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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: 1920s
Period: Mid-19th Century
Large Bank of 20 Drawers, Original Paint and New Top
Located in Port Chester, NY
An imposing flight of 20 drawers, just the right depth and length to act as an interesting storage and case piece. The top is new and faux distressed. The paint on the drawers is ori...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Pine
Continental Three Drawer Pine Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
Continental three drawer pine chest with chamfered front corners, original splay feet; the heavy swan neck brass pulls are handmade copies of an 18th century pull from England. The c...
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1860s Austrian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Chest, China, Camphor Wood Richly Carved
Located in Vienna, AT
Chinese camphor wood chest / drawer.
Front with two doors behind which drawers chest, richly carved on all sides,
first half of the 20th...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Walnut Wellington Chest
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful wellington chest of drawers in walnut with 7 drawers increasing in depth. In good and completely original condition. Beautiful patina.
Origin: England
Period: Approx. 184...
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1840s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Rococo Style Chest of Drawers from around 1920, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Elegant chest of drawers - rococo style belly, finished with politron after renovation.
Wood: rosewood,
Year: around 1920
Origin: Northern Europe,
Dimensions: height 82 c...
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1920s Swedish Rococo Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French Louis Philippe Period Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Wells, ME
French Louis Philippe period finely figured mahogany chest of four drawers with original marble top. In this period most of the chests of this design were fairly large, but this one ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
Chinese Ming Style Alter Cabinet or Sideboard
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese Ming dynasty style altar cabinet or sideboard from Shanxi province, China.
Elm and dark yellow lacquer with a beautiful age-related patina.
Three drawers over two bi-fold d...
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Mid-19th Century Asian Ming Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
French Kingwood Louis XV Marble Top Commode with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Inlaid. 3 drawers. Measures: 33 3/4" h x 52" w x 22" d.
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1920s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Empire Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Empire walnut commode with Belgian black marble top. Circa 1850. This is a handsome piece that is perfect for any space.
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1850s Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
English Faux Painted Washstand
Located in Wilson, NC
English faux painted washstand is faux painted to simulate flame grained wood. The back splash has a shaped crest and double shelves. Th...
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1850s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century German Biedermeier Empire Style Mahogany Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine flame mahogany Biedermeier commode with ebonized details. The piece opens up to reveal drawers for storage. And the finish on this piece is exceptional. Stunning!!
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Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Large Empire Dresser with Mirror & Marble Top
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous American Empire 6 drawer crotch flame book matched mahogany dresser. Features are large mirror with tall columns, Carrara marble, step back dresser...
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1850s American American Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Painted French Commode with Faux Bamboo Moldings
Located in Port Chester, NY
A French pine faux bamboo chest of drawers in the Louis Philippe style, newly painted and faux distressed in a fanciful blue green. Drawers run nicely, and are still lined with the o...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Petite Folk Art Hand-Painted Commode with Hinged Top
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive Folk Art cabinet / commode with original paint in attractive black and red palette and extraordinary hand-painted decoration (ca 19th Century, USA). Sourced from a century...
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Antique Rococo-Style Chest of Drawers in Figured Mahogany w/ Serpentine-Front
Located in Miami, FL
An extraordinary rococo-style chest in mahogany with serpentine front in book-matched figured mahogany showcasing the beautiful grain of the wood. Sweden, circa 1850. Features a scal...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional Commode by Jacques Adnet, France, Art Deco, circa 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional modernist commode/chest of drawers by Jacques Adnet (1901-1984). Art Déco, France.
Macassar ebony and walnut veneer. Note : macassar ebony (diospyros celebica) is not in...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Small Danish Chest of Drawers with Mirror
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1179 - Small elegant chest of drawers in walnut burl and oak, threaded in ebony: rare to find so small !
M/808 - To combine with its mirror with elegant greek ornament . Size of mi...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Other Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Fine 19th Century Russian Mahogany and Brass Inlayed Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century Russian mahogany and hand hammered brass inlayed commode. All original.
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Mid-19th Century Baltic Baltic Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis Phillipe Granite Top Commode
Located in Wilson, NC
French Louis Phillipe four drawer commode with thick black granite top ( not original ) , the top drawer, as is typical, has no hardware, all drawers and s...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Granite, Brass
Baroque Style Chest of Drawers, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This pretty Baroque style chest of drawers dates back to circa 1850-1860. It has a beautiful walnut veneer with intarsia in mahogany. The three-dra...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique Tall Hardwood Military Campaign Chest of Drawers, circa 1860
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1860 solid mahogany Military Campaign chest of drawers
Please note the deliver...
