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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1990s
Chest of Drawers in White Lacquered Wood, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chest of drawers in white lacquered wood, circa 1970, with 3 drawers with shelves on each side.
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Mastercraft Burl Chest in Green Tint
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Mastercraft burl wood chest in green tint with brass hardware.
Category
1970s Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Burl
Chic Restored Cream Lacquer Raffia Commode by Baker Furniture, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent commode is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
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Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian Black Lacquer Console with Parchment
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Black Lacquer Console with Parchment drawers, brass handles and glass top and sides/legs. Italy, 1970's
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass
Fabulous Restored Cream Lacquer Raffia Cabinet by Baker Furniture, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional example from a difficult to find series by Baker Furniture, circa 1975. Expertly crafted solid hardwood case construction with stylish base detail, veneered in raffia. Elegant solid brass hardware mark the doors. Slick, textured jewelry...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Brian Palmer for Baker Birdseye Maple Modular Three-Piece Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Brian Palmer for Baker 9800 series modular eight-drawer dresser with optional corner cabinet. All three pieces can be separated to make a pair of four drawer commodes with a single c...
Category
1970s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Maple
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...
Category
1970s Spanish Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maple Tree Nightstands Pair Duo 1970s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage maple tree nightstands or small chests pair duo set of two, 1970s Italy.
An amazing pair or duo nightstands from colorless lacquered maple tree veneer with...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple, Plywood
Hollywood Regency Glam Drawer Cabinets - 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ivory lacquer with silver and golden leaf finishing.
In the manner of the great French decorators from the 1940s.
Sculptural and refined cabinets, true eye-catchers to every inte...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Sleek Meticulously Restored Cream Lacquer Commode by McGuire, circa 1970
By McGuire
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent commodes are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
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Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fabulous Restored Pair of Cream Raffia Cabinets by Baker, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning examples from a difficult to find series by Baker Furniture, circa 1975. Expertly crafted hardwood case construction with stylish base detail, veneered in raffia. Open cabinet design, with a single adjustable shelf (included, but not pictured). Handsome solid brass hardware mark the doors. Textured jewelry...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Restored Pair of Bamboo and Burl Elm Consoles, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stellar pair of bamboo consoles, circa 1975. Fabulous hardwood form veneered in reed bamboo with accents in black lacquer. The bookmatched burl elm tops are finished in a walnut st...
Category
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bamboo, Hardwood, Elm
Elegant Vintage Black Lacquer Cane Cabinet with Bamboo Accents, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent chest is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Completely Installation Ready.
A exceptional multipurpose cabinet, circa 1970. Two drawers with open compartment below. Exceptionally crafted solid mahogany case construction veneered in cane, expertly finished in black lacquer. Radiant accents in burnished bamboo...
Category
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Mahogany
1990s Spanish Modern Design Console Table with Three Drawers and Wall Mirror
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s Spanish modern design wooden console table with wall mirror decorated using glass, mirrors and bronze fittings.
Category
1990s Spanish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Chest of Drawers with Bedside 1970 Chid Design
By Paul Evans
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chest of drawers with bedside 1970 chid design, elm burl veneer with brass fixtures and mirrors, schic design and great elegance. The very Paul Evans remembers style. Bedside height ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Trout Studios Grisette Cabinet Birch Wood Aluminum Chest of Drawers Post Modern
By Trout Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Post Modern "Grisette" cabinet by Trout Studios, California. Item features drawers that open from either side (finished all the way around), birch wood construction, brushed aluminum...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
Elegant Egg Shell Lacquered Commode with Brushed Steel Feet In the Styl of Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare and nice commode is made of Sycamore on a brushed steel base. The inside of the drawers of this chest is made of blond mahogany. This is a nice and simple design in the sty...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Chest of Drawers and Shelves in Teak
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian chest of drawers and shelves in teak. 2 shelves. 2 sliding doors. 1 inner modular shelve. 2 drawers. 1 slidin...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Midcentury Italian Cedar Wood Pair of Chest of Drawers with Brass Finishings
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful Italian pair of elegant in solid cedar wood chest of drawers, with handles and brass feet, with six very spacious drawers each.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Kipp Stewart Drexel Declaration Bachelors Chest Mid-century
By Kipp Stewart
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely and rare kipp stewart designed bachelors chest for drexel declaration. The original finish is gorgeous-seems to be glowing. The hardware is the original porcelain white balls...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Mobile Sewing Table, Danish Design, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Chorzów, PL
This mobile sewing chest comes from Denmark from the 1970s with a minimalistic form characteristic of Scandinavian design. A spacious drawer with compartm...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Exquisite Pair of Brass and Bronze Chests by Mastercraft, circa 1975
By Mastercraft
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent pair of commodes is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation r...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Christie's: Palazzo Dal Pozzo Arredi e Dipinti Dalla, September 1998
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Palazzo Dal Pozzo Arredi e Dipinti Dalla, September 1998. Softcover auction catalogue 857 lots on 107 pages, all in color. Italian furniture, painting and accessories.
