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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Empire
Small Late Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small and elegant late empire chest of four drawers.
Original black painted pine wood adorned with decorations in golden hues.
The sides with decorations in the form of ears of corn...
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Mid-19th Century European Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Pine
Vintage French Jansen Louis XVI Style Black Lacquered and Gilded Dresser
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous vintage French Jansen Louis XVI style black lacquered and gilded dresser. Featuring a very polished finish, beautiful hardware and pretty gold ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, exotic wood, ormolu and white Carrara marble commode. The three drawer chest is raised by impressi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers Late-XIX Century Rosewood Red French Marble
Located in Prato, IT
France, second half of the 19th century
Veneered in bois de rose, rosewood, mahogany, maple
Red of France marble top
Dimensions: L 104 x D 39.5 x H 89 cm
Good conditions.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Chests of Drawers, Piacenza, Late 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of chests of drawers with walnut veneer, walnut root and bois de rose, maple and boxwood trim; inlaid rosettes with shading on tops, sides and fronts with three drawers. Retract...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Boxwood, Maple, Rosewood, Walnut, Burl
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Walnut and Marble Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Walnut and Sienna marble commodes from Naples. Each two drawer small scale chest is raised by square tapered legs with delicate inlaid fillets leading upwards along column like designs flanking the two drawers. The drawers each display exquisite wonderfully executed inlaid central floral rosettes framed...
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19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Louis XV Style Commode with Pink Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite and finely constructed Louis XV style chest of three drawers, with original pink- veined marble top and fabulous floral marquetry inlay to each drawer front and sides. F...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage French Jansen Walnut and Black Lacquered Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine vintage French Jansen walnut and black lacquered Louis XVI style commode. This piece also has a beautiful marble top and lovely hardware. A true classic that is sure to imp...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Cherry Three-Drawer Commode with Fluting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style cherry commode from the 19th century, with three graduated drawers, linear brass hardware, fluted side posts and cylindrical tapered legs. Created in France ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair of Napolian iii Boulle Side Cabinets, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of Napoleon III boulle ebonised, cut-brass inlaid and gilded ormolu-mounted two door side cabinets.
In the manner of; Andre-Charles Boulle
Batch 71 SUZZZN 54522.
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This beautiful Louis XVI Style chest of drawers dates back to the second half of the 19th century.
The elegant commode stands on serpentine legs and has two drawers and a yellowish ...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Neoclassical Rosewood Marble Top Semainier, Tall
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI neoclassical rosewood marble top semainier ~ tall chest is not a concept exclusive to French craftsmen, but arguably executed by the French better than ...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bleached Oak Three-Drawer Chest with Carved Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style bleached oak chest from the 19th century, with three drawers, carved panels, brass hardware and fluted side posts. Created in France during the 19th century,...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Majestic 19th Century French Empire Marble Top Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Found in the South of France, this exquisite burled walnut commode from the early 19th century features a dark grey marble top over four drawers. The lower three drawers are recessed...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Rosewood Banded Kingwood Commode with Cabriole Leg
Located in High Wycombe, GB
19th century French Louis XVI rosewood banded kingwood breakfront commode, with cabriole legs, finished with a grey marble top
Featuring two lon...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Antique half-round Empire chest of drawers, mahogany, around 1810
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique half-round Empire chest of drawers, mahogany, around 1810
Semi-circular body, one door in the middle flanked by full columns and one drawer each above and below. An extremel...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style Commode, Natural 52"
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XVI Style Commode, made with chestnut in a natural stripped finish that marries effortlessly with custom-cast hardware. Turret corners, fluted styles, three long drawers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Important Louis XVI Commode Stamped Gervais Durand
Located in BARSAC, FR
Exceptional commode in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer opening three doors and three drawers in the belt. Central projection and amounts with concave sides, a beautiful white mar...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
18th century French Louis XVI Period Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century French Louis XVI period chest of drawers with chest of three sizeble drawers with raised panel drawer fronts, original hardwares on tapered carved legs.
Hand painted re...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Large Commode Transition with Marquetry of Quartefeuille
Located in BARSAC, FR
Exceptional commode from the transition period in rosewood veneer in amaranth frames and green tinted wood threads.
