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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Regency
Antique French Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Bronze and Brass
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French Louis XVI style chest of drawers, fluted legs and long feet finished with golden bronze clogs. Two dovetailed drawers with brass details and bronze poignées.  
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze

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

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

French Louis XVI 1790s Two-Drawer Sauteuse Commode with Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period wooden sauteuse from the late 18th century, with two drawers and tapered legs. Created in France at the end of King Louis XVI's reign, this wooden commode f...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Regency Mahogany Campaign Chest by Hill & Willard
Located in Essex, MA
A fine example in two parts. The rectangular top with brass corners over a center drawer containing a desk with fitted interior and bearing a plaque " Hill & Willard 7 Duncannon St L...
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1820s English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Hardwood

Antique French Louis XVI Carved Mahogany Marble Top Dresser with Mirror, c 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI carved mahogany marble top dresser with mirror, circa 1890.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Italian Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, Lombardy 1780-1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Italian Louis XVI chest of drawers from Lombardy, 1780-1790. Three drawers. Original thick mirror-cut walnut veneer with marquetry work on top, sides and and front with stylized f...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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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

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Marble, Ormolu

Early 19th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers of nice proportions
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers of nice proportions, having a nice figured top above a selection of two short over three long oak lined drawers with the original turned wooden...
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1820s British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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

Hardwood Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
A finely drawn chest of drawers with four long drawers, the top one with a double divider, the drawer fronts are lined in boxwood and set with a quality...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

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

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

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Brass

Vintage Regency Wave Front Chest of Drawers
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Regency chest of drawers. A beautiful wave front design with heavy brass hardware. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 20th Century North American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Regency Commode in Lacquered Wood from the Maison Roméo in Paris
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Regency commode in lacquered wood adorned with inlaid brass fillets and presenting a beautiful ornamentation of gilded and chiseled bronze. Opening with three drawers in ...
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Mid-20th Century French Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Lacquer

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

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Brass

Light gray 6-drawer Chiffonnier Louis XVI Directoire solid wood reinterpretation
Located in Landivy, FR
This Chiffonnier 6-drawer chest is a free hand crafted and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire Style at the end of the 18th century. This period style is remarkable wi...
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2010s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Cherry, Oak, Wood

18th Century French Louis XVI Oak Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique chest of drawers from the Louis Seize Period. This commode comes from France and dates from circa 1780-1790. It is...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

19th C. Regency Mahogany Chiffonier Tall Chest of Drawers Filing Cabinet Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A tall and Elegant 19th Century Regency chest of drawers Mahogany Chiffonier also chiffonnier. Its name comes directly from a Fre...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

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 French Regency Style Original Paint Decorated Gilt Accented Tall Chest
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Features French Regency style early 20th century, outstanding high quality finish over mahogany, 4 over 2 doors, hand cut drawer dovetails, drawer interiors are solid mahogany finish...
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1920s Regency Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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

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Brass

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

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Wood

Pair Hand-Made Custom French Bronze Mounted Cherry and Ebonized Commodes
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 delive...
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Early 2000s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

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

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Kingwood, Yew

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Demilune Kingwood Commode
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine Louis XVI ormolu-mounted demilune kingwood commode: The marble top over three frieze drawers with two further drawers in the centre flanked by ...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Kingwood

Early 19th Century antique Regency walnut Wellington chest
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century antique Regency walnut Wellington chest, having a nice figured top sitting above a shaped cornice, the hinged top lifts up to reveal a spacious compartment space, ...
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1830s British Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Antique Louis XVI Style Inlaid Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Continental antique Louis XVI style floral inlaid walnut chest of drawers with brass hardware, 19th century.
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19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Rare 19th Century French Marble Topped Brass Gallery Semainier Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to this very rare and extremely good looking French 19th century mahogany with marble top and brass gallery rail Semainier lingerie chest...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

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

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Mahogany

French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ormolu-Mounted Commode
By Léon Kann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French palatial 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted "Marie Antoinette Style" medallion commode with a Fleur de Pêche marble top, after a model by Ben...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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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

