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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Louis XV
Style: George III
French Louis XV Style Pink Blush & Silver Gilt Serpentine Bombay Chest / Commode
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely French Louis XV style painted commode with the original painted finish in a combination of a blush pink and silver gilt. When I first analyzed this piece, I was thin...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Poplar
George III Mahogany Bachelor's Chest
Located in Lymington, GB
A George III period mahogany bachelor's chest with caddy top, circa 1780.
With four graduated cockbeaded drawers and a pull-out slide.
Retaining its original brass swan-neck handles, locks and key escutcheons.
This very useful Georgian bachelor (or bachelor's) chest was designed with a pull-out slide for ironing and folding clothes...
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Late 18th Century George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Chest of Drawers - Venice 1750 Commode
Located in Albignasego, IT
Chest of drawers, with three drawers, in solid walnut, with maple marquetry on top, sides and drawers.
In the lower part three details give lightness and grace to the straight lines ...
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1750s Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis XV Style Lacquered Bow Front Demilune Sideboard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand late 19th century mahogany bow front sideboard chest or commode featuring a demilune form. The chest was crafted in England in the grand French Louis XV taste and now wears a s...
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19th Century English Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Olive Wood Miniature Bombe Chest Commode Nightstand
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage small four drawer bombe chest featuring Louis XV styling with olive wood and brass drawer pulls. Each drawer is lined with cream and green Florentine paper. Style 122, made i...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood, Olive
19th Century Venetian Hand Painted Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful early 19th Century Venetian hand-painted and gilt bombe commode.
Features two large drawers that open with their working keys. This commode is in its original and beauti...
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Early 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
George III / Chippendale Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
George III / Chippendale Oak Chest of Drawers. Quarter sawn oak, cross banding with canted corners. Very original condition. Retains the original brasses, steel locks and bracket fee...
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18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique French Provincial Louis XV Style Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Forney, TX
An elegantly sophisticated French Provincial Louis XV style bombe chest of drawers commode.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in France in the la...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Chest of Drawers, France, Around 1910, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Chest of drawers, France, around 1910.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: oak
Dimensions: Height 101 cm width 147 cm depth 60 cm.
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1910s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
George III Tall Mahogany Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
George III tall mahogany chest, with the original cove cornice featuring ''wall of Troy'' dentil molding, this above the seven graduated drawers with o...
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1790s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Inlaid Kingwood French Louis XV Style Marble Top Marquetry Commode Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Louis XV style marble-top, inlaid marquetry two-drawer commode.
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1950s American Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Pair Large Scale Italian Maggiolini Inlaid Bombe Louis XV Commodes
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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1990s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted & Marquetry Commode - François Linke Leon Messagé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and end-cut floral and fruit marquetry two-drawer serpentine-shaped bombé commode by François Linke (1855-1946), Index number 720, the mounts d...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
Superb Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Marble Top Commode, circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning piece of French Louis XV style furniture with the best marble top and gorgeous beefy bronze omorlu and inlay. The marble top is that gorgeous lavender to yellow ma...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Slender Lingerie Chest w/Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style wood lingerie chest, with marble top and five drawers, from the 19th century. This antique small-sized commode from France features its original marble top, w...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Italian Louis XV Carved Cherry Wood Commode or Bombay Chest
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Rococo or Louis XV style bombay chest, commode, or chest of drawers
In the manner of Baker Furniture
Italy, Late 20th Century
Carved cherry wood, with original ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian 19th Century Kingwood, Marble, and Ormolu Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, ormolu and Brèche de Sicile marble commodes. Each four drawer chest is raised by elegant...
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19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
George III Mahogany Bedside Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Square top with gallery over a lift and slide door and a pull out drawer raised on square legs. From a Bellevue Ave Newport Estate.
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1770s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Demi-Lune Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful demi-lune bedside cabinet, with elegant serpentine front and two drawers. This practical and attractive commode echoes the Louis XV style, and features two capacious draw...
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20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique George III Hepplewhite Bow Front Dressing Table Circa Early 1800s
Located in Peabody, MA
An antique George III era Hepplewhite bow front dressing table, ca. 1810,. Mahogany with contrasting boxwood banding and original rondelle lion head brasses. Also includes original w...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Period Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A fantastic George III period chest of drawers. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1790-1810 period.
It is of outstanding quality, it is very heavy and well built. I...
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1790s British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Louis XV Walnut Antique Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Important and rare antique Italian of the period Louis XV chest of drawers, 1750. On the front three large and useful drawers. Characterized by front of the drawers with relief decor...
