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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Regency
Antique English Regency Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Chest Of Drawers C.1815
Located in London, GB
A regency mahogany and line inlaid bow front chest of drawers, early 19th century (c.1815) A regency mahogany and line inlaid bow front chest of drawers, early 19th century, with ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Rosewood

Regency Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
Serpentine top over four graduated drawers flanked by reeded columns. Brass ring handles on drawers , raised on circular turned tapered legs.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Heritage Regency Walnut Drawers Chests Night Tables, circa 1950s, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare Pair of regency bachelor chests, night tables by Heritage Furniture. Vintage of the 1960s. Walnut and brass. Measures 30 inches in width, 18 inches in depth and stand 22 inch...
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Mid-20th Century American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

18th Century Regencé Period Walnut Commode Chest of Drawers, circa 1730-1750
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A FINE REGENCÉ PERIOD WALNUT COMMODE WITH BIRD-FORM PULLS France, circa 1730-50 Item # 010PXZ21Q A rare and very fine 18th century commode of the Regencé period, this substantial c...
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Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Fine Maison Jansen Brass Inlay and Exotic Marquetry Regency Commode, c. 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful fine Maison Jansen commode (France, c. 1960s) with exotic marquetry woods, brass inlay and brass trim, a similar example documented in the book 'Jansen Furniture' by Jame...
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Mid-20th Century French Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

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

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Wood, Rosewood

English Regency Mahogany Chest with Ebonized Details
Located in Charleston, SC
Handsome English Regency mahogany chest with ebonized details. This chest has two half drawers over two full drawers made to look like four half drawers over four full drawers. The e...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

19th Century English Regency Period Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality Regency mahogany dressing chest. Having a single drawer to the top, opening to reveal a fully fitted interior including rising vanity mirror. Below this, t...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Transition Style Between Two Commode, Amaranth, 19th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnificent transitional Louis XV, Louis XVI style chest of drawers from the 19th century. Very good quality amaranth veneer work. This chest of drawers opens with three drawers on t...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

19th C. Regency Mahogany Chiffonier Tall Chest of Drawers Filing Cabinet Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A tall and Elegant 19th Century Regency chest of drawers Mahogany Chiffonier also chiffonnier. Its name comes directly from a Fre...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Regency Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Regency style mahogany, flame veneered and walnut banded chest of drawers, the bowfront top above four oval panel inlaid drawers on splay feet. Dimensions: 40" W x 18" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

French Régence Style Marquetry Commode Dresser, Marble Top, Bronze Mounts
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI Style Commode dresser, Bronze mounts, four drawers.
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19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Maitland-Smith Chest with Mirror in Mahogany
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully made mahogany chest by Maitland-Smith with large upper beveled mirror supported by two round wooden columns with nicely carved finials, over three fitted small banded d...
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Late 20th Century American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Regency Mahogany Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style figured mahogany chest of drawers, the bowfront satinwood crossbanded top with concave corners and uprights, above a veneered slide and four graduated bowfront drawers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

English Early 19th Century Regency Chest of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Regency chest of drawers in black polished mahogany. Top with moulded edge, below an arrangement of 5 drawers: 2 smaller drawers over 3 drawers formation. Under the top an additiona...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

