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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Baroque
Style: George III
18th Century Baroque Chest of Drawers / Commode from Germany
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Baroque chest of drawers made of pinewood body and covered with walnut veneer. Fittings and locks are also original from the time.
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Pine, Walnut
1890s Venetian Baroque Cabinet Chest of drawers console Handcarved Walnut Burl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important precious 19th century Venetian Baroque low dresser console, hand-carved walnut, and burl walnut inlaid
All solid wood including bottom of the drawers and back
Measure in ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Period Baroque Swedish Wood Chest with Serpentine Front, circa 1725
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite 18th century Swedish period baroque chest. This antique baroque three-drawer chest features a serpentine front, curvaceous top, scalloped front and side skirts and elega...
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18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century English Pie Crust Chest
Located in High Point, NC
Period Georgian mahogany chest of drawers with unusual beveled and scalloped edge around the top made from rosewood. The top is made from one board, and follows down to a case with s...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
18th Century Baroque Commode, Germany, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century Baroque commode, probably Mainz (Germany), 1750. Body on flattened ball feet, serpentine front with three drawers, each of th...
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1750s German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Secretaire, Bern ‘Switzerland’ 1750, Attribute to Mathaeus Funk
By Mathaeus Funk
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite 18th century Baroque secretaire, Bern (Switzerland) 1750, attributed to Mathaeus Funk (cabinetmaker 1697-1783). Rectangular body with two ...
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1750s Swiss Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English 1800s George III Period Four-Drawer Painted Chest with Bracket Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III period four-drawer painted wood chest with bracket feet from the early 1800s. This English Georgian chest features a rectangular top sitting above two small dra...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century george III mahogany chest of drawers
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century George III period well figured mahogany serpentine chest, having tulipwood cross banded and boxwood line inlaid canted cornered top, above four graduated cockbeade...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany, Tulipwood
19th Century Baroque Commode Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Old original English Baroque commode. Solid walnut veneer. Three drawers. Chest of drawers standing on four long paw feet. Slightly overlapping, profiled cover plate. Bronze fittings...
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19th Century English Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Two Antique Satinwood and Rosewood Marquetry Cabinets
Located in London, GB
These beautiful cabinets are designed in the style of furniture produced in England in the Georgian period (1714-circa 1830-1837). The Georgian style is characterised by its restrain...
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Late 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Rosewood, Satinwood
Italian Walnut Three-Drawer Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walnut Renaissance three-drawer chest with raised panels on the drawer fronts and 17th century brass drawer pulls and escutheons. We believe this piece to be a modified prie dieu as ...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine 18th Century Venetian Fruitwood Commodes
Located in Rome, IT
A fine 18th century Venetian fruitwood commodes with three long drawers.
Measures: 132 x 88 x 62 cm. Very good vintage condition.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Nutwood
Baroque Bureau-Desk, Northern Italy, Lombardy, circa 1720
Located in CH
Baroque bureau cabinet or desk,
Baroque, Northern Italy, Lombardy, circa 1720.
Walnut burl wood and fruitwood veneer and inlaid with reserves and fillets. Front with hinged wri...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Burl
18th Century Baroque Chest of Drawers in Burl Walnut with Embossed Gilding
Located in Miami, FL
A magnificent Baroque commode with serpentine front in burled walnut with embossed gilding. Chest is raised on a carved plinth that rests on cabriole feet, and features four drawers ...
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Late 18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
18th Century George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in New York, NY
The dentiled cornice above a rinceau scroll frieze and a series of two short and four long drawers. On a base with two long drawers, floral molding and acanthus-carved ogee feet. Wit...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Small Italian Lacquered Commodes 19' century
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of small Italian pale green lacquered, parcel-gilt and pastiglia decorated commodes.
Decorated reserves with flowers and birds,
one with two drawers, the other with one door...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
English Late George III Mahogany Chest
Located in New York, NY
English Late George III (circa 1800) mahogany bow fronted chest of drawers with 3 long drawers with lion mask pulls & flanked by reeded outset angles.
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19th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
George III Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Herringbone crossbanding on each drawer front is a Classic dash of style on this medium-sized chest of five drawers on bracket feet. Not too big for use next to a large bed and not t...