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1860s English Campaign Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Antique 19th Century Dutch Empire Warm Brown Curved Commode in Solid Elm
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant four-drawer commode was made in the Netherlands circa 1860. It was made in solid elm with a pine interior. The commode has a convex-concave curved front. The piece has a two-plank top with a bullnose edge. Below four drawers are situated. Each drawer is equipped with two brass drawer pulls, a keyplate, and a lock. The brass pulls and keyplate is typical Dutch azure cut...
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Mid-19th Century European Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century Large Spanish Gothic Carved Walnut Cabinet with Three Door
Located in Miami, FL
From Northern Spain, constructed of solid walnut, the rectangular top with molded edge atop a conforming case housing three doors, the doors paneled with solid walnut, raised on a pl...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Gothic Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Antique French Walnut Semanier, Solid Burls
Located in Port Chester, NY
Like all semaniers, this chest has seven drawers, one for each day of the week. Built of glorious walnut with solid walnut burl accent panels. The stylized top can be removed for saf...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Canted Corner, Painted Venetian Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An absolutely charming, hand-carved and painted, two drawer commode surmounted by a faux marble top. The paneled body in in painted vines and swags of ribbon centered on the raised, gilt bronze...
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1920s Italian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Antique Empire/ Biedermeier Chest of Drawers in West Indies Mahogany, Denmark
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful Danish Empire or Biedermeier chest in fine West Indies mahogany with four drawers of staggered heights. The handsome figuring of the grain is given added movement by the flat cut contiguous veneer moving horizontally across the front of the chest.. The sides also have a flat cut veneer in one piece that was at the intersection of the huge branch or fork in the tree showing the knot and the concentric circles of the grain radiating out from the knot. Chest offers a pedestal top and rests on turned front feet, with diamond-shaped inlaid satinwood key insets. The top and bottom drawers have sculpted fronts. The secondary wood is pine as is traditional in Scandinavian cabinetry. Denmark, circa 1830.
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Chest has a Danish West Indies...
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1830s Danish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Cabinet, Northern Europe, circa 1860, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Biedermeier bollard chest of drawers, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: Mahogany
Measures: H. 148 cm...
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1860s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Cherry Louis Philippe Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
There are shrinkage separations in top and sides of this chest.
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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical Chest - Antique Pinewood Nightstand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassic chest with a painted faux finish marble top, in good condition. The antique Scandinavian chest is made of hand crafted Pinewood, richly ca...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
19th Century Neoclassical Commode
Located in Houston, TX
An early 19th Century Northern European neoclassical walnut commode with three drawers and brass pulls.
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Mid-19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, Canted Corner Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A striking, Venetian, solid pearwood, canted edge, tapering three drawer commode. The whole above a scrolling apron and sitting on petite, cabriole legs. Original gilt bronze hardware.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Empire Transitional Commode
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a transitional Empire-Biedermeier satinwood and ebonized commode. This unusual blend of design elements offers a unique home furnishing. Mid 19th century.
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1840s Austrian Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Diminutive Scottish Grained & Yellow Painted Chest of Drawers Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A early Victorian 19th century Scottish chest of drawers of diminutive proportion. Comprising of two short and two long drawers. A rectangular chamfered top with a decorative brown g...
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Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Cherry Biedermeier Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century German Empire Biedermeier cherry commode with ebonized columns, Circa 1840. This piece has beautiful wood grain and po...
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1840s Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry
18th c. Swedish Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous original patina 19th century Swedish commode, Circa 1850. This commode has a beautiful finish on it. Sure to make a statement.
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1850s Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
English Oak Campaign Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English oak two over four drawer campaign chest in two sections, the graduated drawers with incised cock beading, the sides with inset carrying handles, ...
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1830s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Commode Made in Czechia, circa 1840, Fully Restored Walnut
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier Commode made in Czechia, circa 1840. Fully Restored walnut.
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1840s Czech Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Lovely Neoclassical Cuban Hardwood Marble Topped Side Tables Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning neoclassical Cuban mahogany side table with marble top, circa 1860
A very good looking and well made piece. The timber is Cuban ma...
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1860s English Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Pair of Art Dèco Italian Walnut and Grafite Gray Marble Bedside Tables, 1920s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This pair of bedside tables was produced in Italy in the 1920s, Art Deco period. They were made of solid European walnut, the top is in graphite gray marble, the structure is in popl...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Biedermeier Marble-Top Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
This Biedermeier chest has a 1 1/8inch thick marble top. The drawers have three fruitwood veneered panels, and the upper drawer has a 7/8-inch overhang from the lower three drawers. ...
