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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1940s
Mahogany Chest of Drawers, Northern Europe, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
Mahogany chest of drawers, Northern Europe, circa 1900. Currently under renovation. Wood: mahogany dimensions height 81 cm width 69 cm depth 46 cm.
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Early 1900s Swedish Empire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Creamware, Walnut

Pillar Chest of Drawers, Northern Europe, Around 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
A pillar chest of drawers, Northern Europe, around 1900. Very good condition, after professional renovation, finished with wax. Wood: solid oak dimensions: height: 136 cm, w...
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Early 1900s Swedish Renaissance Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Superb Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Marble Top Commode, circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning piece of French Louis XV style furniture with the best marble top and gorgeous beefy bronze omorlu and inlay. The marble top is that gorgeous lavender to yellow ma...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Restored Vintage Midcentury Mahogany Highboy Dresser W/ Stacked Rattan Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored midcentury mahogany highboy dresser with stacked rattan base and oversized custom made long strip rattan drawer pulls. This highboy dresser featur...
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1940s American Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Rattan

Antique circa 1920 Light Oak Military Campaign Chest of Drawers with Drop Front
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1920 Art Deco period English oak and brass Military Campaign chest of drawers with drop front top drawer. This is a nicely mad...
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1920s English Campaign Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

20th Century French Painted Oak Workshop Cabinet, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Nice workshop cabinet with drawers painted in black from the 1940s in good condition. Chromed metal handles. Ideal in a kitchen or living room. Vintage or industrial decoration.
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1940s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Japanese Taishō Tansu Chest in Isho-Dansu Style with Six Drawers and Safe
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Taisho period single section tansu clothing chest from the early 20th century in Isho-dansu style, with six drawers, safe, carrying handles and dark patina. Created in Japan during the Taisho period in the early years of the 20th century, this wooden Isho-dansu clothing chest features a linear silhouette perfectly complimented by a dark finish. The organized façade showcases six drawers (three large ones followed by two medium size and a smaller one), each fitted with iron hardware made of C-scroll handles and a central lock. The lower right section presents the safe, which opens to reveal additional drawers. Tansus were portable chests...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Ogi Ishō, Dansu Japanese Two Pieces Tansu of Late Meiji Era
Located in Torino, IT
This early 20th century Japanese clothing chest from Sado Island produced in the late Meiji Era. It consists of two pieces decorated with very ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Maple Chest of Drawers, circa 1940s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style dresser or chest of drawers By Baker Furniture USA, circa 1940s Sculpted maple, with walnut top and original brass hardware. M...
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1940s American French Provincial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Antique Carved Oak Dresser with Mirror, circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts carved oak dresser with mirror. By Estey manufacturing Co. USA, circa 1900 Measures: 42.5" W x 21" D ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mirror, Oak

Walnut Secretaire Abattant
Located in Cheshire, GB
A French secretaire a’ abbattant, in the Louis XVI taste, the well-figured top, above conforming serpentine front over a fall front secretaire, enclosing drawers and shelf with a gre...
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Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Anglo Indian Hardwood Brass Inlay Military Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Anglo Indian circa 1920's Rosewood with Brass inlay Military Campaign chest of drawers A very good looking well made and ...
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1920s Indian Campaign Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

1900s French Wooden Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden chest of drawers made in 1900s, France. This lovely vintage piece features five equally spacious drawers, which slide forward, exposing their unpainted sides to contrast ple...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Finest Quality Waring & Gillow Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers Part of a Suite
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this finest quality Waring & Gillow Lancaster, Burr Walnut inlaid large chest of drawers which is part of a large suite This piece is part of a bedroom set, I have in total a triple bank wardrobe...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Bleached blanket chest trunk, France, 1940s
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Bleached Chest blanket France, 1940s, Gothic inspiration.
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1940s Gothic Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Early 20th C Ebonised Mahogany Empire Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this circa 1910 Empire style mahogany chest of four drawers has a new ebonised finish and black marble top. Decorative columns on the front sides have brass trim and...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Vintage Swedish Art Deco Veneered Commode
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish art deco commode or chest of drawers from the 1930s. The commode has 4 drawers and is veneered with multiple different kinds of wood, ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Birch, Zebra Wood

