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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Georgian
Style: Louis XVI
French 19th Century Walnut Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An early 19th Century French Louis XVI style commode made of beautifully toned walnut. Hand-crafted in France circa 1810, its original shaped black marble top has white and gray tiny...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass

George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
A George I Walnut Bureau, a beautiful and very original example. The fall-front over two short and two long drawers. Internally a central cupboa...
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18th Century British George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

George III Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over two over three drawers, brass bail handles. Bracket feet.
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1780s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Louis XVI Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A 19th century classic chest of drawers in Louis XVI style. Solid walnut wood. Walnut corpus with 2 drawers under a slightly overhanging profiled top plate, standing on square poin...
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19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Nutwood

English Georgian Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Three Drawers, Diamond Stringing
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian mahogany bowfront chest of three drawers with French feet and diamond shaped stringing on a boxwood ground. The skirt is shaped on all three sides and is set off b...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Louis XVI Chest of Drawers from Early 19th Century
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Louis XVI Chest of drawers from early 19th century Antique chest of drawers from early XIX century. The body of the chest of drawers is made of solid walnut. Decorative inlays ...
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Early 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut, Wood

19th Century French Walnut Chest of Drawers or 'Chiffonnier'
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This charming and petite walnut chest of drawers dates from the 19th century, and features three identical opening drawers, each dovetailed and lined with velvet, and equipped with t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Antique 18th century Georgian mahogany Gentleman's chest of drawers commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Georgian Mahogany Antique Gentleman’s Chest Dating from Around 1800 In the Georgian Era, This Delightful Mahogany Antique Campaign Gentleman’s...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Beautiful Antique 18th Century Oak Chest Of Five Drawers
Located in Crawley, GB
Beautiful antique 18th century chest of five drawers , made by two short and three long drawers with brass swan handles standing on shapped ...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

19th Century Three Drawer Commode with Bronze 'Fist' Drawer Pulls
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A simple and elegant 19th century commode, finished in beautiful wood veneer. Opening with two deep and wide drawers below a shallower one, its proportions make it an ideal piece for...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Gray Stone-Top Commode
Located in Sheridan, CO
French Louis XVI style mahogany commode, late 19th/ early 20th c., having gray stone top, three top drawers, over two full length drawers, flanked by fluted side supports, rising on ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Stone, Brass

Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers, France end of 19th century
Located in Leimen, DE
This remarkable chest of drawers, boasting the elegant Louis XVI Style, dates back to the late 19th century. Comprising five drawers, this commode features exquisite marquetry work t...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Maple, Satinwood, Walnut

18th Century Burled Walnut Georgian Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century burled walnut Georgian chest. Three upper small drawers and three lower large drawers. Fluted corner columns, Brass hardware with bracket feet. Wonderful old warm patina.
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Georgian Mahogany Bachelors Chest England Circa 1790
Located in Hudson, NY
Very handsome, 18th century bachelors chest with pull out writing surface. Made with dense hard mahogany and oak. It may be small but it is heavy and substantial. We'll make peace wi...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Leather, Oak, Mahogany

Pair of French Louis XV Style Semainier Lingerie Chest Tall Night Stands
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Pair of French Louis XV Style Semainier Lingerie Chest Tall Night Stands Dimensions : 43" Tall X 16" Wide X 15.25" Deep These lingerie chests were made in France in the 1920's era ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Kingwood, Oak

Vintage French Louis XVI Chest Of Drawers
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Spectacular chest of drawers in the Louis XVI style. Beautiful lines with demilune profile. Laurel wreath drawer pulls and carved draped floral accents. Curbside to NYC/Philly $450
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20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Marquetry Rosewood Commode, Chest
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in the region of Normandy, France, this rare smaller scale late eighteenth century Louis XVI period sauteuse chest features a geometric marquetry facade of rosewood, lemon wood...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

20th Century Lacquered Painted Wood Louis XVI Style Italian Commode with Mirror
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian chest of drawers with mirror from the mid-20th century. Commode in lacquered and hand-painted wood in Louis XVI style, of great decoration. Furniture with three drawers of ex...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Chest of 4 Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality figured mahogany chest of 4 drawers having a quality figured mahogany caddy top with boxwood inlay stringing above 4 figured mahogany cockbeeded oak lined ...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Other