Superb marquetry decoration with a beautiful upper frieze on the front and on the sides with quarte-leaf motifs, always on the front three panels of rosewood in butterfly wings delimited by double Greek friezes.
Saint Anne gray...
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1760s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XVI marquetry commode inlaid with veneers of mahogany, walnut and rosewood. Original Languedoc marble top. Two...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu Commode À Porte
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, ormolu Commode à Porte, after a model by Joseph Stöckel and Guillau...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Ormolu
Custom Handcrafted French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Commode Custom Made Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
An Old Plank exclusive and part of our constantly expanding collection of Hand-Crated Furniture. Classic French Louis XVI Style Commode, Chest of Drawers or Dresser, pick your prefer...
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2010s American Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine French Mahogany Empire Commode
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A french marbled top and bronze mounted mahogany commode. The original grey marble top over the three drawers with flame veneers and lion mask handles. Th...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Mahogany Commode with Saint Anne Marble Top
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fine 18th century French Louis XVI period commode de port handcrafted of Cuban mahogany by skilled artisans from the Bordeaux region of France, circa 1770s, having a moulded cookie...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This Louis XVI style commode is made of mahogany, circa 1800, and topped with a shaped piece of Belgian Blue stone. A bank of three drawers with inset brass paneling are all fit with...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
French 19th Century Empire Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This beautiful French 19th century Empire commode is made of burl walnut veneer. The top is Saint-Anne marble and sits over a wide drawer hi...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Burl
French Empire Style Commode or Dresser with Marble Top & Bronze Lion Head Pulls
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite French Empire style commode or dresser offering three drawers. The commode or dresser is painted in antiqued beige tone and features lion head bronze pulls. The dresser or commode is raised by finely carved tole metal bottom showing scrolls and a large shell design in the middle. The piece is study and is finely carved while having a marble top in black , gray adding style and elegance to this timeless dresser.
The French Empire style dresser...
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20th Century Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XVI style Commode, made with chestnut in a natural stripped finish that marries effortlessly with custom-cast hardware. Turret corners, fluted styles, three long drawers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Console Marble Top, Brass & Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
French Louis XVI style Mahogany console topped with a white Carrara marble, decorated by a gilt brass openwork gallery and bronze elements.
A wooden lower shelf between legs finished with golden bronze clogs.
Perfect in an entryway, or to create a small whiskey bar...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary desk has a kingwood veneer with a gorgeous mar...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Yew
French Empire Semainier Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A classic early French Empire semainier in Mahogany, each of the seven drawers (intended to be used one for each day of the week), has ebony inlay aro...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 18th Century Continental European Commodes
Located in Pomona, CA
Elegant pair of 18th century Louis XVI period fruitwood commodes. Each two-drawer commode is raised by tapered legs. Above are two drawers with oval ormolu pulls and flower decoratio...
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Late 18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Antique Louis XVI Chest, Mahogany, Copenhagen, 1780-1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI chest, Mahogany with 4 drawers.
Carved dentil under top plate.
Top drawer and sides with geometric molding work.
Sides flanked by fluted quarter columns.
This type is...
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Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Lacquered Commode
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI style Maison Jansen lacquered commode.
This stunning vintage French Louis XVI style Maison Jansen three drawer commode, credenz...
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1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Drawer Chest
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a Louis XVI style drawer chest. It features three drawers, solid brass hardware and faux key holes. The top, drawer fronts and sid...
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2010s Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Louis XVI Carved Walnut, Kingwood & Marble Zinc Lined Chest 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XVI style chest offers shaped marble top over kingwood chest having bookmatched sides, single drawer over zinc lined cabinet over th...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Zinc
Dutch Mahogany and Satinwood Neoclassical Cabinet, 19 Th C
Located in Houston, TX
This unique piece is 19 th century with a banded, quarter-veneered top
With a full raised edge and canted corners, above a case fitted with three
Drawers over two cupboard doors each door banded and centered
By an ebonized panel...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Empire Style Four-Drawer Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Empire style chest of drawers, unbranded. Solid mahogany with classic Empire styling, with curved outward sides and curved back front feet. Features four drawers of doveta...
