18th Century Baroque Commode with Burl Walnut
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Late 18th Century Baroque Commode, 1780-1790, Germany Walnut Beautiful baroque walnut chest of drawers with three drawers, made in Franconia at the end of the 18th century. The ches...
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1780s German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Antique Chest of Drawer, Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker, Late 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Romantic antique commode / chest of drawers, made by a Danish cabinetmaker in the late 19th century. This chest features gentle curves and carving skills, made in solid pine with bra...
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Late 19th Century Danish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

19th Century Large Catalan Spanish Baroque Carved Oak Tuscan Credenza or Buffet
Located in Miami, FL
From Northern Spain, constructed of solid oak, the rectangular top with molded edge atop a conforming case housing four drawers over four doors, the doors paneled with solid walnut, ...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Iron

Hand-painted Baroque chest of drawers, 18th century
Located in Greding, DE
Two-drawer baroque chest of drawers standing on a cut-out base. The body with a slightly wavy front has been repainted blue-grey according to historical models and decoratively rubbe...
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18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Softwood

19th Century French Marble Top Commode in the Louis XVI Style by Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
An Important Louis XVI Style Commode by Henry Dasson After the Design by Adam Weisweiler For the King's Cabinet at Saint-Cloud Constructed from mahogany and incorporating well-cast...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu

Italian Louis XVI style painted chest
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Delightful painted Italian chest in the Louis XVI Style. very early 19th c. Highly decorative. Cream painted drawers with blue and gold border detailing. Pale blue frame with go...
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Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Hardwood, Paint

Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Marquetry 2-Drawer Commode
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Marquetry 2-Drawer Commode This glowing kidney shaped fruitwood Marquetry commode in the Louis XVI style is richly adorned with gilded br...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Marquetry Commode Modeled After Jean-Henri Reisener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional French Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Mahogany and Fruitwood Marquetry and Parquetry, Armorial Commode with original Marble Top, aft...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Italian Inlaid Walnut Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
20th century Italian superb chest of drawers, circa 1960s. In perfect high quality Louis XVI style characterized by a refined floral decoration inlaid in walnut wood. The decoration ...
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

18th Century Transitional Louis XV to Louis XVI French Commode In Walnut
Located in Houston, US
Classic Provincial Louis XV to Louis XVI transitional commode in walnut with original hardware. Straight traverse, two drawers over two long drawers. The commode is hand constructed ...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XVI style mahogany chest of drawers with marble top and brass moldings, 19th century. With a rectangular white marble top with molded front and side edges, 3 mahogany d...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

French Commode Chest of Drawers Louis XVI 18th - Black Marble Marquetry - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wonderful French chest of drawers from the Louis XVI period, 18th century, with a rectangular black marble top surmounting two drawers, each with two ring handles, resting on square ...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Pair of "Louis XVI" bedside tables, inlaid with various woods, France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient pair of precious and rare "Louis XVI" bedside tables, finely inlaid with various woods and light and dark effects, from France, original from the mid-18th century, in good st...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

French 18th Century Louis XVI Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This 18th century Louis XVI Commode is made of walnut. It has a slider in the front which is unusual.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Louis XV/XVI Transition Style Kingwood and Marquetry Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
Transition Louis XV-XVI style kingwood and marquetry serpentine front three-drawer commode with conforming marble top. This shapely commode is perhaps more en arbalete than serpentin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood, Kingwood

Louis XVI Chest of drawers from early 19th century
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Early 19th Century Chest of Drawers from Louis XVI period, 1800 Germany, This Louis Seize walnut chest of drawers is a true masterpiece of craftsmanship....
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Early 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

German Louis XVI Chest Of Drawers with amazing Central Locking System
Located in Greven, DE
Classicist chest of drawers with central locking South Germany Cherry tree early 19th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 79 x 115 x 64 cm Description: Three-tiered piece of furniture ...
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Early 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Cherry

Fine Original Finish Italian Provincial Inlaid Walnut and Fruitwood Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fine and rare walnut and fruitwood inlaid figural Italian commode. The piece dates to teh 1770-90s era and is in its original finish with inlaid maidens. The commode has no...
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1780s Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Suzanne Geismar Giltwood Blue & White Paint Decorated Commode/Television Cabinet
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Suzanne Geismar Giltwood Blue & White Paint Decorated Commode / Television Cabinet. With remote activated lift. Additional information: Materials: Giltwoo...
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20th Century American Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Giltwood

French Linke Quality Antique Mahogany Commode with Dore' Bronze Putti Mounts
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb, absolutely spectacular commode with the finest possible bronze ormolu and gold dore' finishing on all of it. Look at the quality of the casting and finish of the br...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

French 18th Century Small Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This chest is made of oak and is nicely carved. It wears a mixture of dressy and rustic.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Karges French Regency Louis XVI Burled Walnut Dresser or Chest of Drawers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style three-drawer server, dresser, or chest of drawers By Karges USA, Circa 1960s Carved burled walnut, with original brass hardware. Measure...
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1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

20th Century Catalan Spanish Baroque Oak Credenza or Buffet with Iron Details
Located in Miami, FL
From Spain, constructed of solid oak, the rectangular top without edge top, conforming case housing two carved and paneled heavy doors with solid oak, raised on a plinth base. Very h...
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1890s Spanish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Iron