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18th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English George III Period Inlaid Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table with Mirror
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An English George III inlaid mahogany gentleman's dressing table from the last quarter of the 18th century. Raised on square tapering legs an...
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18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
George III period mahogany straight front chest
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century George III period mahogany straight front Chest, having moulded edge top above brushing slide, fitted with four graduated cockbeaded drawers, retaining original pi...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century German Iron-Mounted Oak Chest / Trunk "Stollentruhe"
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A 17th century German oak chest ("Stollentruhe") in the medieval/ Gothic tradition. The rectangular hinged top with three iron straps, enclosing a plain interior with one hinged smal...
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17th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Baroque Chest of Drawers, South Germany, circa 1770
Located in Greding, DE
Rare walnut and cherrywood inlaid three-drawer commode from South Germany, prob. Bayreuth. Carved skirt on cabriole legs bearing the serpentine front. The top shows a beautiful marqu...
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1770s German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Chest of Drawers Swedish Late Baroque Period with Brass Hardware Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A chest of drawers made during the Baroque period 1720-1740 by Swedish cabinet maker Johan Hugo Furloh in Sweden. Beautiful inlays from walnut an...
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17th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Fine Carved George III Mahogany Work Table
Located in Rome, IT
A fine carved George III mahogany work table with two drawers.
Dimension: 82 x 40 x 40 cm.
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18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century George III Bachelor’s Flame Mahogany Four-Drawer Chest
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century George III bachelor’s flame mahogany four-drawer chest with pull-out writing slide, brass pulls, canted corners with relief carving supported on ogee bracketed feet.
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Early 1800s Irish George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Italian Baroque Walnut Commode, 17th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Italian Baroque.
Walnut commode.
17th century.
Measures: Height 37 ½ in. Width 52 ½ in. Depth 27 in.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Boston, MA.
Le Trianon...
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Flemish Baroque Chest of Drawers in Rich European Oak, circa 1770
Located in Miami, FL
Flemish commode or chest of drawers in oak with serpentine front and three drawers with original hardware, rich brown patina, circa mid-late 1700s.
Measures: 53 1/2" long x 24 1/2" ...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
A Walnut & Inlaid Comodino Ferrarese Late 17th Century, Italy
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Walnut & Inlaid Comodino Ferrarese
Late 17th Century
Italy
A tasty piece of furniture with an accentuated movement of the front.
At the end of the seventeenth century craftsman E...
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut Cassone Inlaid with Engraved Fruitwood Marquetry, 17th C
Located in London, GB
A stunning, noble and important early piece - it's original provenance Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome. With a rectangular top above a roundel with a coat-of-arms flanked by grotesques and s...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century Irish George III Period Serpentine-Fronted Chest
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century Irish George III period serpentine fronted chest of drawers. This gentleman’s Bachelor’s Chest is so called because it features...
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1780s Irish George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Inlayed Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Savannah, GA
English mahogany chest on chest on bracket feet with string inlays of satinwood on every drawer. Open swan neck pediment to the top wit...
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18th Century and Earlier British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish Baroque dresser with four drawers, period brass hardware and key. Inlaid fruitwood decorations, sharp intarsia work.
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Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
Impressive Italian Baroque Walnut and Burl Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over four graduated panelled drawers with original carved feet and applied carving to side of case. Original bronze handles.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Oak Chest
Located in High Point, NC
18th Century Georgian oak tall chest. It has a two board top, following down to a two over three drawer configuration. The top drawers have small plugs ...
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18th Century and Earlier English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Circa 1680-1720
The serpentine top with various wood parquetry designs throughout over a sh...
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18th Century and Earlier German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Early 18th C. Italian Period Baroque Sepentine Chest w/ Beautiful Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Exquisite Early 18th Century Italian Period Baroque Three-Drawer Chest with Serpentine Front, Marquetry Décor on the Top and Drawers. This Chest also has Carved Side Panels and S...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Bachelor's Chest of Drawers with Banding
Located in Woodbury, CT
This mahogany chest with four graduated drawers and bracket feet has a deep crossbanding of mahogany on the top and boxwood stringing to accent both the top and drawer fronts. Solid ...
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19th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Boxwood
Northern Italian Baroque Walnut Commode
Located in New York, NY
Northern Italian Baroque walnut commode (17th/18th Century) with 4 drawers pulls carved in the form of busts in Renaissance costume. Resting on ho...