19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Commode
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
An attractive late 19th century French provincial Louis XVI style painted commode or chest of drawers. Having a wonderfully distressed blue gray painted finish with dark charcoal acc...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Restored 1950s George III Mahogany Chest of Drawers Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step back in time with our exquisite pair of George III chest of drawers, originating from the 1950s. These masterpieces, crafted from the finest mahogany wood, are a testament to the unmatched skills of our in-house craftsmen. Each dresser...
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1950s European George III Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Veneered in Rosewood with Gray Marble Top
Located in Prato, IT
Tuscany, Louis XVI, end of the 18th century Rosewood veneer with fruit wood fillets Good conditions Coeval marble Dimensions: W103 x D56 x H85 cm.
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble, Siena Marble

19th Century Geometric Painted Chest Of Drawers
Located in Accrington, GB
A large chest of drawers dating to the early part of the 19th century and painted in a geometric style. The chest is in very good condition with the perfect amount of wear to the pai...
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1830s British Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Pine

18th Century Louis XVI Oak Chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
This chest is arrestingly beautiful due to the gentle carving of garlands and flowers on the drawer fronts. Perfectly symmetrical design on beautiful raw oak. Another fine feature is...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood, Oak

Early 19th Century Mahogany Bowfront Chest of Drawers
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers of nice proportions, having a lovely crossbanded figured t...
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Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Commode, Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Drawers will make a great addition to any room. Hand-crafted from solid walnut, it features a generous surface whose outside f...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fine French 19th Century Louis XVI style commode made of beautiful mahogany. Hand-crafted in France circa 1840, its original shaped marble top with beautiful colors and patterns th...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass

Pair of Louis XVI nightstands
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of Louis XVI three-drawer nightstands with geometric inlays
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Decorative 18th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers
Located in Martlesham, GB
A highly decorative 18th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers, having a nice figured and crossbanded top above four graduated oak lined drawers with brass oval plate handles, t...
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18th Century British Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century Louis XVI commode
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Louis XVI Chest of drawers, Ca. 1800, Germany, Lenzburg Original chest of drawers, probably Lenzburg assigned to the workshop of Samuel Hämmerli, veneered in walnut and inlaid wit...
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Early 1800s German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

1740’s King George III Flame Mahogany Rosewood and Tulipwood Chest of Drawers
Located in Louisville, KY
This is perhaps one of our favorite pieces and one of the most sophisticated and uniquely finished chests from the mid 18th century. An English - King George III, Hepplewhite flame m...
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1740s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Rosewood, Tulipwood

ViNTAGE GEORGIAN STYLE CHEST OF DRAWERS BEVAN FUNELL J1
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Vintage Bevan Funnell Style Chest Of Drawers. The vintage Georgian style chest of drawers by ...
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20th Century British Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Hardwood

English Georgian Mahogany Bachelor's Chest or Petite Commode, circa 1760
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine English circa 1760 mahogany bachelor's chest or petite commode having single solid board top with molded edge atop pullout brushing slide over four drawers with original brass...
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

French Louis XVI 3-Drawer Commode in Carved Walnut, ca. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a two board rectangular top above a conforming case with fluted corners front and back, the three drawers with carved panels, circular brass pulls and brass escutcheons, raise...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bow Front Bombe Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bow Front Bombe Demilune Commode Chest. Item featured is a lower height, shapely demilune form, remarkable cast bronze ormolu and feet, 2 swin...
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Early 1900s Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Magnificent French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Marble Top Commode
Located in New York, NY
Antique (19th century) commode in the Louis XVI style exhibiting the finest craftsmanship, after the original model by Jean Henri Riesener, including parquetry inlaid fruitwood veneer...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

19th Century Louis XVI style Wedgwood Commode a Vantaux
Located in New York, NY
A fine late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze Wedgwood Jasperware commode a vantaux with white marble top attributed to François Linke. After a commode made for Marie Anto...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Fine Louis XVI Walnut & Marble Top Commode
Located in London, GB
A fine French Louis XVI walnut commode of three drawers, with brass filleting, handles, sabot, and match strikers. The shaped top of variegated grey fossil marble, overall, with very...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Belgian Black Marble, Brass

c. 1765-80 George III Period Chest on Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George III period chest on chest, c.1765-80, English. Mahogany with oak secondary wood. Comprised of 2 short of 3 long over 3 long drawers. Dentil crown molding; fluted canted corner...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Antique French Louis XVI Rosewood, Marble & Satinwood Herringbone Chest c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XVI style tall chest offers beveled marble top over case with rosewood and satinwood herringbone inlaid facing, seven drawers, foliate cast ormolu mounts, and...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