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Marble, Bronze

Antico Cassettone Luigi XVI - Tre Cassetti - Intarsio Floreale - XVIII Secolo 🇮
Located in Milano, MI
Antico Como Luigi XVI Tre Cassetti XVIII Secolo Descrizione: Antico Cassettone Luigi XVI a tre cassetti realizzato in Italia nel XVIII Secolo , il casset...
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Early 18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode, Attributed to Henry Dasson
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Commode à vantaux en acajou et placage d'acajou flammé sur bâti en chêne ouvrant par trois portes en façade. Elle est élégamment ornée de frises en bronze ciselé et doré à décor en b...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Heritage Regency Walnut Drawers Chests Night Tables, circa 1950s, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare Pair of regency bachelor chests, night tables by Heritage Furniture. Vintage of the 1960s. Walnut and brass. Measures 30 inches in width, 18 inches in depth and stand 22 inch...
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Mid-20th Century American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

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

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Wood

Antique Danish Chest of Drawers in Oak, Made in Late 18th Century, Louis 16
Located in Odense, DK
Romantic antique chest of drawers, made by a Danish cabinetmaker in 1790-1810.. Louis XVI. This chest features great curves and carving skills and undoubtful high quality. Made in so...
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Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Small Commode
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century Louis XVI period small commode.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Walnut Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
French chest of drawers from the early 19th century, Louis XVI style, in walnut with different types of wood marquetry, with lime Wood and and black bog oak, has three drawers with b...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

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

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Wood

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

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Marble

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

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Wood

Antico Cassettone Luigi XVI Tre Cassetti Lastronato Intarsio Frontale XVIII Sec
Located in Milano, MI
Antico Cassettone Luigi XVI Descrizione: Antico cassettone Luigi XVI realizzato in Italia nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, il cassettone e composto d...
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Mid-18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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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

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Wood

Antica Ribalta Luigi XVI Con Intarsio E Lastronatura XVIII Secolo
Located in Milano, MI
Antica Ribalta Luigi XVI Descrizione: Antica ribalta Luigi XVI realizzata in Italia nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, la ribalta è composta da due cas...
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Early 18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

18th Century Important and Rare Louis XVI Genoese Trumeau
Located in Napoli, IT
Important and rare Louis XVI Genoese trumeau in tissue paper and rosewood embellished with refined antique inlays (G.B. Piranesi), original silvered glass, nozzles and handles in gil...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
A European Louis XVI style commode with a molded edge top with canted corners, carved dental molding frieze above two long drawers with panel inlays, antiqued pewter handles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

A Pair of Louis XVI Style Lacquer Commodes
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Petites Commodes Incorporating Exceptional Eighteenth Century Chinese Lacquer Panels. Stamped on the lock ‘Duvivier, Paris, 77 F St Antoine’. Each commode has a a shaped white marble top above a frieze with two short and one long drawer. Below is a cupboard door with a gilt-bronze framed lacquer panel flanked by two open shelves with gilt-bronze galleries. The commodes are raised on square section tapering legs with gilt-bronze caps. The commodes incorporate exceptional 18th century lacquer panels. The panels are of wonderful quality and unusual in that they incorporate amongst traditional oriental landscape and Palace scenes, figures in Western costume...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Ormolu

18th Century Style Mahogany Servers, Matched Pair, Mahogany with Brass Grills
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely pair of 18th century style Mahogany Servers, a matched pair, mahogany with brass grills. These finely crafted servers made as a ...
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20th Century Canadian Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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 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

18th Century Country French Louis XVI Period Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Country French Louis XVI Period Commode was hewn from solid planks of old-growth oak to literally last for centuries! The casework was crafted using pegged mortise & ten...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

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

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode by Jansen
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French mahogany marble-top Louis XVI style commode has been ebonized and finished with a museum quality. This lovely piece features pink and grey veined marble-top. The chest...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass

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

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Marble

Antique English Regency Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Chest Of Drawers C.1815
Located in London, GB
A regency mahogany and line inlaid bow front chest of drawers, early 19th century (c.1815) A regency mahogany and line inlaid bow front chest of drawers, early 19th century, with ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Rosewood

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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