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
17th century Italian Baroque walnut Credenza or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
A rare, multi-functional piece, the doors opening to reveal a fitted interior with eight drawers and a small middle door, the slanted top with a fall front desk compartment...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Northern Italian Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exceptional Baroque style three drawer walnut chest with inlaid detail. Italy, late 17th century/early 18th century.
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Standing Bureau, Great Library Accent Piece, Good Color.
Located in Buchanan, MI
A George III mahogany standing bureau, great library accent piece.
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Cabinet with Tambour Door
Located in Carmel, CA
Tray top night commode with tambour door and drawer. The mahogany wood is highly figured.
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18th Century and Earlier British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Italian late 17th century Baroque Walnut Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Unusual Commode of Medium Size, made of Walnut and Walnut-veneer, embellished with Fruit Wood Inlay, canted corners with applied raised scroll-decoration, four drawers with molded fr...
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
George III Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
English, walnut five-drawer chest with quartered, crossbanded top, waterfall veneered front with boxwood stringing on drawer fronts. The replaced Chippendale style brasses do not det...
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19th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Chest on Stand
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unusual English elm country chest on stand with single drawer, scalloped apron and turned teardrop feet.
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18th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
Mid-18th Century Large English George III Geometric Front Five-Drawer Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mid-18th century large English chest of drawers with two cases and geometric carvings. This large 18th century English wooden chest of drawers is composed of two cases of equal size separated by a central molded cornice, each with paneled sides and resting on bracket feet. The overhanging molded rectangular top rests on shaped corbels flanking two small frieze drawers centered by brass oval ring...
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Mid-18th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Fine, 19th c., RomanInlaid Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Superb, c. 1850, serpentine, four-drawer, parquetry commode inlaid with walnut, olive, fruit, and pear woods. The whole sits atop a scrolling apron and petite, cabriole legs termina...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Olive
George III Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
A beautifully proportioned small scale English, walnut five-drawer chest with inset self-band on top and crossbanded drawer fronts; supported on bracket feet. Brass teardrop pulls wi...
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18th Century and Earlier British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Late George III Period Serpentine Chest in Mahogany, circa 1795
Located in Atlanta, GA
A late 18th century George III period serpentine chest in mahogany featuring reeded corner columns flanking 4 graduating drawers with string inlay and brass pulls ending with reeded ...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Chest of 4 Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality figured mahogany inlaid bow front chest of 4 drawers having a quality figured mahogany bow front top crossbanded in satinwood and a reeded edge above two short and two long figured mahogany oak lined bow fronted drawers...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Other
18th Century George III Period Painted Chest on Chest
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A late 18th century, George III period painted mahogany chest on chest of modest proportions, having moulded cornice above 2 short and 6 long, cockbeaded graduated drawers all lined ...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Pair of 18th Century Northern Italian Chest of Drawers of Small Proportions
Located in London, GB
Pair of small 18th century Northern Italian inlaid chest of drawers. Three drawers with inlaid fronts. Striped inlaid detail to the can...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
George III Mahogany Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
A veneered and crossbanded chest of drawers with a concave profile, the reeded top above five graduated drawers raised on fluted legs. The top drawer with phone charger within.
Dim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Georgian Mahogany Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice Georgian two over three drawer Mahogany chest. The top reeded edge with book matched and cross banded veneer. Pine secondary wood on the dovetailed case with decorativ...
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Mid-19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Mahogany
George III Mahogany Bowfront Chest Of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular bow front over two over three drawers. Bracket feet.
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Baroque Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century chest of drawers from late Baroque period in richly carved curvaceous serpentine drawer fronts, shaped top and carved feet in super time worn patina.
Germany
More than...
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18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Germany BAROQUE BLACK FOREST 18 th century COMMODE CHEST OF DRAWERS
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind serpentine chest of drawers with marquetry decorations in walnut wood and other precious woods from the Bavarian region of Germany.
Divided into 6 registers, each of t...
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Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Baroque Walnut Chest of Drawers, Nuremberg, Germany 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A walnut veneered Nuremberg baroque chest of drawers with five drawers and a side lock with asymmetrically cut metal key plate. The key is present. The chest stands on pressed ball f...
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18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
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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