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1840s German Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Laburnam Oyster Chest on Stand in the Style of William & Mary
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb and fine early 20th century laburnam oyster chest on stand in the style of William & Mary, the rectangular and crossbanded top with an...
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1920s British William and Mary Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
19thC English Pine Grain Painted Galleried Chest
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1850
19thC English pine grain painted galleried chest, original painted finish, and exceptional quality.
Measures: W 104 x D 48 x H 118 cm.
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Antique Regency Style Bow Front Dresser
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Regency Style four drawer bow front dresser with brass pulls & keyholes.
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Mid-19th Century American Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Unusual Pair of Early 20th Century Walnut Serpentine Commodes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pair of early 20th century walnut serpentine commodes, each of with two short drawers above a brushing slide and three long drawers, decorated with burr-walnut panels with...
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1920s English Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Empire Mahogany Bureau Secretary with Bookcase
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Empire secretary in West Indies mahogany, also known as Cuban mahogany, considered to be among the finest mahoganies because of its beautiful grain and color, Denmark, circa 1820.
Cylinder top opens to a pull-out desk which offers an adjustable baize-lined lectern or writing surface flanked by sliding storage compartments, as well as a series of small interior drawers around a central cabinet. Above the desk, are three cupboards with bowed doors, the central one featuring a pediment top. Below the pull-out desk drawer, there are three long storage...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Hunter Commode from the Mid 19th Century in Walnut Veneer
Located in Opole, PL
Hunter Commode from the Mid 19th Century in Walnut Veneer
We present you this piece of furniture composed of a two-leaf corpus with two drawers under the top.
The corners of the com...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Commode, Potty, Mahogany, Table Sofa Bedside Original Pot & Cover, Victorian
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Elegant, classical form
- Conversation piece
- Perfect height for sofa or bedside table
The hinged moulded top opening to reveal the original fitted interior with ceramic pot and ...
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1830s English Early Victorian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Irish Mahogany Silver Chest
Located in Port Chester, NY
A charming Irish chest with whimsical galleried back. Originally intended to store silver and linens, this piece would be good in the bedroom or anywhere attractive storage is needed...
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Mid-19th Century Irish Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Art Deco Italian Bedside Tables White Ash Briar, 1920s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This pair of bedside tables was produced in Italy in the 1920s, Art Deco period. They have been made of ash wood and white ash burl, the top is in printed glass with light green leaf...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
English Painted Bow Front Commode
Located in Wilson, NC
The interior of this commode has been converted to a cabinet and a lift top compartment in the bottom half. The top is painted with a basket of fruit in the center medallion framed b...
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1830s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
English Marble Top Three Drawer Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
This mahogany chest has a Carrera marble top. There are three drawers with lions head pulls that rest on a four inch plinth base.
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1850s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode Secretary with Bronze
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid-nineteenth century French Louis XVI style commode secretary features fluted bronze columns at the corners with striated bronze plaques above and below. Additional bronze ban...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Commode, Potty, Mahogany, Plum Pudding, Original Pullout Footrest & Ceramic Pot
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Stunning plum pudding veneers, colour and patina.
- Perfect height for a sofa table, or bedside
- Unusual scroll-shaped front
- Striking conversation piece
Particulary fine 19th ...
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1830s English Early Victorian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Chest of Drawers Attributed to Carl Malmsten, Sweden, 1920s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Nice Art Deco drawer made in Sweden in the late 1920s. It’s attributed to famous designer and architect Carl Malmsten.
It made in stained birch with ...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Birch
19th Century Austrian Empire Style Walnut Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 19th century Austrian Empire walnut commode. Exceptional wood finish and superb quality. A truly elegant piece that is sure to impress!.
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, 1840, Elm Wood
Located in Belmont, MA
This Biedermeier chest of drawers dates back to 1840 and is an example of a chest from the late phase of the Biedermeier style. It comes from Southern Germany. The curved profile of ...
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1840s German Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
Antique English Inlaid Faded Mahogany Three-Drawer Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Very fine antique English inlaid mahogany three-drawer chest in a very desirable size and a very desirable "Sun-faded" Georgian pale brown color. The top is beautifully cross-banded ...
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Mid-19th Century English George IV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Commode Made in 1840s Germany, Fully Restored Mahogany
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made in Germany. Restored by our team.
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1840s German Biedermeier 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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