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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Louis XV
Style: Arts and Crafts
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry and Marble Chest of Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful French Louis XV style walnut marquetry from the late 19th century and marble chest of drawers from the 1890s.
Marble top, beautiful marquetry on the drawers and on all sides of the dresser.
It has a front hinged door with a bronze lock and a rear hinged door with a small bronze handle. It has two lower drawers.
The handles and fittings of the drawers and the decoration of the legs are in gilt bronze. Very good condition.
Made in France.
In the photos we can see that this chest of drawers or bedside table has an original and beautiful pair of matching high bedside tables.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Pink Louis XVI Capodimonte Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Extremely rare 18th Century Italian Louis XV style six drawer jewelry chest enveloped with velvet, encrusted with hand made pink Capodimonte porcelain and bronze ormolu.
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Petite Louis XV Period Commode in Tulipwood with Bronze Dore Mounts & Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
Petite Louis XV Period Commode in Tulipwood with bronze dore mounts & grey marble top, France 18th century.
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bombe Commode 19C
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Commode
This delightful commode features a free-standing variegated marble top with a serpentine front and carved moulded edge.
In t...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Fine Pair French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Marquetry Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted floral marquetry Bombé commodes with marble top. The serpentine two-drawer commodes, with rosewood, king-wo...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century, French, Walnut Commode/ Chest with Gilt Bronze Hardware
Located in Essex, MA
A large elegant late 18th century period Louis XV serpentine front three-drawer walnut commode/ chest with a lovely top in perfect condition with an outstanding patina to the entire ...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood, Walnut
Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer cabinet, c. 1750 (Regence Period)
A truly magnificent, monumental, and one of a kind cabinet, painted throughout with gi...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Ormolu
Louis XV Period 1780’s Commode, Original Painted Finish
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Louis XV period 1780’s commode, original painted finish.
Charming French Louis XV period painted three drawer commode from the third quarter of the 18th century. This chest of dra...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Marble Top Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut marble top commode is a rare find indeed! Artfully hand-crafted from sumptuous select French walnut, it features a subtle bowed front that is lavi...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
Louis XV/XVI Transitional Satinwood Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Louis XV/XVI transitional period commode is satinwood and serpentine in form standing on elegant cabriole legs.
The front and sides of the commode ar...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Two Drawer Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant Louis XV period carved walnut two drawer commode with original brass hardware.
An easy useable size that will work in many settings.
Refinished in the last quarter of th...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry and Ormolu Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine example of French 19th century Louis XV style Bombe two drawer chest commode. The oak carcass is veneered in kingwood and amaranth and inlaid with floral designs on the f...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood, Oak
18th Century French Louis XV 5-Drawer Commode w/Subtle Bow-Front in Black
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV chest of drawers from the 18th century. This antique commode from France, with is subtle curves and bowed front, houses two half-sized drawers atop two full sized d...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Vitrine, Argentier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV walnut vitrine, Argentier is a splendid example of form married to function! Rendered by talented craftsmen from sumptuous French walnut, it features the Clas...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
18th Century European Inlaid Cabinet on Chest
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Important richly inlaid chest of drawers with a display cabinet. Probably from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Attributed to the region around the border triangle of Germany, Belgi...
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18th Century European Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Maple, Oak, Burl
Antique French Kidney Shaped Inlaid Side Table Cabinet Chest Sevres Plaque, 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis XV style inlaid 'kidney' shaped side table or chest, inlaid walnut with a large Sevres style plaque depicting lovers in 18th century dress, circa 188...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Enamel, Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Bombe Commode with Marble Top, Marquetry Detailing
Located in Madrid, ES
A nicely proportioned 19th century French Louis XV style bombe commode, featuring elegantly curved front and sides embellished with marquetry inlay and ormolu bronze fittings. Topped...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Ormolu
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Fruitwood, Kingwood and Ormolu Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent Italian 18th century Louis XV period Fruitwood, Kingwood, and ormolu commode from Naples, circa 1760. The four drawer chest is raised by elegant cabriole legs leading t...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Rosewood And Brèche D’Alep Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Rosewood, exotic wood, ormolu, and Brèche d'Alep marble commode. The two drawer chest is raised by elegant light...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Ormolu
Early Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Commode by Nicolas Jean Marchand
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Commode
by Nicolas Jean Marchand, c. 1735.
The serpentine form commode has two small drawers above a single long drawer. The commode is mounted with ormolu handles, key escutcheons, chutes, and an apron mount. Original brown and white mottled marble top
Signed Marchand, JME ( Nicholas-Jean Marchand)
Ex Collection: MRS. L. Boyd Hatch
Provenance: Dalva Brothers...
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18th Century Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
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
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Kingwood
Louis XV Commode with Marquetery and Gilt Bronze Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV style chest of drawers with wood marquetry, decorated with gilt bronzes. It is decorated with marquetry of branches and flowers in different wood set in gilt bronze rocaille...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Petite French Louis XV Walnut Satinwood Inlaid Commode Foyer Cabinet, Circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Breccia Marble
Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau Walnut Chest of Seven Drawers
Located in Norwich, GB
Superb Arts & Crafts figured walnut chest with an unusual arrangement of seven drawers. Original brass poppy-head embossed handles and brass castors. Circa 1900.