English Oak Regency Style Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
The drawers of this chest are lined with floral contact paper which can be removed. The hardware is the same age as the chest, but not original. The fron...
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1820s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Late Regency 19th Century Burr Oak Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful Regency Period burr oak miniature chest having Superbly figured top above two short & three long drawers with Original brass knobs flanked by elegant fluted stiles raised on Original brass ball feet (Often much debate is had as to whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who is looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which the salesman would travel the country showing prospective clients the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and take orders from. This particular miniature chest of drawers is probably the latter and would have been made as a sample piece. The construction is exquisite and the attention to tiny detail phenomenal in all honesty. They work that would have gone into constructing this with all of its fine details would actually have been more of a challenge and taken a more skilled craftsmen than its full size counterparts would have done. It is also super quality and unusual being constructed from burr oak which has taken on an exceptional rich colour and patina over the years of its life. A really quite charming piece of antique miniature furniture...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Regency Style Nightstand
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style reclaimed oak veneered and mahogany nightstand with D form drawer faces, a shaped top, and four finely turned legs supporting bold pilasters, with oil rubbed escutche...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Regency Mahogany Bow Front Nightstand
Located in Westwood, NJ
Regency style mahogany, okumé veneered and walnut banded nightstand chest of drawers, the bowfront top above four oval panel inlaid drawers on splay feet. Dimensions: 30" W x 19" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Documented and Important Maison Jansen Ormolu Mounted Regency Commode, c. 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent and fine Maison Jansen ormolu mounted commode (France, c. 1950), documented in the book 'Jansen Furniture' by James Archer Abbot (see photos). This important cabinet wa...
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Mid-20th Century French Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze, Ormolu, Brass

Regency Parquetry and Exotic Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
With a serpentine rectangular top with rounded cookie corners, elaborate sunburst inlays of exotic woods surrounding an oval paterae panel with punch work decoration. Over a fitted g...
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1810s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Rosewood, Satinwood

Regency circa 1810 Gilt Bronze and Hardwood Sheet Music Stand Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for this stunning original Regency circa 1810-1820 gilt bronze finish with mahogany shelves and brass gallery rail sheet music stand A very good looking...
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1810s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Extremely Rare Pair of Regency Cast-Iron Sarcophagus Shaped Strong Boxes
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely rare pair of Regency cast-iron sarcophagus shaped strong boxes. Regency, circa 1820 Painted to simulate palisander wood and with parcel-gilt, the cavetto-moulded hinged lids cast with flower sprays above foliate-cast bands over front panels relieved with river gods within canted corners cast with standing muses, the sides with lion mask and ring handles over leafy aprons on massive lion’s paw feet; the Brahmah type lock stamped “T. Davis from London” and impressed with the Royal Crown. These extraordinary pieces are modelled on Regency wine coolers. The forms are classic Greco-Roman revival with the boat-hook handles, mythic figures and the overall sarcophagus pattern. You would struggle to find one let alone a pair. Good items for any collection. Research on going into these strong boxes but we have found possible information on the lock stamped Davis….(historyoflocks ) The relationship of King George III and George Davis of Windsor, who was locksmith in ordinary to His Majesty. Davis, in 1799, invented and patented a unique style of lock, which was also beautifully engraved with a warning not to make duplicate keys. Sensitive government secrets always demanded, then as today, locks that were state of the art. Davis locks ended up on government dispatch boxes...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Iron

Mahogany Nightstand by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a new traditional mahogany nightstand. Its design was inspired by New England nightstands in the 1800s. It features four drawers and straight grain mahogany drawer fronts, top and sides with a Classic solid mahogany ogee edge. The drawers feature Classic dovetail joinery. This nightstand has hardware finished in antique brass. It has a satin finish. Additional nightstands are available (for those who need a pair of nightstands). This nightstand goes extremely well with our rice carved poster bed...
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2010s American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Bowfront Chest of Drawers Circa 1800 in Mahogany
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine regency bowfront chest of drawers in mahogany from the beginning of the 19th century circa 1800-England Very beautiful ches...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Marble, Bronze

Georgian Regency Period Bow Fronted Chest with Reeded Detail, English circa 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Regency, late Georgian period, chest of drawers, with many quality features. The chest is bow fronted with inset panelled sides, all made of a hardwood, possibly red ...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Regency Style Four Drawer Marble Top Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
Contemporary. Parcel gilt burl wood veneered commode or chest in the regency taste, having a red marble top, corner rosettes, the four-drawers and sides with rais-de-coeur detail, an...
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1980s Italian Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Antique Regency Style Bow Front Dresser
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Regency Style four drawer bow front dresser with brass pulls & keyholes.
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Mid-19th Century American Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

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

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Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer