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19th Century American Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th-century german empire oak and pine inlaid three drawer commode
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful commode was made in Germany in the late 19th century. The commode is made from European summer oak and solid pine and features three drawers. The drawers were enriched...
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Late 19th Century German Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Commode, Natural
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XVI Style Commode, made with chestnut in a natural bleached finish that marries effortlessly with custom-cast hardware. Turret corners, fluted styles, three long drawers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XVI Style Commode, made with chestnut in a natural stripped finish that marries effortlessly with custom-cast hardware. Turret corners, fluted styles, three long drawers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Style Petite Commode or Child' s Chest
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century Louis XVI style petite French commode, or chest of drawers made of solid oak. This small commode has carved relief adorned drawers and sturdy turned legs. Waxed...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Oak
French Empire Style 1870s Mahogany Three-Drawer Commode with White Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style mahogany commode from the late 19th century, with white marble top, three drawers and gilt accents. Created in France during the third quarter of the 19th centu...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
18th Century Naples Consoles in gilded and lacquered wood
Located in Napoli, IT
Neapolitan console, Louis XVI with portoro marble.
Dimensions: 100 x 155 x 70 cm.
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
19th Century Spanish Regency / Isabelina Mallorquín Commode, Marquetry Inlay
Located in Madrid, ES
Often referred to as "Mallorquín" or "Catalana" style, this type of commode evolved in the early to mid 19th century in the Spanish province of Catalonia, taking design influences from various European...
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19th Century Spanish Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Louis XVI Style Chest Of Drawers
Located in London, Park Royal
Hand carved and Hand finished Louis XVI style commode in polychrome finish.
Painted in a light French green with gold highlights.
with a 30mm Carrara Marble top
Fine details all arou...
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2010s British Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Louis XVI Chest Of Drawers, Mahogany. Copenhagen 1780 - 1790.
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI chest of drawers made of solid mahogany.
Profile molding under top plate and sides with fluted quarter columns.
Four drawers with original bronze fittings.
Refinished with...
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Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
French Empire Brass Mounted, Light Walnut, & Ebonized Secretary, 1stq 19th Cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top above a conforming case housing three drawers, one faux drawer, and a fall front desk with a leather writing surface and interior shelving and secret drawers...
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1810s French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Louis Seize Marquetry Chest of Drawers, Walnut veneered, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Louis seize chest of drawers with three drawers and rectilinear body with central risalit. The chest of drawers stands on socketed square feet and shows half-moon shaped fittings on ...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Whitewashed Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Whitewashed Commode represents the essence of the neoclassical revival in France during the latter half of the 1700s. Utilizing dense, old-growt...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
French 19th Century Empire Commode with Marble Top and Column Shaped Posts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire commode from the 19th century, with white marble top, four drawers, butterfly veneer, bronze mounts and column-shaped posts. Created in France during the 19th century, this Empire commode features a rectangular white marble top sitting above a frieze drawer concealed in the apron. Three additional drawers, adorned with butterfly veneer and fitted with shell hardware...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Early 19th Century Walnut Commode with Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style walnut commode from the early 19th century with three drawers, fluted side posts and original handles. Created in France during the early years of the 19th c...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
19th Century French Mahogany Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Impressive 19th century Flame mahogany commode.
This piece stands well, the three large drawers are decorated with flame mahogany with its original quality brass handles and ivory e...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Brass
Baker Furniture French Empire Cherry Wood Highboy Dresser, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Empire style six-drawer highboy dresser chest
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1960s
Gorgeous book-matched cherry wood, with original brass hardware.
M...
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Mid-20th Century American Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Pair of Small Italian Chests of Drawer in Walnut
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A pair of small Mid-20th Century Italian chests of drawer in walnut, marked "Selva".
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
French Chest of Drawers Fruit Wood Original Bronze Hardwares Beginning 19th
Located in Miami, FL
Île de France fruit wood commode.
End 18th beginning 19th cent.
Classical elegant style, excellent original patina and great quality hardware.
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Black-White Gustavian Louis XVI Style Chest
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Gustavian Hauptbyrå with marble slab and frame in full matt black, redesigned with Coco Chanel design white and black pattern. Marble slab in grey h...
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1950s Swedish Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
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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