An excellent qualit...
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Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Chest of Drawers in Raw Wood: To Paint as You Want
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Chest of drawers in raw wood, still to be polished or painted as You wish. I bought to paint it myself, like a picture, but I never found the time.
There are...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
French 18th Century Provincial Chest of Drawers
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a fine example of a mid-18th century Louis XV provincial serpentine walnut chest of drawers. The chest is in overall very good condition. The chest features a serpentine fron...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
19th Century Venetian Painted Commode Or Chest
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Venetian painted chest or Commode.
Stunning late 19th-early 20th century Venetian Louis XV style painted two-drawer chest, credenza or commode. This Rococo chest with a...
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Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair, Chest of 3 Drawers, Dresser Cabinets with Verona Marble Top Louis XV Style
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Italian Bombe Chest of 3 drawers, dresser Cabinets. Verona pink, red marble top.
Louis XV style. With bronze mounts.
Unfinished raw wood condition.
You can choose the colo...
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1960s Italian Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Scriban
Located in London, Park Royal
18th century Italian scriban from Tuscany. Wax polished, walnut wood finish on the interior and a black lacquer patina with gilded highlights on t...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Burl Marquetry Commode Bolognese Louis XV Chest of Drawers
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 18th century Louis XV two-drawer commode from Bologna, Emilia Romagna Northern region, a stunning burr walnut and thuya marquetry chest of drawers realized in Italy in the se...
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1770s Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Burl, Boxwood, Fruitwood
Olive Burl French Louis XV Glass Top Dresser
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Classic vintage olive burl light wood French Provincial Louis XV style sculpted glass top 12 drawer dresser
Made of solid wood with 12 drawers and custom cut glass top.
Approxi...
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1970s Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass, Wood
Fine French Transition Louis XV XVI Style Chest Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, rare, and very fine quality French Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style mahogany inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, born in the late 19th / early 20th century, exceptionally executed Parisian work, retaining the original shaped marble top with contoured molded edge, over conforming solid mahogany case extensively inlaid with rich floral decoration and geometric trompe l'oeil marquetry-work. Embellished with finely sculpted and chisled gilt bronze ormolu mounts, the case fitted with three high quality locking bar mounted cabinet doors, each adorned with matched ornate escutcheon and opening thanks to the original keys, revealing a mahogany finished interior with single shelf. Featuring rare and exotic woods inlaid, all rising on bronze mounted transitional cabriole legs, ending in the finest quality patinated bronze sabots.
Its three doors do not interfere with its delicate marquetry with decorations of geometric cubes and beautiful flowers on gilt gold ground, its two flat uprights with cut sides inviting finesse and harmony, while its bronzes, with antique motifs indicate the return to refined classic taste.
A fine example of the Transition style, this chest subtly combines Louis XV marquetry with shapes that are already more rectilinear. From the middle of the 18th century, certain French artists, at the head of which the architects Blondel and Contant d'Ivry as well as the painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, rose up against the excesses of the rococo style and advocated a calming of lines by the use of classical or even ancient principles. If the "Greek" style was too categorical a response to these requests, the Transition style, soon launched by the Marquis de Marigny, brother of Madame de Pompadour and Minister of the Arts, was much more measured and appreciated. Dutch cabinetmaker Matthijs Horrix was also front and center, a leader a Transition style.
Celebrated ebanista Jean-François Oeben was one of the leaders of this new taste, with Jean-Henri Riesener following in the 19th century. Oeben a genius with inlay, he gave birth to several patterns, both sober and elegant, such as the marquetry of bottomless cubes, which was adopted by many of his colleagues including Jacques Dautriche and Charles Chevallier.
Jean-François Oeben was particularly known for his "Louis XV or Transition furniture, adorned with leaf veneers, flower inlays or geometric patterns", according to Pierre Kjellberg (Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe, éditions de l'Amateur, 1989). A small secretary in the Transition cabinet...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive French 18th century Louis XV period Walnut chest. The four drawer "Commode de Château" chest is raised by unique scrolled feet with lovely floral carvi...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Louis XV Style Petite Painted Italian Commode / Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Small painted Louis XV style painted commode/side table.
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
20th Century French Louis XV Marble-Top Bombe Chest or Commode with Two Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A fine Louis XV two-drawer commode with Breche d’Alep marble conforming top in shades of pink and grey with molded edge and notched corners, all with rosewood and tulipwood crossband...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
20th Century French Louis XV Style Inlay Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Louis XV style furniture, 1930s. The fine rosewood inlaid wood. Refined and rich inlay work of floral taste on each side of the piece of furniture. Particular rounded shape. On the f...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Commode
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze Mounted Marquetry inlaid commode by Gervais Maximilien Eugène Durand.
Stamped to the carcass beneath the marble top 'G. DURAND'.