Italian mid-century Wooden chest of drawers for tailoring by Filofort, 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Wooden chest of drawers for tailoring by Filofort, 1940s Chest of drawers with rectangular wooden base. On the front there are drawers. On the sides and on the ba...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Fine Quality Handmade Carved Walnut French Louis XV Commode, circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a handmade carved walnut French country commode. The piece dates to the 1920s era and is in good condition with minor scuffs and signs o...
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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Three Drawer Chest of Drawers by Charles Dudouyt
Located in London, GB
A three drawer chest of drawers by modernist designer Charles Dudouyt (1885-1946). Constructed from dark stained solid oak, featuring sub...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Magnificent French Marble Top Bombe Chest of Drawers or Commode
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very high quality French serpentine bombe commode or chest of drawers in Louis XV style with original marble top having really beautiful walnut inlay on drawers and sides and rococo ormolu handles...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Vintage Baltic Diamond Pattern Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Baltic painted diamond pattern chest. circa 1940. A favorite of top designers!
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1940s Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Venetian Silver Leaf Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920s Venetian chest of drawers with silver leaf finish. Measurements: Height: 35.5" Width: 47" Depth: 20.5".
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1920s Italian Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Silver Leaf

Chest of Drawers, France, Around 1910, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Chest of drawers, France, around 1910. Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: oak Dimensions: Height 101 cm width 147 cm depth 60 cm.
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1910s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Japanese Antique Drawer 1860s-1920s/Chest of Drawers Wabisabi Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old Japanese drawer. It is an item of the Meiji era (1860s-1920s) The material is cedar. The shade of brown is beautiful and the taste is wonderful. The drawer also ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Cedar

Jacobean style oak chest of drawers
Located in Cheshire, GB
Early 20th-century oak chest of Jacobean design, the large rectangular top with moulded edge above two short and three long graduated moulded drawers. All raised up on bracket feet. ...
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Early 20th Century British Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Chic Louis XVI-Style Neoclassical Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic Louis XVI-style neoclassical commode in the style of Jean-Michel Frank or Maison Jansen. Elegant and understated. The next picture gives an example of how this commode could ...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Carrara Marble, Bronze

Antique Burr Walnut Bedside Chest on Legs
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique chest of drawers on legs in burr walnut. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1920s-1930s. The quality is ex...
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1920s British Queen Anne Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Early 1900's Chippendale Mahogany Highboy Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful and patinated Early 1900's Chippendale genuine Mahogany highboy chest of drawers in good condition. Beautiful mahogany grain. Doveta...
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Early 20th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French Chest of Drawers Cabinet 3-Drawer Serpentine Carved Oak w Key
Located in Tyler, TX
Beautiful Antique French Oak chest of drawers with 3 drawers and key~~HIGHLY CARVED~~ circa 1900-1920s This is a SUPERB example ...
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Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Pair English Antique Marble Top Side Chests w/Faux Bamboo Carving & Lower Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English pair of side chests, with lower shelf and marble tops, from the early 20th century. These antique side chests from England are each toppe...
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Early 20th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble

French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood, Amaranth, Satinwood and Tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout Floral Marquetry Two-Drawer Commode of bombé serpentine...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XIV Style Kingwood Marquetry Commode/ Nightstand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Louis XIV style Kingwood Marquetry Commode/ nightstand France, Circa 1900s A stunning example, with exotic book-matched Kingwood and other exotic wood veneers, fitted with two loc...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

1940s John Stuart Large 4 Drawer Commodes with Gilt Brass Handles
Located in New York, NY
Amazing pair of large 1940s John Stuart Inc. 4 Drawer mahogany commodes with gilt brass handles, fully restored with minor wear and patina due to age and use.
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1940s American French Provincial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Antique Italian Louis XV Style Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Italian antique Louis XV style olive wood bombe chest of drawers with brass drawer pulls, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Olive

Early 1900's Chippendale Mahogany Four-Drawer Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful and patinated Early 1900's Chippendale genuine Mahogany commode chest of drawers in good condition. Beautiful mahogany grain. Dovetail drawers construction with patinated...
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Early 20th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Industrial Chest of Drawers, 1940's
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This industrial chest of drawers comes from an old workshop in France and was made in the 1940s. The cabinet has 24 drawers with authentic handles and 4 pull-ou...
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1940s French Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Vintage Industrial Wooden Cabinet with Original Handels, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
Amazing industrial wooden cabinet with 20 drawers with original metal handles. This vintage filling cabinet was rescued from the famous KOH-I-N...
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Early 20th Century Czech Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Antique Remington Rand Quartersawn Oak Library Bureau Double File Cabinets
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Remington Rand Library Bureau Division side by side file cabinet. Made of tiger oak featuring eight file drawers, one side for legal size doc...
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Early 20th Century American Classical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

