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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: Early 1900s
18th Century Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Kettering, GB
An 18th century mahogany chest of drawers, on later bun feet. Comprising two short drawers over three long, with elegant brass drop down handles and escutcheons. Masterfully restored...
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18th Century British Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Large Oak White Painted Chest of Drawers, Denmark circa 1770
Located in Round Top, TX
This antique rococo large oak chest of drawers features a serpentine front, brass hardware pulls and is raised on large turned feet.
The newer, professionally applied and layered whi...
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Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Three-Drawer Commode Chest from Lyon
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a living room or entry with this elegant antique "Commode Lyonnaise". Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1760, the large fruitwood cabinet stands on cabriole feet over a scallope...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Antique George III period mahogany chest of drawers
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th Century Chippendale period mahogany serpentine Chest, having moulded edged crossbanded canted cornered top above 2 short & 3 long cockbeaded drawers retaining original bra...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Gustavian Chest of drawers in mahogany with Limestone top with fossils, 1790s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant and small Gustavian Chest of drawers in mahogany (Swietenia mahogoni) with Limestone top with a lot of Fossils. Made during the 1790...
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1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Limestone
Gustavian Commode
Located in Hellerup, DK
Antique Swedish Gustavian dresser or chest of drawers with 3 large drawers and with the original red paint and marbled top. The dresser has b...
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1770s Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Marquetry Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exceptionally beautiful marquetry inlaid commode 'à Ressaut' opening with two wide drawers, and crafted in the Louis XVI style.
This very decorative late 18th century chest of dr...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Serpentine Ebonised Commode
Located in Edenbridge, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French serpentine commode with original handles.The later ebonised paintwork has given this piece a super contemporary look and an amazing storage solution.Wit...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
French Directoire Louis XVI Demilune Shape Marble Top Marble Top Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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Early 1900s French Directoire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Rococo White Painted Chest of Drawers, Denmark circa 1770
Located in Round Top, TX
This antique rococo chest of drawers from Denmark features a serpentine front, brass hardware pulls and an exceptional (newer) white painted finish with contrasting black painted top...
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Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Ebonized Oak French Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Large, three drawer 18th Century patinated French oak commode.
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French Curved Regency period Commode Chest of drawers inlaid marble 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty little Regency period chest of drawers, curved on the front in inlaid native wood veneer and solid wood.
It opens with four drawers in three separate rows. The upper row ...
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18th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Demilune Chest of Drawers, Vitrine / Showcase Cabinet
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Mahogany Vitrine / Showcase Cabinet
Maison Jansen Louis XVI style chest or étagère. The nice bowed white marble top with a three-quarter pierced bras...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaire
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Swedish late Baroque secretaire in original gorgeous blue/green patinated color with slant front desk with a fitted interior over the two long and two smaller drawer bas...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Small Chippendale period mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Folkestone, GB
A fine quality late 18th century chest of drawers of small size, with moulded edge caddy-top abouve four long graduated drawers, the top of which is fully filtted with various lidded...
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18th Century English Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Walnut Chest Of Drawers.
Located in Skipton, GB
A fantastic Walnut chest of drawers retaining a fine set of original Rococo handles and escutcheons. With two short over three long drawers all cock beaded and cross banded in mahoga...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Cedar
Antique French Louis XV Style Fruitwood Five Drawer Commode
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French Louis XV style fruitwood five drawer commode, 18th/19th c. This commode features two short drawers over three long drawers, rising on short cabriole legs, restorations...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
18th Century Louis XV Commode with Faux Marble Top
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis XV Polychrome slight serpentine, bombe commode or commodini, 18th Century, faux marble painted serpentine top over conforming two drawers, having early and possibly original, r...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Louis Seize style chatol made in oak from around 1780s
Located in Lejre, DK
Louis Seize style chatol with 3 drawers made in oak from around 1780.
Measurements in cm: H:108 W:118 D:57
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1780s Danish Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Antique George III period fiddle back mahogany serpentine chest of drawers
Located in London, GB
A fine mid-18th Century Geroge III period mahogany serpentine Chest, having moulded edge boxwood line inlaid & Gonzalez Alves crossbanded top, above 4 fiddleback mahogany drawers ret...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Baroque Chest of Drawers in Walnut, Inlaywork and Bronze fittings, Mid-18th C.
