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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: 1920s
Period: Early 1900s
Antique Shanxi Province Elmwood With Natural Patina and Lacquer Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Elmwood With Natural Patina and Lacquer Chest Gorgeous Chinese Shanxi province solid 4-door Elmwood storage chest, in its beautiful natural patina with antique brass hardware...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Lacquer, Wood, Elm

Hollywood Regency Style Commode, Chest, or High Board, Louis XVI, Bronze, French
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency Style Commode, Chest, or High Board, Louis XVI, Bronze, French. 19th Century Louis XVI commode fully refinished in a...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Shapland & Petter, Arts & Crafts Oak Dressing Table with Pierced Hearts
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. An Arts and Crafts three drawer dressing table with pierced heart, swivel beveled mirror and stylised copper handles and escutcheons...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Chest of Drawers with a Stone Top, France, 1900s
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers from around 1900. Marble burgundy top. Very good condition. Dimensions: height 91 cm / width 41 cm / depth. 35 cm.
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Early 1900s Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Restored Antique Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Commode with Brass Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the grandeur of the past with our extraordinary antique Louis XVI commode, a masterpiece of craftsmanship and elegance. This exquisite piece, beautifully crafted from a combination of mahogany, marble, and fruitwood veneers, has been professionally restored by our team of expert craftsmen, ensuring it not only retains its historical charm but is also in excellent condition for contemporary use. The commode is crowned with an original marble bevel...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass

Venetian Chest of Drawers, circa 1920
Located in Brussels, BE
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1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

1920s French Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920s French commode, mahogany, bird’s-eye and maple. Dimensions: 37.5"H x 94"W x 20"D.
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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Birdseye Maple, Mahogany, Maple

Turn of the Century Bleached Oak Drawer Chest
Located in High Point, NC
An oak chest of drawers from turn of the century France. Elaborate columns create a Neo Renaissance aesthetic, their intricate contours framing the right-angled paneling of the drawe...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Marquetry Commode In The Style Of Jean Henri Riesener
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Belle commode en marqueterie dite " à la Reine " ouvrant par quatre tiroirs en façade dont deux sans traverses. Les cotés sont incurvés, la façade présente un ressaut central marquet...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Attributed to Max Wiederanders, Small Drawer Cabinet, 1920
By Max Wiederanders
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
The furniture is built in two parts. A corpus with a slanted flap and inside with five drawers stands on a base. The drawers are lined with velvet. A very high quality workmans...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Painted Portuguese Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
A charming painted rustic Portuguese commode with two small over one long drawer, whimsically shaped frieze and sides standing on long tapered legs P...
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Early 1900s Portuguese Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Satinwood Sheraton Revival Breakfront Marquetry Commode
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Exceptional Edwardian Satinwood Commode, Reproducing Thomas Chippendale’s Piece-Known as the Diana and Minerva Commode-Supplied to the Lascelles Family at Harewood House A satinwood Sheraton Revival breakfront marquetry commode, the shaped marble top above one long drawer flanked by two concave drawers decorated with inlaid festoons, all above a recessed, arched central drawer and concave side-cupboard doors, decorated in fruitwood and hardwood marquetry with crossbanding, bellflower garlands and classical motifs centred on roundels depicting Diane and Minerva with mother-pearl and bone detailing, applied with ormolu mounts and raised on six carved square-section legs, the locks on one drawer marked ‘Hobbs & Co’. English, circa 1900. Ivory reference number A89CGW1D Acknowledged as one of Chippendale’s finest documented pieces, the Diana and Minerva commode was supplied for the State Bedroom at Harewood House in 1773. Our example faithfully reproduces the spirit and decorative impact of Chippendale’s original-including the wonderful inlaid ivory panels-whilst adding a very practical marble top. For a very similar commode see the 1900 painting ‘Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell and Family’ by John Singer Sargent. The locksmiths’ company of Hobbs & Co of London was actually founded by an American salesman and inventor for Jones & Newell of New York. Boston born Alfred Charles Hobbs (1812-1891) created quite a stir at the Great Exhibition of 1851 when he picked the ‘impregnable’ locks of both Bramah and Chubb! Making the most of his fame, he registered his own company, Hobbs and Co...
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Early 1900s English Sheraton Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Fine Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Breche D' Alep Marble Commode Circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a Linke quality or Forest quality commode with fantastic, super-crisp bronze mounts and a fantastic, undamaged Breche d' alep marble top. The piece is made of kingwood and ju...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

Italian Belle Époque antique Wooden chest of drawers, 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Belle Époque antique Wooden chest of drawers, 1900s Chest of drawers with rectangular base in dark wood. The cabinet has 16 dra...
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Early 1900s Italian Belle Époque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Metal

