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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Industrial
19th Century Workshop Cabinet with 14 Drawers
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Antique drawer cabinet from an old workshop! This cabinet has built an incredible patina through years of use.
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Late 19th Century French Industrial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

French Directoire 6-Drawer Chiffonnier in Cherry, blue variations
Located in Landivy, FR
This Chiffonnier 6-drawer chest is a free hand crafted and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period style is remarkable wi...
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2010s French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood, Cherry, Oak

Chic, 19th Century, Neoclassical Ebonized Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Hand-carved and finished, Northern Italian, three-drawer Neoclassical commode with white, Carrara marble top above pilaster fore-legs trimmed in silver gilt. The whole embellished wi...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble

Italian Neoclassical Single Chest
Located in New York, NY
A Neoclassical Demi-Lune chest. Various woods in marquetry patterns with fine fruitwood inlay details and patinated brass escutcheons . Three center drawers flanked by side cabinets.
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Neoclassical Chest of Drawers, Germany 1780
Located in Leimen, DE
This elegant Neoclassical chest of drawers comes from Germany and dates back to around 1780-1800. It stands out for its beautiful variations of walnut veneer grains. The top of the ...
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1780s German Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Italian Neo-Classical Walnut Commodes with Diamond Pattern
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome Neo-classical style commode with a diamond pattern. Gorgeous finish and the pattern makes these extra special. Superb!! Note: Price list is for one. There are 2 available.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Pair of Italian Neo Classic Bedside Chests
Located in Westwood, NJ
Italian Neo Classic bedside chest. A wonderful reproduction of fine 18th-century Italian cabinetry. Made with Fruitwood and geometric inlays to the drawers and side panels. With work...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Late 19th Century Tall Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four drawer chest in walnut with ebonized moldings Nicely figured walnut with graduated dovetail drawers Supported by wooden casters.
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Small Lacquered Commode with Chinese Scenes in the style of Maison Jansen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and decorative small commode is made of lacquered and gilt wood with chinese scenes. This very elegant chest of drawers is wonderfully decorated with bronze handles an...
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1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

French Commode w/Black Marble Top, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical chest of drawers, with marble top, from the 19th century. This antique commode from France features a rectangular-shaped black marble top, which rests atop a ca...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Antique English Neoclassical Marble Top Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique English Neoclassical Marble Top Walnut Chest of Drawers was designed to add stately flair to any room, while providing abundant storage and a carefree surface. The brick red...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Brass

Italian Neoclassic Chest w/Roman Bust Column Accents & Unusual Petite Sabre Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Neoclassical chest, with black accents and and unusual feet, from the early 19th century. This antique chest of drawers from Ital...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Industrial chest of drawers, 1950's
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Industrial chest of drawers from the 1950s. The cabinet is made of pine wood with an iron base. All drawers are made with dovetail joints.
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1950s French Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Iron

Pair of neoclassical Italian chests of drawers in inlaid wood, XVIII century
Located in Vicenza, IT
This exceptional pair of Italian neoclassical 18th century dressers in wood richly inlaid on the front, sides and 4 truncated pyramid legs are top-quality example of Italian 18th cen...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Vintage Curved Chest of Drawers Architettura by Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage curved chest of drawers Architettura by Fornasetti Iconic Fornasetti Architettura model, silkscreened, painted and lacquered by hand. Decoration of a Renaissance building. ...
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Poplar

French Neoclassic Painted Commode w/Original Marble Top, 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical commode with marble top from the 19th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped marble top, with pronounced rounded corners at front...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

French Antique Neoclassic Style 3-Drawer Commode, Cute Size!
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cute-sized French Neoclassic style chest of drawers from the early 20th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped top with pronounced and rounded front ...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Period Neoclassic French Commode w/a Gorgeous New Custom Grey Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical period carved wood commode, with stunning new custom marble top, from the early 19th century. This antique chest from France features rectangular-shaped marble ...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Italian Cherry Neoclacial-style Commode
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
An Italian Cherry Neoclacial-style Commode, from Bologna, with three long drawers, the drawers and posts decorated with Pearwood designs, with matching design on flat panel sides on...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Cherry, Pearwood