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque chest of drawers with a curved front and three drawers. The chest of drawers rests on pressed ball feet and is profiled at the edges. The fronts of the drawers feature ...
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoiseshell Boulle Commode/Drawer
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Amazing French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoise Shell Boulle Drawer Table. Drawers on both sides, one side is operational and the other is fixed. It has beautiful bronze angels on the si...
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17th Century Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Mid 18th Century English Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Good Mid 18th Century English Walnut Chest of Drawers of Unusually Tall and Narrow Proportions.
This chest has an unusual drawer configuration with two short drawers over four gra...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique George I Quality Figured Walnut Two Part Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George I quality figured walnut two part chest of five drawers having a solid walnut top with a moulded edge above two short and three long figured walnut inlaid oak lined dr...
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18th Century English George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
American Chippendale Mahogany Chest on Chest with Orig. Claw & Ball Feet NY 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
American New York Chippendale mahogany chest on chest with a carved dentil molded edge cornice, articulated carved circular fret work, ten graduat...
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1770s American Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Original Jugendstil Anrichte/Kommode mit Intarsien, verm. Wien um 1905
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Kommode / Anrichte
Entwurf: unbekannt, verm. Wien um 1905
Modell-Nummer: -
Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, verm. Wien um 1905
Maße in cm (H x B x T): 75 x 105 x ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
German Baroque Fruit Wood Marquetry Inlaid Cabinet / Commode, Gulc Nachi
Located in Stamford, CT
German Baroque Fruit Wood Marquetry Inlaid Cabinet / Commode, Gulc Nachi
18th-early 19th century fruit wood marquetry inlaid commode chest...
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1780s German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
William and Mary Oysterwood Chest
Located in Skipton, GB
A fine and documented William and Mary period chest of drawers.
The top is veneered in well chosen olive oysters laid in geometric patterns incorporating, concentric circles, roundel...
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Late 17th Century English William and Mary Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Olive, Sycamore
Inlaid chest of drawers with a marble top in the Louis XV style, France.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An inlaid chest of drawers with a marble top in the Louis XV style, comes from France at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Inlaid floral motifs and copper ornaments are charac...
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18th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Swedish Gustavian Painted Chest of Drawers Commode Grey White C.1860
Located in LONDON, GB
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
18th Century French Walnut Serpentine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French walnut serpentine commode having two drawers standing shapely curved legs.
Great patination
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over two over three drawers, brass bail handles. Bracket feet.
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1780s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Small Antique Danish 18th Century Rococo Chest of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small Danish rococo breakfront chest of three drawers.
Crafted in oak wood and later professional painted in a light ocher yellow with a lovely patina.
Denmark 1750-1760
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Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Inlaid Veneered Walnut And Marble Antique French Dresser, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique French chest of drawers from the mid-18th century. Louis XV furniture of great elegance and quality inlaid and veneered in walnut, bois de rose and maple. Chest of drawers wi...
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Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Swiss alp folk art trunk
Located in grand Lancy, CH
mountain chest dated 1777, made from a one-piece tree trunk with beautiful old original repairs, beautiful patina, extremely rustic, therefore very probably made in the high mountains
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1770s Swiss Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptional quality, 18th Century French walnut commode with its original moulded grey and white veined marble top that conforms to the shape of the commode below. Having three sm...
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
An 18th century Italian bureau with beautiful inlay detailing and a fall front that opens to form a writing surface with fitted interior, consisting of six drawers. Four long drawers...
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18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Gustavian mini-sized chest, circa 1790.
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Fine Gustavian mini-sized chest with three drawers, circa 1790.
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
English Adam Ince & Mayhew Mahogany Commode
By Mayhew & Ince
Located in New York, NY
English Adam style (18th Century) mahogany commode with 2 doors and satinwood inlaid figures, swags and decoration supported on carved square tapered feet (Attributed to INCE & MAYHEW)
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Mid-18th Century British Adam Style Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique fine quality Georgian 18th Century mahogany batchelors chest of drawers
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality Georgian 18th Century mahogany batchelors chest of drawers.
This is a lovely quality chest of drawers.
No loose joints or woodworm and the oak lined drawers and...