Exceptional Commode by Jacques Adnet, France, Art Deco, circa 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional modernist commode/chest of drawers by Jacques Adnet (1901-1984). Art Déco, France. Macassar ebony and walnut veneer. Note : macassar ebony (diospyros celebica) is not in...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

1920's Swedish Art Deco Flame Birch Cabinet Chest of Drawers with Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Swedish Art Deco chest with rosewood inlay. This versatile piece features two deep drawers, two cabinet doors, with a shelf in the right cabinet. Original key included.
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Birch, Rosewood

Paint Decorated Satinwood English Adams Style English Commode circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous hand-painted antique Adams commode. The commode is made of solid satinwood which is rare enough, but the simple lines and design and gorgeous paint decoration adds...
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Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Satinwood

French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted satinwood and tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout floral Marquetry two-drawer commode of bombé serpentine form, ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Canted Corner, Painted Venetian Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An absolutely charming, hand-carved and painted, two drawer commode surmounted by a faux marble top. The paneled body in in painted vines and swags of ribbon centered on the raised, gilt bronze...
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1920s Italian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Chinese Export Oriental Heavily Carved Camphor Wood Chest of Drawers Part Suite
Located in GB
Delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made Chinese Export, circa 1900-1920 Camphor wood chest of drawers which is part of a set Please note the delivery fee listed is...
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1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Early 20th Century Laburnam Oyster Chest on Stand in the Style of William & Mary
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb and fine early 20th century laburnam oyster chest on stand in the style of William & Mary, the rectangular and crossbanded top with an...
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1920s British William and Mary Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Hardwood

Late 19th Century Irish Satinwood Commode by James Hicks of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent satinwood and marquetry inlaid semi elliptical commode by James Hicks of Dublin. The rosewood banded top inlaid with a half patera with floral bandings with an outer band of stylised flower heads, and a band of flowerheads, and harebells, over a pair of glazed panel doors, enclosing a shelved interior, with marquetry panels of garden trophies...
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Early 1900s Irish Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Satinwood

Baroque Revival Style Commode with Inlay, ca. 1900
Located in Budapest, HU
Barroque style commode with drawers. Manufactured arround 1900s at the Debreziner workshop in Hungary. The countless fine inlay details on curved surfaces suggest, that the commode...
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Early 1900s Hungarian Baroque Revival Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Cherry, Sycamore, Walnut, Pine

Vintage Typographic Chest of Drawers in Wood, Original Label
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful wooden typographic chest of drawers with original label "La Xilografica Badia Polesine Fabbrica Caratteri Mobili Tipografici Legno" of the early '900. The typographic ches...
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Early 1900s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Antique Quality Burr Walnut Chest on Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique quality burr walnut chest on stand having a quality crossbanded burr walnut top with a moulded edge above a pair of crossbanded burr walnut moulded doors opening to reveal a ...
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1920s English Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Rococo Style Chest of Drawers from around 1920, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Elegant chest of drawers - rococo style belly, finished with politron after renovation. Wood: rosewood, Year: around 1920 Origin: Northern Europe, Dimensions: height 82 c...
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1920s Swedish Rococo Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Fine French Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bombe Commode Attr. to François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style burr walnut, kingwood and satinwood floral marquetry and finely chased ormolu-mounted two-drawer bombé commode, attributed to Fran...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Petite French Louis XV Walnut Satinwood Inlaid Commode Foyer Cabinet, Circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Breccia Marble

Jacob & Josef Kohn Dresser
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Storage cabinet by Jacob & Josef Kohn with marble top. In original condition.
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Early 1900s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Beech, Bentwood

Antique Chinese Wooden Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden chest of drawers from China, produced circa 1900. Managing a willowy body while standing at a height of just over three feet, this che...
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Early 1900s Chinese Country Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Elm

Italian Multi-Drawer Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
A great Italian cabinet with 39 drawers and a painted faux wood grain finish.
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Empire Style Mahogany Bowfront Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Empire style mahogany commode, early 20th c., bow front case fitted with pull-out leather brushing slide, over three drawers, flanked by fluted c...
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Early 1900s European Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

French Regency 19th/20th Century Louis XV/XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Regency Revival 19th/20th Century Transitional Louis XV/XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Five-Drawer Commode with Marble Top. The bombé serpentine...
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Early 1900s French Regency Revival Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Large Italian Early 20th Century Gildwood Carved Server Buffet with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large Italian early 20th century gildwood carved and gilt-brass mounted server buffet with marble top. The rectangular fruit wood body with four front doors ornately carve...
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Early 1900s Italian Belle Époque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble

Art Deco Chest of Drawers Attributed to Carl Malmsten, Sweden, 1920s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Nice Art Deco drawer made in Sweden in the late 1920s. It’s attributed to famous designer and architect Carl Malmsten. It made in stained birch with ...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Birch

French Kingwood Louis XV Marble Top Commode with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Inlaid. 3 drawers. Measures: 33 3/4" h x 52" w x 22" d.
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1920s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Kingwood