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1750s Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Cherry Two-Drawer Commode from Burgundy
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique "Commode Sauteuse" was carved in Burgundy, France circa 1780. The fruitwood commode stands on cabriole legs ending with escargot feet over a scalloped apron deco...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood, Amaranth, Satinwood and Tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout Floral Marquetry Two-Drawer Commode of bombé serpentine...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
circa 1785 English Commode Cabinet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
circa 1785 commode cabinet, George III, English. Mahogany & mahogany veneers. Gallery top. Converted from a bedside commode, now a cabinet over a deep drawer appearing as two drawers...
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1780s George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
A 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted & Marquetry Bombé Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood floral marquetry Bombé two-drawer commode with a Royal veined yellow marble top. The serpentine body wit...
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Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair French 19th Century Louis XV/XVI Style Transitional Commodes, Linke Attr.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th/20th century Louis XV/XVI style Transitional Style Satinwood Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commodes with Brêche d'Alep marble-tops, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946), inspired by models by Léonard Boudin (French, 1735-1804), Gilles Joubert...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
George III Mahogany Small Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
A cute chest of unusually small size perfect for a bedside table or end table. Rectangular top over two drawers. Oval brass handles and ending on French feet.
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1810s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Magnificent French Marble Top Bombe Chest of Drawers or Commode
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very high quality French serpentine bombe commode or chest of drawers in Louis XV style with original marble top having really beautiful walnut inlay on drawers and sides and rococo ormolu handles...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Rosewood, Ormolu and Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood, ormolu and Vert Turquin marble Roman commode. The three drawer chest is raised by elegant cabriole legs with fi...
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19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
English George III Period 1800s Oak Two Part Geometric Front Five Drawer Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III Period two part oak chest from the early 19th century, with geometric front, five drawers and brass hardware. Created in England during the reign of King George...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique George III Quality Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality oak chest of drawers having a quality rectangular shaped oak top with a thumb moulded edge above two short and three long cockbeeded drawers with original ...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality, George III Mahogany chest on chest, having a dentil moulded cornice, above four graduated drawers, each with brass plate handles, flanked by canted corners. Below this, the base has a further three drawers, each with brass plate handles above large bracket...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
English King George III 1800s Oak Five Drawer Commode with Raised Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III period oak commode from the early 19th century, with five graduating drawers, raised panels, brass hardware and short feet. Created in England during the George...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Chest in Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Fine George II figured mahogany chest on chest with a carved dental molded top cornice, the top section with two split drawers over three graduated drawers, canted and fluted corne...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Carved Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bombay form dresser, commode, or chest of drawers
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved walnut, with original brass hardware...
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1960s American Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian-Made Vernis Martin French Louis XV Style Paint Decorated Buffet Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautifully made, time-worn Italian take on a French design. The piece has a great original finish and exhibits 100 years of use but does it nicely. The cabinet can be used...
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1920s Italian Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique 1820s Era French Louis XV Chinoiserie Paint Decorated Commode Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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1830s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Maitland Smith Optical Illusion Inlaid French Louis XV Style Grand Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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Early 2000s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
George III Figured Mahogany Chest on Chest, with Greek Key Moulded Cornice
Located in High Wycombe, GB
George III Figured Mahogany Chest on Chest, With Greek Key Moulded Cornice With Two Short & Six Long Drawers with Brass Handles Raised upon Bracket Feet
Height: circa 175 cm.
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19th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Requiring the talents of four master artisans, Antique French Marquetry Marble Top Bombe Commodes such as this example needed a talented menuisier to create the complex naturalistic,...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Antique Italian Louis XV Style Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Italian antique Louis XV style olive wood bombe chest of drawers with brass drawer pulls, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Olive
French Louis XV Style Marble Top Bombe Commode / Chest with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a French Louis XV style commode with a lovely Sienna marble top. The ormolu appears to be a cast bronze. The red painted finish is not original and is intentionally distressed.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Pair of Louis XV Rococo Style French Inlaid Marble Top Commodes Chest
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary
This gorgeous pair of Louis XV Style French Marble Top Commodes...
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1940s European Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Marquetry Commode with Marble Top, 19th Century, Signed
Located in El Monte, CA
An exquisite French Louis XV-XVI transitional style commode with dore bronze ormolu mounts and original marble top.
The fine marquetry depicting a townscape was crafted from the mo...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Kingwood And Parquetry Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine
With serpentine Breche De Alep marble top over a conforming case with two drawers with bronze handles and escutcheons. Raised on cabriole legs ending on sabot. Prove...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Breccia Marble, Bronze
Antique George III Sheraton Painted Chest Drawers Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is beautifully crafted antique George III painted mahogany chest of drawers, in the Sheraton manne, and circa 1780 in date.
The top features a painted musical trophy in the centre with chequer banding.
The two half width and the three graduated full width drawers are all decorated with paintedmusical motifs, cherubs and further chequer banding, and fitted with oval brass swing handles. The chest is raised on elegant ogee bracket feet.