1920s French Wooden Cabinet on Wheels
Located in High Point, NC
A metal cabinet on wheels from France, produced circa 1920. Appearing like an artefact from a bustling office—frantic men in striped shirtsleev...
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1920s French Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Filing Cabinet with Drawers by G. M. Radia, France, circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Cabinet in oak, composed of 4 drawers closing with a sliding curtain. Each drawer has a vertical shelf serving as a separation and allowing the depth of...
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1920s French Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Oak

Antique Vintage Industrial English Printers Chest of Haberdashery Shop Drawers
Located in Sale, GB
- A wonderful bank of industrial printers drawers by Caslon London, English circa 1920. - There are 8 well worn graduated drawers in total all showin...
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Early 20th Century British Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak, Pine

Pair of Marble-Top Louis XV Style Commodes Chests Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of marble-top commodes in the Louis XV fashion by Maison Jansen. This fabulous pair of oak secondary wood commodes. Each in the Louis XV style having routed panel sides and front serpentine routed drawer fronts. Solid wood construction with heavy bronze mounts. The cases supporting a fine conforming marble top. Can buy one. Part of our enormous collection of custom black and white lacquered home...
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1910s French Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Cabinet, Anonymous, Mahogany and Beech, Marble Top, Brass Hardware, Sweden 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Cabinet, anonymous, Sweden, 1940s. Mahogany, beech, marble and brass. Dimensions: H: 70 cm / 2' 3 1/2'' W: 71 cm / 2' 4'' D: 42 cm / 16 1/2''
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1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Brass

20th Century Spanish Carved Walnut Tuscan Credenza or Buffet with Two Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
From Northern Spain, constructed of solid walnut, the rectangular top with molded edge atop a conforming case housing one-drawer over two doors, the doors paneled with solid walnut, ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Requiring the talents of four master artisans, Antique French Marquetry Marble Top Bombe Commodes such as this example needed a talented menuisier to create the complex naturalistic,...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Black Lacquer Paul Frankl Stamped John Stuart Double Dresser
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern Black Lacquer Paul Frankl Stamped John Stuart Double Dresser A spectacular dresser designed by Paul Frankl for John Stuart, recently ...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

20th Italian Chest of Drawers Mirror, Walnut, Portoro Marble
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian chest of drawers with big mirror and with four drawers, in walnut, curved on the sides, art deco style, Portoro marble top. Completely disassembled, it is divided into two ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mirror, Walnut, Fir

Directoire Style Ebonized Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers, French, made of mahogany that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. This piece has three dovetailed drawers and gilt brass handles. The clea...
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Early 1900s French Directoire Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Antique Pair of Louis XV Rococo Style French Inlaid Marble Top Commodes Chest
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary This gorgeous pair of Louis XV Style French Marble Top Commodes...
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1940s European Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Industrial Chest of Drawers, 1940s by Acior Maison Desoer Liège, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Acior Maison Desoer Liège - Industrial chest of drawers very solidly built all steel 35 drawer file cabinet with drawers and the original lab...
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1940s Belgian Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal, Brass

Early 20th Refinished Solid Pine 6-Drawer Side Cabinet Chest, circa 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th solid pine 6-drawer american colonial style side cabinet chest of drawers. Flawlessly working drawers.  
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Early 20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Pine

Grey Painted Marble-Top Chest of Drawers
Located in Sheffield, MA
A classic American five-drawer custom painted chest with five drawers with marble top. The chest of drawers or dresser, painted in a Swedish Gustavian grey has two top drawers and 3 ...
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Early 20th Century American Country Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Italian Early 20th Century Commode 2 Parts
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Exquisite pair of commodes with a top cabinet covered with a n original yellow fabric. Its is made with a beautiful flamed walnut and inlay.
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Early 20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

French Ebonized Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Seaford, GB
A superb quality and pretty French commode chest of drawers. ebonized with brass embellishments and brass handles. The original veined marble top is in perfect condition. The drawer...
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Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Chinese Commode 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Chinese commode early twentieth century. Black lacquered and decorated to asian taste. Signed. Good condition. Circa 1900. Measures: 110x55x85 cm. Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Continental Style Italian Paint Decorated Bombe Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A soft and lovely Chest in Continental style with two long drawers in a Mottled Peach Tone painted finish. The drawers and sides with shaped and raised gilt details, the top drawer w...
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Early 20th Century European Hollywood Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century, Chest of Drawers
Located in Bradenton, FL
An early 20th century chest of drawers made of walnut. Two small drawers above three long drawers each have symmetrical wooden veneer panels with beveled surrounds and brass drop hoop handles on decorative round back plates. The Eastlake style pilasters are carved with scrolled capitals and small column...
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Early 20th Century American Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, 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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