Italian Early 20th Century Wooden Chest of Drawers with Marble Top, 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian early 20th century wooden chest of drawers with marble top, 1900s Chest of drawers with wooden structure and marble top, with key and brass decorations on the front. Very...
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Early 1900s Italian Belle Époque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble

Unusual Pair of Early 20th Century Walnut Serpentine Commodes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pair of early 20th century walnut serpentine commodes, each of with two short drawers above a brushing slide and three long drawers, decorated with burr-walnut panels with...
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1920s English Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Art Dèco Italian Walnut and Grafite Gray Marble Bedside Tables, 1920s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This pair of bedside tables was produced in Italy in the 1920s, Art Deco period. They were made of solid European walnut, the top is in graphite gray marble, the structure is in popl...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Quality Art Deco Rosewood and Burl Walnut 3-Drawer Chest by Irwin Furniture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Irwin Furniture (1919-1953); the meticulously crafted chest with book-matched veneered rosewood rectangular top with concave front; above three similarly veneered drawers fitted with shell-form enameled pulls, centering well-figured walnut burl wood panels...
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1920s North American Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Early 20th Century Burmese Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A four-drawer chest in teak wood from old Burma, now Myanmar. Early 20th Century, circa 1925. Dark finish. Two small drawers, two large. Original brass handles.
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1920s Burmese British Colonial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Teak

Italian Carved Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's Italian walnut semainier chest of drawers with iron pulls. Measurements: Height 48" Width 29.5" Depth 16".
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1920s Italian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Pair of Art Deco Italian Bedside Tables White Ash Briar, 1920s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This pair of bedside tables was produced in Italy in the 1920s, Art Deco period. They have been made of ash wood and white ash burl, the top is in printed glass with light green leaf...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Antique French Louis XV Style Painted Commode Sauteuse
Located in Birmingham, AL
Antique French Louis XV style commode sauteuse constructed of painted wood having a serpentine top over two drawers, circa 1920s. Carved, shaped apron...
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1920s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Antique Mahogany, D. Maria Style, Chest of Drawers
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This D. Maria style chest features six drawers. The drawer fronts have flame/crotch mahogany veneers, with stringing and crossbanded mahogany borders. The hardware is of the period, ...
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Early 1900s Portuguese Hepplewhite Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Biedermeier Mahogany Cabinet from circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
A stylish chest of drawers from the turn of the century. Furniture after professional renovation, finished in polythene. Wood: mahogany, Year: circa 1900, Origin: Northern E...
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Early 1900s Danish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Cabinet, Sweden, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers / cabinet from the end of the 19th century. Bidermeier style Dimensions: Height 152 cm / width 79 cm / depth 56 cm.
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Early 1900s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Mid-Century Carved Wooden Sideboard with 2 Drawers and Door
Located in Miami, FL
Carved wooden sideboard, with two drawers on the waist and a lower door, mid-century. With gilt bronze applications. On lentil legs. This piece of furniture has been restored. It is ...
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1920s Spanish Baroque Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Antique Chest of Drawers, Northern Europe, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
Historical chest of drawers from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Dimensions: height 122 cm / width 102 cm / depth 56 cm.
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Early 1900s Belgian Renaissance Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Style Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke, circa 1905
By François Linke, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted marquetry commode after a model by Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke. French, circa 1905. Linke Index No. 10. Signed 'F...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Hand Carved Chippendale Lowboy
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An early 20th century hand carved mahogany Philadelphia Chippendale style lowboy. The larger top drawer with three lower smaller drawers with shell carving...
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1920s American Chippendale Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Historic Corner Commode from Around 1900, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers from the turn of the century. Very good condition, after professional renovation, chest of drawers finished in polytone. ...
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Early 1900s German British Colonial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Marquetry Chinoiserie Marquetry Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood chinoiserie marquetry two-drawer bombé commode with a veined rouge royal marble top. The serpentine shape...
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Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

20th Century French Large Chests of Drawer
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful 20th century French in good condition that has been modified. We have reunited two chests of drawers to make it in one to make this large chests of drawers. Metal Black l...
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1920s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Metal

French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood parquetry and mahogany gilt-bronze mounted three-door Meuble d' Appui (Side cabinet) with marble top, Paris, circa 1900. Measur...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Gilt Appointed Continental Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Visually stunning. Dramatically accented and deeply carved. A commode of generous proportions and fine details. Unusual.
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1920s European Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Sormani Antique Petite Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
Superb petite commode signed "SORMANI" under the marble at each corner and also on the lock "SORMANI 134 Blvd Hausmann Paris", exquisite ormolu mounts a...
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Early 1900s French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Antique Raised Panel Chest with Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Qing Dynasty chest with drawers. Accentuated raised panels with scalloped edges make up all the front and side panels. Adorned with red lacq...
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

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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