NP...
Category
1990s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paper
Midcentury Art Glass and Walnut Wood Commode and Chests of Drawer, 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Commode that is unique in its workmanship, simple squared but really elegant in its shape. A veneer of walnut wood and a particular shape in glass for the leg constitute a piece of f...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Filippo Perego Small Chest of Drawers for Jewellery, Italy, 1973
By Filippo Perego
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid Filippo Perego centre chest of drawers in faux tortoiseshell and brass.
Reference: Casa Vogue. June 1973.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair Pierre Cardin Tall Wardrobe Chests of Drawers
Located in Hanover, MA
We have a pair of Pierre Cardin tall wardrobe dresser cabinets with double doors which open to reveal 6 pull-out drawers. Produced by Dilingham. White l...
Category
1970s American Space Age Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Chest of Drawers by Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare Lacquered wood commode with inclusion of labradorite stones.
Belgium
Circa 1970's
Category
1970s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Egg Shell Lacquered Commode on Brushed Steel Feet, French, circa 1970
By Knoll
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
In the style of Knoll. Egg shell lacquered three drawers commode on brushed steel feet. French, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Amazing Pair of Milo Baughman Rosewood Brass Bachelors Chest Mid-Century Mod
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous and rare pair of Milo Baughman rosewood and brass bachelors chests. Unusual lighter rosewood used with thick brass banding at the bottom. I absolutely love these cabinets from this particularly rare Milo Baughman collection. I also have a very unusual sofa table...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
1970s Cedar Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Milano, IT
1970s cedar wood chest of drawers, brass handles and legs.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Stylish Pierre Cardin Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stylish Pierre Cardin highboy or tall chest of drawers made in formica, wood, aluminium and chrome-plated accents. Simple, sleek chest of drawers in a two-door cabinet designed by Pi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Chrome
Occasional Furniture in Mahogany and Formica, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Occasional furniture in mahogany and formica, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Formica, Mahogany
Fabulous Restored Bamboo and Mahogany Ten Drawer Commode, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent commode is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
An...
Category
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fabulous Restored Parzinger Style Cabinet in Cream Lacquer, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning restored three-door cabinet, circa 1975. Heavy, exceptionally crafted solid mahogany case construction. One double compartment with a single drawer, the other with open ad...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Gorgeous Restored Ten-Drawer Chest by Ray Sabota for Century Furniture
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent commode is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready. The...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Outstanding Pair of Vintage Raffia Chests with Rattan and Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional pair of vintage custom commissioned chests, circa 1970. Stout hardwood case construction with beautiful finished Mahogany back and accents. Handsome drawer detail exec...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Two-Piece Mid-Century Sculpted Bedroom Dresser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage walnut dresser features uniquely angled drawer fronts, tapered legs, and unique pulls. The upper cabinet features three drawers plus vertical split shelves for ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
1990s Italian Unique White Black and Gold Chest or Sideboard on Brass Legs
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind modern three-drawer sideboard or console, entirely handmade in Italy, very attractive design, the surround in ivory white glass is also finished at the back so that thi...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Gold, Brass
Pierre Cardin Tall Chest of Drawers Brass & Ivory
Located in Hanover, MA
Unbelievably clean and glam Pierre Cardin for Dillingham Linen Press or chest of drawers in off-white ivory laminate with brass banding
Category
1970s American Space Age Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Stratford House Oriental Hollywood Regency Style Cabinet
By Stratford House
Located in Miami, FL
Amazing clean lined walnut cabinet in white lacquer with chromed oriental style hardware.
Hollywood Regency Period from the 1970s American Craftsmanship.
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Chrome
Thomas O’Brien for Hickory chair co. Empire dresser.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an American Empire style Chest drawers by the Hickory chair Company. This beautiful chest has its original hardware and the top two drawers are uniquely lined with felt for y...
