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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Regency
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
Pair of Brass Clad Three-Drawer Nightstands by Sarreid Ltd.
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great pair of brass-clad and copper-nail studded 3-drawer chests by Sarreid, Ltd., circa 1970s. Smaller in scale, these richly patinated cabinets make ideal bedside nightstands. Plea...
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1970s Spanish Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century Regency Style Kingwood and Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Regency transition style kingwood and tulipwood parquetry and ormolu-mounted two-drawer commode with marble top, Paris, circa 1890.
Measures: Height 34 1/...
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Art Nouveau Commode by Émile Gallé
By Emile 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
Pair of French Mid-Century Chests of Drawers, Crème and Faux Marble Finish
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of French Mid-Century chest of drawers, crème color base with brown faux marble tops in the Hepplewhite style.
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Mid-20th Century European Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
English Regency Mahogany Marble-Top Bookcase Cabinet, Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany two-drawer cabinet with the original grey and white breccia marble-top, original brasses, fluted side columns, flanking faux leather hinged bookcase doors...
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1810s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
English Regency Mahogany and Marble-Top Pedestal Commode, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany and marble-top pedestal commode with a carved molded edge top, original wood knob, hinged door with interior shelf , and terminating on a circular carved mol...
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1820s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Antique Chest of Drawers Regency Amboine and Mahogany with Red Marble Tray
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Commode Regency Loupe of Amboine and mahogany, handles of drawings to valets, very beautiful marble, thick, in beak of Corbin. Rich trim. In very good condition.
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Griotte Marble
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
English Regency Style Rosewood Gothic Dresser
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (Circa 1840) rosewood Gothic design chest of drawers with pagoda mirror top.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Rosewood
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
19th Century English Red Lacquer Hepplewhite Bow-Front Chest with Chinoiserie
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English Regency red lacquer Hepplewhite bow front chest of drawers with chinoiserie painted design.
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Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Exceptional 18th Century Regence Period Lyonnaise Commode Galbée
Located in Birmingham, AL
Exceptional and rare early 18th century Regence period Lyonnaise commode galbé (curved), handcrafted from select French walnut by master artisans in ...
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1720s French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
English 1820s Regency Oak Five-Drawer Commode with Crossbanding and Bracket Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period five-drawer commode with banding on the drawers and ogee bracket feet from the early 19th century. This English chest, c...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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
Petite 18th Century, French, Regency Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Striking, veneered and inlaid, four drawer, faux paneled, kingwood and rosewood, French commode surmounted by a polished marble top and finished with gilt bronze drawer pulls and esc...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Regence Inlaid Commode
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Period French kingwood and tulipwood inlaid Regence commode with gilt metal mounts and shaped marble top, circa 1720.
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1720s French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
19th Century Apprentice Ebonized Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century English apprentice chest in ebonized wood with beautiful round knobs.
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1830s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Regency-Style Carved Walnut Commode
Located in Surrey, BC
Classic French furniture from the early 1800s. A walnut commode has elegant hand-carved details. Acquired from a private collection, it was purchased in France in the 1960s. It appea...
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Early 1800s French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Louis XIV Period Commode
Located in Pembroke, MA
Beautifully carved French walnut commode (Louis XIV period, circa 1720) with three drawers in arbalete form, all four carved snail feet, nice foliate cartouche at the bottom, and ori...
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18th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Pair of English Regency Ebonized Commodes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style ebonized 2 grill door commodes with brass inlay and satinwood trim (PRICED AS Pair).
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19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany Commode
Located in New York, NY
English Regency mahogany and ebonized trimmed commode with flaired back sides and 2 drawers over 2 large doors trimmed with bronze lion heads and claw...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
19th century English Regency Period 13” deep inlaid bedside chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Great little 19th century English regency period bedside chest. Decorated with lion head pulls and featuring inlaid bone escutcheons. The depth is less than 14” , which makes this a ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
Hollywood Regency Baroque Revival Mirrored Commode
Located in New York, NY
Hollywood Regency Baroque revival three-drawered commode, of rectangular form, veneered allover in antiqued mirror plates, on plinth base with bun feet in silver leaf.
Dealer: S138XX
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Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror
English Regency Mahogany Bowfront Chest of Four Graduated Drawers
Located in Wells, ME
English Regency period mahogany bowfront chest of four graduated drawers. This handsome small chest retains its original mahogany knobs with mother o...
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1810s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Regency Style Maple & Ebony Chest Of Drawers By Kittinger
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful Regency style chest by Kittinger. It has an ebony pinstripe and is a variety of woods. The drawers have dovetail construction. It is marked.
My shipping is for ...
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Mid-20th Century American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
English Regency Bowfront Mahogany with Ebony Stringing Converted Bedstep Commode
Located in Wells, ME
English Regency bowfront mahogany converted bedstep commode. The central pullout has been converted to a drawer which slides in and out, ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany
19th Century Georgian Mahogany Bowfront Chest Of Drawers
Located in Richmond, Surrey
19th Century Georgian / Regency Mahogany Bowfront Chest Of Drawers, with three long graduated oak lined drawers with round turned bun handles, on splayed feet.
Circa: 1820
Dimensio...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Regence Style Ebonized Commode
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a stylish Regence style ebonized commode with brass inlay and brass ornamentation on the frieze and feet, 19th century. The commode contains t...
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1920s French Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
English 1820s Regency Period Pine Chest with Five Graduated Drawers and Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period pine chest from the early 19th century, with five graduated drawers, turned wooden pulls, valanced skirt and distressed patina. Created in England during th...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine, Wood
Regency Period Mahogany Chest of Drawers, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality early 19th century Regency period mahogany chest of drawers, having a crossbanded top, ebony string inlay to the fronts of the four graduating drawers, each havin...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Regence Inlaid Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A very handsome 18th century. French Regence commode with original heavy bronze hardware. Fine French polish gives this commode a rich feel and shine. Exceptional craftsmanship and d...
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Regency Camphorwood Campaign Secretaire Chest
Located in Bournemouth, GB
A Regency period camphorwood secretaire chest. The Rectangular top above the full front drawer opening to a baize writing surface, an arrangement of pigeon holes, four small sliding ...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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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