French Louis XVI Commode with Original Marble Top New Ebonized Mahogany Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
French Louis XVI Commode with its Original Marble Top. Our Old Plank Restoration Department removed the old tired lacquer, without the use of any harsh chemicals and applied an old s...
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1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode with a Grey Marble Top
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Small Gilt-Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode With a Grey Marble Top. This fine commode has a shaped grey marble top with canted corners, above a frieze with a gilt-...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu

20th Century Inlaid Wood Louis XVI Style Italian Commode, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Elegant Italian chest of drawers from the mid-20th century. Louis XVI style furniture richly inlaid in walnut, rosewood, maple, palisander and fruitwood. High quality and beautifully...
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

19th Century Louis XVI Commode
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Louis XVI Commode. gorgeous burl and hardware in great shape. See pics
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Early 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Burl

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI style and featuring elaborate cast brass trim, hardware, and detailing throughout. This piece has been ebonized and finished with a lust...
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1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Pair of Transitional Style Parquetry Commodes, by Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair of Transitional Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commodes, by Paul Sormani, After the Model by Charles Topino. Stamped beneath the marble top to one commode ‘SORMANI’...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu

Matched Pair of Antique French Marble Top Bedside Cabinets
Located in London, GB
A stunning matched pair of antique French marble top bedside cabinets, dating from around the 1890-1900 period. They are of ...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Handpolished 1780s Louis Seize XVI Chest Of Drawers In Nutwood
Located in Ulm, DE
Louis XVI chest of drawers in nutwood shellac hand polished Original Louis XVI (also: Louis-seize), France around 1780 Dimensions: Width: 77 cm Height: 77 cm Depth: 43 cm.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Nutwood

Antique Italian Rococo Orange Painted Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Rococo Orange Painted Bombe Commode, Chest of Drawers. Item features Original orange distress painted finish, shapely bombe form, quality dovetailed construction to r...
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Early 20th Century Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood, Paint

Henredon Italian Baroque Burled Mahogany Bombay Chests or Commodes, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Italian Baroque Louis XV style bombay form dressers or chests of drawers By Henredon USA, Circa 1980s Beautiful burled mahogany, with original brass hardware. ...
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1980s American Baroque Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Elegant French 18th Century Commode Louis XVI Period
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Louis XVI French 18th century Commode with grey marble-top .Above two drawers decorated sans travers and ormolu mounts. Fine detailed floral inlay with various noble woods...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Fruitwood

Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Walnut, Burl Walnut, And Tulipwood Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant Italian 18th century Louis XVI period Walnut, Burl Walnut, and Tulipwood commode. The four door chest is raised by fine square tapered legs below the straight frieze. At t...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Tulipwood, Walnut

French Antique Louis XVI Style Chest
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI Style. This piece is made of mahogany that has been fully ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. There are two smaller dov...
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1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble, Brass

Important Big Size Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in OŻARÓW MAZOWIECKI, PL
An impressive Louis XVI style chest of drawers, made at the turn of the 19th and 20th century in France. The furniture is characterized by rich gilded bronze decorations. In the corn...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Commode, After The Model By Joseph and Guillaume Benneman
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Commode, After The Model By Joseph Stöckel and Guillaume Benneman. Decorated overall with berried s...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu

Henredon Italian Baroque Burled Mahogany Bombay Chest or Commode
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Baroque Louis XV style bombay form dresser or chests of drawer By Henredon USA, Circa 1980s Beautiful burled mahogany, with original brass hardware. Measures: ...
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1980s American Baroque Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Louis XVI Chest of drawers from early 19th century , Cherry wood
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Louis XVI Chest of drawers from early 19th century , Germany, 1800 Cherry wood This Louis XVI cherrywood chest of drawers is an original from 1800 and features three drawers with b...
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Early 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Cherry

18th Century Louis XVI Rosewood Commode
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI rosewood commode, attributed to Nicolas Petit (French, 1732-1791, master 1761), 18th c. and later elements, three drawers flanked by flu...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Rosewood

Contemporary Chest of Drawers, Multicolored Hand Painted in Baroque Style, 2019
Located in Berlin, DE
This beautiful hand painted contemporary chest of drawers was made by the Berlin based Artist Felix Bachmann. The substrate of the commode is pine a...
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2010s German Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Pine, Acrylic, Hardwood

Rustic 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Period Chest Of Drawers Commode
Located in Forney, TX
A handsome rustic antique Italian walnut chest of drawers commode. circa 1780 Hand-made in Italy in the second half of the 18th century, styled in Neoclassical inspired Louis XVI pe...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Henredon Italian Baroque Burled Mahogany Bombay Chest or Commode
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Baroque Louis XV style bombay form dresser or chests of drawer By Henredon USA, Circa 1980s Beautiful burled mahogany, with original brass hardware. Measures: ...
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1980s American Baroque Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Mid 20th century mahogany baroque revival chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century mahogany baroque inspired commode circa 1950. Danish made mahogany chest with shaped fronted drawers  very much in the baroque taste.  4 drawers with ornate brass a...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

19th Century Portuguese Baroque Chest of Drawers Oratory
Located in Lisbon, PT
A decorative chest of drawers oratory in the Portuguese Barroco Style, featuring two bodies, two doors, and various intricate carvings. The upper body of the chest showcases carved, ...
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19th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Fabric, Wood

Cherry Wood Chest Of Drawers From The 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely cherry wood chest of drawers from the second part of the 19th century Elegant chest of drawers made up of 3 drawers each decorated with a pear wood fillet and which have thei...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Cherry

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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