19th Century Painted Louis Philippe Style Commode
Located in Briarcliff Manor, NY
A period Italian commode in the Louis Philippe manner, from about 1830, with its original marble top. The custom painted finish, with its scumbled Swedishy effect, makes for a nice c...
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1830s Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

19th Century French Neoclassical Marble Top Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A French Neoclassical commode with marble top and exquisite brass accents. This antique chest features a rectangular-shaped Carrara marble top, over case which houses four drawers ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Carrara Marble

An Italian Neoclassic Style 2-Drawer Side Chest w/Pull Out Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Neoclassic style painted wood two-drawer side chest from Italy. This small sized chest from Italy, circa late 20th century, is a very well made piece with lots of nicely ca...
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Parquetry Inlaid Walnut Commode with 3 Dr
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Parquetry Inlaid Walnut Commode with 3 Drawers
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Italian Neoclassic Style Two-Drawer Chest w/Fluted and Wreath Carved Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Neoclassic style painted wood raised chest from Italy. This lovely chest from Italy, circa late 20th century, is a very well made piece with lots of nicely carved details. It has been designed in Neoclassical influences; with canted side posts which are flute-carved, a wonderful ribbed texture at side panels, delightful tulip trimming about the drawers with their wreath and bow-tie carved centers, and spiraled ribbon trimming about the skirt. There is a pull-out shelf recessed between the top and the upper drawer. There is a custom finish in taupe and grey. This Italian Neoclassic-style chest would be great for a bedroom dresser with mirror...
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Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Antique Serpentine Front Dresser Painted White With Green French Line Motif
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely charming antique hand painted serpentine front walnut dresser with distressed white paint and green French line motif. The four drawers glide smoothly and offer plenty ...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Copper

Russian Neoclassical, Louis XVI, Commode, Mahogany, Marble, France, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Russian Neoclassical, Louis XVI, Commode, Mahogany, Bronze, Marble, France, 19th C A Louis XVI cabinet designed and produced in France in the second half of the 19th century. The ca...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Small Neoclassical Chest of Drawers, 19th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Discover the timeless elegance of this meticulously crafted 19th-century German Neoclassical chest of drawers or nightstand. Adorned with captivating walnut veneer grain, this piece ...
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1830s German Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Neo Classical Style Mahogany Cabinet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Neo classical style mahogany cabinet with a painted top, circa 1930's. With a painted top over a paneled door and paneled sides, the apron with Greek key design, resting on petite sq...
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1920s Unknown Neoclassical Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Paint

Rustic Herringbone Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
A two-drawer rustic inlaid chest of drawers crafted with oak veneers in light mink finish and accented with hammered metal hardware. It has a pull-out dressing slide shelf at the top...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Tall 1920s Industrial Oak Eight Drawer Cabinet
Located in Garnerville, NY
Tall solid golden oak eight drawer cabinet. Circa 1910-30. Featuring channeled drawer handles, bread board pull out shelf, doweled joinery and paneled sides. This piece is just a com...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

18th Century Italian Neoclassical Polychrome Decorated Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th century Italian neoclassical polychrome decorated commode. Features three large drawers decorated in red and blue with angels and birds in center of drawer fronts and on ce...
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Rustic Painted Swedish Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
Made with reclaimed pine and finished in a lightly distressed soft gray paint. With a molded edge top having canted corners, fluted styles above square tapered and fluted legs. Dime...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Industrial chest of drawers with six big drawers
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Vintage chest of drawers in Pinewood! Six large drawers to store your stuff! Dxhxl: 50x86x170 cm Inside size drawers: 41,5x32x44 cm
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Metal

Antique Industrial Wooden Two Drawer Painted Dresser / Workbench. C.1900
Located in London, GB
A painted former two drawer dresser base. c.1900 Dating to the late 19th / early 20th century, a former dresser base and later used as a workbench. Beautiful old textured paint wi...
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Early 20th Century English Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

French Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
An 18th century Neo Classically inspired three drawer commode with figured walnut panels to the top front and sides, with crossbanding and inlays. The three long soft closing drawe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Italian Neoclassical Commode with Marble Top and Marquetry, 18th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
This Elegant Pair of Neoclassical Marquetry Commodes with Marble Tops where made in Italy in the late Eighteenth Century. The Italian Commodes have walnut, mahogany and marquetry in...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Industrial 98 Drawer Revolving Hardware Cabinet
By National Store Fixture Co.
Located in Garnerville, NY
Circa Late Victorian era 98 drawer revolving hardware store cabinet. The spinning octagonal top holds 80 wedge shaped drawers with white porcela...
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Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Steel