Fitted with decorative brass handles and with working locks and key.
This piece is truly unique and is guaranteed to bring beauty and charm to your home for many years to come.
THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 106 x Width 110 x Depth 52
Dimensions in inches:
Height 3 foot, 6 inches x Width 3 foot, 7 inches x Depth 1 foot, 8 inches
Thomas Sheraton
(1751 - 1806) was an English cabinetmaker and one of the leading exponents of Neoclassicism. Sheraton gave his name to a style of furniture characterised by a feminine refinement of late Georgian styles and became the most powerful source of inspiration behind the furniture of the late 18th century. His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design.
Sheraton was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker, but he became better known as an inventor, artist, mystic, and religious controversialist. Initially he wrote on theological subjects, describing himself as a “mechanic, one who never had the advantage of collegiate or academical education.” He settled in London c. 1790, and his trade card gave his address as Wardour Street, Soho.
Supporting himself mainly as an author, Sheraton wrote Drawing Book (1791), the first part of which is devoted to somewhat naive, verbose dissertations on perspective, architecture, and geometry and the second part, on which his reputation is certainly based, is filled with plates that are admirable in draftsmanship, form, and proportion.
In 1803 Sheraton, who had been ordained a Baptist minister in 1800, published his Cabinet Dictionary (with plates), containing An Explanation of All Terms Used in the Cabinet, Chair and Upholstery Branches with Dictionary for Varnishing, Polishing and Gilding.
Some of the designs in this work, venturing well into the Regency style, are markedly unconventional. That he was a fashionable cabinetmaker is remarkable, for he was poor, his home of necessity half shop. It cannot be presumed that he was the maker of those examples even closely resembling his plates.
Although Sheraton undoubtedly borrowed from other cabinetmakers, most of the plates in his early publications are supposedly his own designs. The term Sheraton has been recklessly bestowed upon vast quantities of late 18th-century painted and inlaid satinwood...
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1780s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Tulipwood and Parquetry Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With a thick serpentine breche de alep marble top over a conforming case with two conforming drawers with bronze handles raised on cabriole legs with sabot feet. From a Bellevue Avenue Newport Rhode Island estate.
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Breccia Marble
Antique Louis XV Style Inlaid Rosewood Chest with Ormolu Mounts and Escutcheons
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th century, France, a beautiful four drawer inlaid rosewood tall side chest, with variegated loose marble top, ormolu mounts and sabots, and crisp cross banding. The escutcheons on each drawer front complement the mounts on the corners. The beveled variegated marble top shows soft pinks, golds and tans...
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique French Marble Top Bombe Secretaire Chest
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique bombe shaped French secretaire chest with an original rouge marble top and pull down writing surface. This was made in France and dates from around the 1890-1900 p...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Georgian Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
George III Mahogany Butlers Chest. Solid Mahogany molded top over three cock beaded drawers with the top drawer housing a nicely fitted desk int...
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Late 18th Century Unknown George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Chest of Drawers, France, 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
This gorgeous French Louis XV chest of drawers dates back to around 1770. It was made during the so called Transition period, the time between Louis XV and Louis XVI. It already shows the plain and stricter design of the Louis XVI period, but has still some playful marquetry decor details which draw from the more pompous Louis XV style. The three drawers commode stands on four cabriole legs with bronze sabots. Between the first and the second drawer is a decorated bronze band. This beautiful chest of drawers has its original wooden top with its veneer decor matching the decor of the front and sides.
The Transition commode has been expertly refinished in our workshop.
The price includes costs for the exquisite restoration and the international shipping from Europe...
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1770s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Inlaid Chest of 6 Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality figured mahogany inlaid chest of six drawers having a quality figured mahogany rectangular shaped top with a carved edge above two short and four long figu...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Other
Baker Stately Homes George III Satinwood & Mahogany Serpentine Chest Dresser
Located in Dayton, OH
"A spectacular English George III style chest of drawers by Baker Furniture. Part of the Stately Homes Collection, circa last quarter 20th centu...
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Late 20th Century George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique George III Flame Mahogany 4-Drawer Bachelor Chest of Drawers, circa 1890
Located in Germantown, MD
Recently refinished antique George III flame mahogany 4 drawer bachelor chest.
Measures 29" in width, 16.5" in depth and stands 31" tall.
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Late 19th Century American George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century George III Mahogany Serpentine Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany serpentine chest of drawers in the manner of Gillows, having a boxwood inlaid top, above four graduated serpentine drawers, each with b...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Inlaid Figural Bronze Mounted Burled Walnut French Louis XV Marble Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Side Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French Louis XV style serpentine fronted marquetry and ormolu-mounted side cabinet on stand, having wonderful classical romantic scenes inlaid to the sides and front, a single frie...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Mahogany
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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