CARDBOARD CABINET JORGE III English, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
CARDBOARD CABINET JORGE III English, 18th Century and in mahogany wood and other woods. Bands and fillets in satinwood, box with two drawers and two doors, bronze fittings, zoomorph...
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18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Antique French, Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Carrara Marble & Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style chest of drawers topped with a white Carrara marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs. Three dovetailed drawers with brass details, all ...
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1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

A Fine Late 18th/ Early 19th Century George III Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elegant and very well made Antique three drawer chest with Canted corners, handsome chosen wood, Urn Motif Brass Ring Pulls, Ribbon Motif Escutcheons, inlaid Diamond shaped center...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Antique Chest of Drawers on Legs
Located in London, GB
A smart and useful antique chest of drawers on legs. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930-50’s. It is a very useful size, it is slim and taking up very little spa...
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1930s British Georgian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

George II Burl Walnut Bachelors Chest
Located in Essex, MA
A fine piece. With a rectangular hinged top that folds forward and has two pull out supports, The interior with walnut veneers. With a long drawer over two small drawers over two lon...
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1740s English George II Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Mahogany Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Mahogany Commode will make an elegant addittion to any room! Hand-crafted in the neoclassic style favored by King Louis XVI and Queen Marie ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

ANTiQUE GEORGIAN TAXIDERMY BUTTERFLIES INSIDE SALESMAN DESKTOP CHEST OF DRAWERs
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning little collectors cabinet in the form of a Georgian chest of drawers which houses four shelves...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Hardwood

Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Elevate your living space with our exquisite Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, a masterpiece from 1780 originating in Germany. Crafted with precision and adorned with the finest walnut ven...
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1780s German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Georgian 18th Century Elm Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Delightful Mid 18th Century, George II Period, Elm Chest Having Superbly Figured Top With Attractive Crossbanded Decoration, Over Two Short And Three Long Drawers Retaining Origina...
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Elm

Louis Seize Chest of Drawers with Side Lock, Nuremberg, late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Louis Seize chest of drawers in oak with three drawers and socketed square pointed feet. The chest of drawers is set in root burl on the front and the top shows inlay work in the for...
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Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Louis XVI Style Italian Walnut Burl Inlay Locking Chest of Drawers, Tuscany 1890
Located in Encinitas, CA
Elegant Louis XVI Style Italian walnut chest of drawers with burl inlay, Tuscany circa 1890. Three drawers with dovetail joinery, separate locks & keys. Fine arts & crafts detail exh...
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1890s Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

George III English Satinwood & Banded Bow Fronted Chest Commode Circa 1790
Located in Norwich, GB
A superb George III satinwood bow fronted four drawer chest/commode. English. Circa 1790. The commode chest has four long graduated drawers over a shaped apron, on splayed feet. It retains the original brass handles, which is rare. Veneered over solid oak in the finest quarter-sawn satinwood, banded in rosewood and mahogany, with boxwood stringing throughout. It has has been sympathetically re-finished, still retaining some authentic marks to highlight its genuine heritage. To the left hand side near the back there is some slight damage to the banding and a small piece of veneer has been re-glued back on near the escutcheon of the third drawer down. Please refer to the photographs. The drawers are lined in oak with handmade dovetail construction. The drawer sides have had slivers of oak added to make the drawers run better. The underside of the top has neat butterfly construction to the oak join, always a sign of a well made piece. There is no woodworm. Originally a commode occupied a prominent position in a house, not always for bedroom use...
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18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Boxwood, Satinwood, Rosewood

Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Eight-Drawer Highboy Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style eight-drawer highboy dresser or chest of drawers By Baker Furniture USA, circa 1980s Carved mahogany, with original brass hardware. ...
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Late 20th Century American Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

18th Century Louis XVI Carved & Painted Three-Drawer Chest with Faux Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a bedroom or a living room with this elegant antique chest of drawers. Crafted in France, circa 1780, the cabinet stands on tapered and fluted feet over a straight apron dec...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Antique English 19th Century George III Chest of Drawers, C.1800
Located in London, GB
An antique English George III Mahogany bow fronted chest of drawers. Made in England, dating from C.1800. Fine quality piece on classic Georgian splayed bracket feet, and oval bras...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stately Louis XVI style mahogany commode from 19th century France. Its original charcoal and white, shaped marble top is removable. A bank of three drawers are inset with brass pan...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Stone, Metal, Brass

Louis XVI-Style Marquetry Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent pair of French commodes captures the refinement of the Louis XVI style. A highly detailed parquetry design is inlaid into the commodes’ facades and centered by beaut...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

English 19th Century Georgian Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning mahogany chest of drawers, made in early 19th century England, circa 1820. This five drawer case antique is made in the Georgian style and features a linear composition wi...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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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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