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Rococo Commode
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Rococo commode repainted in faint pale grey with original brass hardware and locks. Three bow front drawers over cabriolet legs.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Oak Chest On Legs
Located in Kettering, GB
An oak chest on legs, 18th century, comprising three long drawers with brass drop handles and platework on turned legs with rectangular stretchers at the base. In very good condition...
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18th Century British Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paint Decorated Commode
Located in Essex, MA
18th Century Italian Paint Decorated Commode Faux stone painted rectangular top. Two front drawers and sides are painted and decorated with classical figures, foliate scrolls, fruit...
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
A fine Dutch Commode attr. to the workshop of Matthijs Horrix, circa 1770-1780
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Chest of drawers attributed to the workshop of Matthijs Horrix, circa 1770-1780
Dimensions: 82 cm high, 115 cm wide, and 52 cm deep.
Oak core veneered with rosewood and palm wood marquetry, topped with a white Carrara marble slab, gilded bronze fittings.
Provenance: Private collection, Wallonia, Belgium
This chest of drawers was almost certainly made in the workshop of Matthijs Horrix in The Hague. Horrix, originally from Germany, settled in The Hague in the 1760s, where he specialized in making furniture in the French style. His workshop was probably the most important in the third quarter of the 18th century in the court city and was well known far beyond the city limits. A large number of pieces of furniture have been preserved that can be attributed to this workshop, including several in royal possession...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Bleached English Oak Chest, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A bleached English oak chest of drawers on bun feet, early 18th century.
36 ½ inches wide by 20 inches deep by 38 inches tall
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Early 18th Century English William and Mary Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Chest of Drawers Marchigiano
Located in Encinitas, CA
Decorative Italian 18th century hand painted Louis XV "Cassettone" Marchigiano from the Center of Italy region of Marche Italy, circa 1750.
Italian commode with two drawers faux mar...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Dutch Bombe Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th C Dutch oak bombe commode. Very good colour. 1780.
Reference: 8098
Dimensions
45 inches (114 cms) Wide
23 inches (58 cms) Deep
33 inches (84 cms) High
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18th Century Dutch Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
A George I Walnut Bureau, a beautiful and very original example. The fall-front over two short and two long drawers. Internally a central cupboa...
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18th Century British George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Walnut Commode, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Louis XV carved walnut commode, 18th Century.
Five drawers with three smaller drawers including a hidden drawer over two large drawers.
Provenance: Estate of T. Boone Pickens (J....
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Miniature chest of drawers, end of 18th century
Located in Greding, DE
Miniature chest of drawers made of walnut with small square pointed feet and brass knobs. The chest of drawers was restored and polished by hand.
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Late 18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Chinoiserie Chest on Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Fine English George I or Queen Anne Black Lacquered Chinoiserie Chest on Stand. Original Chinoise Design with figures, exotic birds, t...
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Early 18th Century English George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Exceptional 18th Century Swedish Rococo Commode
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Exceptional 18th century Swedish Rococo commode with four drawers and fantastic shape & proportions. ca 1760 Stockholm, Sweden.
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Serpentine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Exceptional 18th C French fruitwood serpentine three drawer commode with a wonderful 1.25" thick marble top. 1780.
Reference: 8119
Dimensions
51.5 inches (131 cms) Wide
26 inches (...
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18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Fruit Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful French Neoclassical chest of drawers with spectacular dovetailed engravings has seen lifetimes pass it by. Made in ...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th century Georgian mahogany Gentleman's chest of drawers commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Georgian Mahogany Antique Gentleman’s Chest
Dating from Around 1800 In the Georgian Era, This Delightful Mahogany Antique Campaign Gentleman’s...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Rococo Commode
Located in Huntington, NY
A diminutive bow front Swedish Rococo commode. Three drawers over a carved skirt; sits atop cabriole feet. Original brass hardware and locks. Tastefully repainted in pale greyish-whi...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century mahogany chest on chest of drawers tallboy
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 18th Century mahogany tallboy chest on chest of drawers. Attractive canted front corners and toothed cornice.
Lovely age, colour and patina. Drawers slide freely.
Splits int...
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany serpentine Chest.
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th Century Hepplewhite period figured mahogany serpentine Chest having book-matched, ebony strung & satinwood banded top above 2 short & 2 long rosewood cockbeaded draw...
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Mid-18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
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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