Late 19th Century English Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Firenze, IT
This late 19th-0early 20th century English handsome large and tall chest of drawers in rich mahogany has a bow front, is outfitted with five total drawers, two smaller top drawers, w...
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Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Mahogany

19th Century Regency Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century Regency mahogany chest of drawers. The top is a standard rectangular shape that sits over three drawers and a pull-out tray. The chest stands on splayed bracket-shaped f...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Stone, Brass

Émile Gallé "Chardons des Sables" Chest of Drawers
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

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Wood

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

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Ash

Regence Parquetry French Commode, Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Regence style commode or chest of drawers, marble-top, 19th century. Diamond-shape parquetry veneer, four front drawers. Carved edges, red Languedoc marble top. Gilt bronze ha...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

English Country Style Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Country Style Dresser reclaimed oak veneered and mahogany dresser with D-form drawer faces, a shaped top, and four finely turned legs ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

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

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Mahogany

French 18th Century Régence Period Walnut, Fruitwood, Ormolu, and Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 18th century Régence period walnut, fruitwood, ormolu, and Caunes marble commode. The three drawers serpentine-shaped chest is raised by beautiful cabriole legs...
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18th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu

19th Century Regency Rosewood Tambour Bedside Cabinet
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Regency period rosewood bedside cabinet with tambour cupboard and concealed converted drawer, flanked by columns with carved giltwood mouldings. The piece havin...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Rosewood, Giltwood

19th Century Mahogany Wellington Chest
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century mahogany Wellington chest attributed to Gillows, a lovely rich mahogany color with six mahogany lined drawers with original wooden knobs, the top drawer front drops down...
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1820s British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Late Regency Brass-Inlaid Mahogany Wellington Chest Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency brass-inlaid mahogany Wellington chest attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with a porphyry top above seven leather-inset drawers, the top one with a hinged fron...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Regency Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style mahogany and flame veneered bowfront chest of drawers, fitted with a brushing slide and four graduated rounded drawers fitted with lion...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Walnut

19th Century Mahogany Bow Chest stamped Gillows
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Regency period bow chest stamped ‘GILLOWS’ veneered in flame figured mahogany having ebony strung top above four cockbeaded drawers, retaining original brass ha...
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1820s British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Walnut

19th Century Regency Ebony Inlaid Fiddleback Mahogany 3-Drawer Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Incredible color and size on this 19th century Regency ebony inlaid fiddleback mahogany 3 drawer chest. At 32.5" high and 30" wide, this piece ...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Regency Serpentine Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4910 fine quality Regency mahogany chest of drawers of serpentine outline, having figured mahogany top with finely inlaid edge above four mahogany lined, graduated and cockbeaded a...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Elegant Regency Rosewood Chiffonier, Great Form and Proportions
Located in Buchanan, MI
Elegant Regency rosewood chiffonier, great form and proportions. Two shelves with mirror back plate over two doors with brass grills. Great color and patination.
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19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Regency Period Secretaire Wellington Chest
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine Regency period mahogany wellington chest with an unusual secretaire drawer, superb color and patina to this high quality piece of furniture, circa 1825.
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Early 20th Century Cubist Chest of Drawers, Bohemia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Early 20th century robust cubist chest of drawers with a distinctive shapes, it was made in former Bohemia, more precisely in the territory of then Austri...
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1920s Czech Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

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

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Marble

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

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Elm

Pair of French Regence Style Ormolu-Mounted Ebonized Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French Regence style, ormolu-mounted, ebonized chest of drawers. Each chest features a newly made, rectangular white marble top with subtle grey veining. With eight drawers...
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1920s French Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Regence Style painted Chest of Drawers
Located in London, Park Royal
French Regence style chest of drawers handmade in solid wood with bronze ormolu mounts which have been treated to achieve an antique grey patina. The drawers are finished in a French...
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2010s British Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

19th Century Demilune Satinwood Commode
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency demilune satinwood commode. The top and bow-fronted doors cross-banded with burr walnut and inlaid with fruitwood. Containing one interior shelf and termin...
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Early 19th Century Irish Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Satinwood

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

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Mirror, Walnut

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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