This fine co...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Two-Drawer Chest Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique "Commode Sauteuse" was crafted in southern France, circa 1780. The fruitwood chest stands on cabriole legs decorated with acanthus leaf motifs at the shoulder ov...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
18th Century Italian Louis XV Period Marquetry Bombe Chest of Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine Italian mid-18th century figured-walnut bombe three drawer commode; the commode is inlaid on all visible sides including the top in attractive olive wood and walnut, and it si...
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Mid-18th Century European Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Olive, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Bombe Two-Drawer Commode from Nimes
Located in Dallas, TX
This important antique fruitwood commode was crafted in Nimes, Southern France circa 1750. The bombe chest on all sides, stands on cabriole l...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Bombe French Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Louis XV Style 4 Drawers Dresser Commode
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Stunning rouge marble top French inlayed wood dresser with significant bronze ormolu. Very nice decorative piece.
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20th Century European Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Hardwood, Walnut
Midcentury French Louis XV Walnut Parquetry Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant oval shape fruitwood antique commode was crafted in Paris, circa 1950. The chest sits on cabriole legs decorated with bronze sabot feet, over a scalloped apron embellished with a brass mount. The front has two drawers with marquetry decor panels and embellished with the original handles and escutcheons; the cabinet features a top brass pierced gallery with an inset grey and white marble surface. The chest is further decorated with bronze mounts in the corners, and the bowed sides features parquetry decor. The traditional nightstand...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Brass, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Fine Kingwood and Marquetry Ormolu Mounted Bombe Commode
Located in Miami, FL
French Louis XV style kingwood veneer commode, the shaped marble top above a bombe case with ormolu bronze mounts, highly decorated throughout with marquetry inlay with two drawers, ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
French Louis XV Style Fine Kingwood and Marquetry Ormolu Mounted Bombe Commode
Located in Miami, FL
French Louis XV style kingwood veneer commode, the shaped marble top above a bombe case with ormolu bronze mounts, highly decorated throughout with marquetry inlay with two drawers, ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut His and Her Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite his and hers pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV period Walnut and patinated bronze commodes. Each three drawer chest is raised by elegant lightly curved legs with fin...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
French Louis XV Marquetry 19th Century Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful French Louis XV marquetry walnut commode having 3 drawers, brass hardware and caramel and cream beveled marble top – all original.
#442.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble
French Louis XV Style Iroko Commode Chest of Drawers, Mid-Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Commode in the Louis XV style, French chest of drawers, circa 1950
Iroko wood
Good condition
Measures: Shipping L 105/P 45/H 82 cm 51 kg.
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Commode Bordelaise
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 18th century Louis XV period walnut commode Bordelaise. The bombée shaped commode is raised on four scrolled cabriole legs below a...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Auffray Style Carved French Louis XV Style Dresser Lined Drawers
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular French Louis XV style 9-drawer dresser that has all of the quality you would expect in the finest Auffray pieces. The drawers are solid oak secondaries and they...
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20th Century Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Rosewood, Mahogany, And Satinwood Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding Italian 18th century Louis XV period Rosewood, Kingwood, burl Walnut and bronze commode. The two drawer chest is raised by elegant cabriole legs with fine fitted bronz...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
Pair of antiques fine French Bombe Commodes with Elaborate Bronze Mounts
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of fine French commodes
with bronze dore mounts with original patina in brilliant hue
The cross matched kingwood veneers exhibit fine workmanship.
Pale cream marble with rose ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood
Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Brass, Marble, Ormolu, and Rosewood Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood, ormolu, brass, and Sarrancolin marble commode. The three drawer bombee shaped Genovese chest is raised by e...
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19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Brass, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Period Commode Styl Rococo
Located in Warsaw, PL
A Louis XV Style commode with a molded marble top above three long drawers, raised on cabriole legs, having a generous curve on the facade and on the sides. Each drawer has two ormol...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Malachite, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Wine Cork-Veneered Marble Top Commode
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a unique French Louis XV style commode, veneered over-all with wine corks. The commode has a variegated pink marble top has an ogee edge over thre...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Cork
Arts & Crafts Carved Oak Bedside Chests, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Arts & Crafts style large nightstands or cabinets
USA, Circa 1980s
Carved oak, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 34"W x 16"D x 28.38"H.
Newly refinished ...
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Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe' Shaped Commode with Original Marble Top, 1730
Located in CH
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe' shaped commode with original marble top, Circa 1730
This Italian Roman Louis XV commode of a Bombe' shape is inlaid with various precious woods (maple...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XV St. Italian Chests
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant and high quality pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV period walnut and kingwood chests from Naples. Each chest is raised by fine tapered legs with lovely fitted wrap...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Kingwood, Walnut
Pair of Antique English Arts & Crafts Oak Inlaid Dressing Table Chests
Located in Glasgow, GB
A super pair of Arts & Crafts oak and inlaid ladies & gents dressing chests by Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple dating to circa 1910. Each with demi-lune shaped thumb-moulded top and inlaid gallery back above two line inlaid drawers with brass drop handles on octagonal backplates and raised on square slightly tapering legs. The ladies chest...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
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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