Category
1990s American American Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Gio Ponti Italian bronze wood Commode , Chest of drawers
By Gio Ponti
Located in Valladolid, ES
Brutalist Style Chest of Drawers, Gio Ponti, 70’s – Italy
Gorgeous and very trendy brutalist style chest of drawers in oak wood and brass, made in the 1970s in Italy. With a simple ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
After Piero Fornasetti White Bone Veneered Chest
Located in Altrincham, GB
White Bone Veneered Chest of Drawers designed or after Piero Fornasetti of bombe commode form 36"w x 16"d x 30"h
Category
1990s Italian Archaistic Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Pair of Three Drawer Brass Clad Chests in Manner of Sarreid, Circa 1970s
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Peabody, MA
A pair of nightstand height three drawer brass clad chests with stud details, most likely by Sarreid Ltd., circa 1970s. Includes a pair of glass tops, though could be used without (s...
Category
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid century teak chest of drawers bedside table by Beaver & Tapley, 1970s
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Mid century beaver & Tapley
Circa 1970s
Made in England
Beaver and Tapley was founded shortly before the end of first World War and is still trading today.
Small Beaver and Tapley ...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Cassettiera a specchio e ottone Renato Zevi anni 70
By Renato Zevi
Located in Catania, IT
Cassettiera a specchio e ottone anni 70
di Renato Zevi con 4 cassetti
in buone condizioni
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian Vintage Console / Chest
Located in Austin, TX
Chest or console case piece from Italy in the mid-century style. This chest features beautiful teak wood with unique tapered legs. There are six dovetailed drawers with leather wrapp...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Teak
Saporiti Iconic Storage unit with Drawers - Italian design 1970 circa
By Saporiti
Located in Milan, IT
Indulge in timeless sophistication with this exquisite Saporiti's 1970s storage furniture with drawers. Its idiosyncratic shapes and vibrant tint in red makes it a iconic interior th...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Danish Teak Highboy Magna Dresser
Located in Miami, FL
Both gorgeous and functional, this Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern bachelor's chest of drawers dates from the 1970s. With 5 large drawers, a fixed shelf and two adjustable shelves, i...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Chest of Drawers Model 4602 by Simon Fussell for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Simon Fussel
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Beautiful and rare green plastic chest of drawers designed by Simon Fussell and produced by Kartell.
This modular green plastic chest of drawers on wheels has a simple but ingeniou...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Walnut veneer Cabinet from Italy, 1970s
Located in amstelveen, NL
Chest of drawers made of walnut veneer, Italy, 1970s.
The craftsmanship of this piece is exceptional. The walnut has been carved on the surface with a 'grissinato' motif to look lik...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Elm Chest Of Drawers From France, Circa 1970
Located in Nashville, TN
Vintage Elm Chest Of Drawers From France, Circa 1970. Solid elm construction with original leather pulls. Light wear and use.
Category
1970s European Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
Dal Vera Chest of Drawers in Woven Rattan and Bamboo Italian Design 1970
By Dal Vera
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Dal Vera chest of drawers in woven rattan and bamboo 1970 Italian design with 4 drawers. Brass drawer entries
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Jean-Claude Mahey Dark Blue Lacquered Brass Commodes, 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
With a shining dark ocean blue lacquer finish, and brass standing and details between the ten drawers, this beautiful pair of chest of drawers carries a stellar French mid-century ae...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Century Furniture Contrasting Stacked Chest of Drawers from the Milan Series
Located in Peabody, MA
Stacked three drawer chest in contrasting mahogany and black lacquer from the Milan series by Century Furniture, circa Mid-1990s.
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Lacquer
Chest of Drawers Lacquered Goatskin and Brass by Aldo Tura, Italy, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern space age Italian design chest of drawers or commode in lacquered goatskin parchment by Aldo Tura. Famous design like Renato Zevi, Romeo Rega, Maison Jansen, Willy...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Luciano Frigerio Italian Midcentury Nightstands, Late 1970s
Located in bari, IT
Luciano Frigerio Italian midcentury nightstands late 1970s. The materials are a wooden construction, bird's-eye veneer, painted green, wood inlays.
Fair condition but not instabil...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass, Wood
Set of Two Bedside Tables, Made in Cane Rattan and Beech Wood, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of bedside tables equipped with an door and a drawer decorated with a splendid knob in intertwined natural fibers.
Datable around the 70s and of probable Italian production, they have a massive beech wood structure (visible along the perimeter) and plywood, externally covered with honey -colored...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Beech
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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