Neoclassical Italian chest of drawers inlaid
Located in STRAČOV, CZ
Neoclassical Italian chest of drawers inlaid Luxury Italian chest of drawers from Northern Italy - Milan area. A unique chest of drawers design with rich floral inlay, bronze gilt a...
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1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble

Antique New York Late Classical Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Chest Circa 1820
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1820 New York Late Classical Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Dresser. Single long drawer over four short drawers above four more long drawers, original round wood pulls, flanking ...
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Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

18th century, Italian Neoclassical Lacquered Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Neoclassical Lacquered Wood Chest of Drawers This neoclassical chest of drawers was made in Piedmont in the second half of the 18th century, in carved and lacq...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Pair Of Italian Neoclassic Walnut Commodes
Located in Essex, MA
Each with a rectangular top over two over two long drawers all with shield form escutcheons, raised on square tapered legs.
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Early 1800s Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

18th Century Polychrome Painted Faux Marble Top Neoclassical Chest of Drawers.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century North Italian Polychrome Painted and Faux Marble Top Neoclassical Chest of Drawers. Elaborately hand painted 18th century three drawer Italian chest. Probably Florence....
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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20th Century French Bleached Oak Chest Of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
This elegant three-drawer chest features graceful cabriole legs adorned with meticulously carved accents that continue onto the scalloped apron. Created in France during the 20th cen...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Provincial Painted Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
18th-century neo classically inspired sage-painted chest of drawers. With a molded edge rectangular top, paneled side, antiqued hardware and square tapered legs. This perfectly scale...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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North European Painted Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
Made with reclaimed pine in an antique white hand-rubbed and distressed painted finish. The three long drawers with neo-classic motifs and canted corners with fluted styles., all rai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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The Equestrian Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
This elegant and grandly scaled iteration in a husk finish is crafted in oak crown veneer with all the hallmarks of furniture craft and quality construction. Bold, masculine, and fit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian American Classical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Chest of Drawers, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Three-drawer chest of drawers with slightly curved front, standing on tapered feet. The slanted corners as well as the skirt and the edges are decorated with filet marquetry.
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Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Chest Of Drawers, commode, Circa 1920
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A particularly large and well-built chest of drawers with three drawers. The cabinet comes from Eastern Europe and was made around 1925. The quality of antique pine doesn't get much ...
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1920s Hungarian Neoclassical Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Pine

Maison Jansen Style, Russian Neoclassical, Large Commodes, Mahogany, Bronze
Located in Stamford, CT
Maison Jansen Style, Russian Neoclassical, Large Commodes, Mahogany, Bronze Large Russian Neoclassical Style Commodes or Chests, Dressers. These have to...
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1960s Neoclassical Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

18th Century Northern Italian Neoclassical Chest of Drawers
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Stunning Northern Italian neoclassical walnut and fruitwood marquetry chest of drawers or commode, c. 1790, the beautifully inlaid rectangular top over a wide single drawer above two...
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
Graceful and refined, this antique chest of drawers offers a Neoclassical design in natural oak. Hand-built in France in the early 1800s, the paneling of the drawers is precise and g...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Elegant Neoclassical Black Lacquer Chest of Drawers, France, 1940
Located in Brussels, BE
Black lacquered neoclassical chest of drawers with brass pull rings handles and four bronze stars on the front. Four drawers, the top one with his original brass key and lock. Fren...
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1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass, Bronze

Classical Style Four Drawer Dresser
Located in New York, NY
Painted Mahogany Four Drawer Server or Dresser in the classic style. Graduated drawers that slide easily. Distressed finish with wear consistent with age and use
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Mid-20th Century American American Classical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Rare Pair Period 18th Century Paint Decorated Venetian Commodes Cabinets
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Findining these in the field is extremely difficult as a single commode, but finding a matched pair of period, 1700s era Venetian commodes is next to impossible. This is a fantastic ...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut

Antique Cherry Commode, Late 18th Century
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Small feather cherry wood chest of drawers, late 18th century. Repurposed for dedicated use, bathroom cabinet, bedroom cabinet or other use. Pac...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Cherry

Italian Sicilian wood briar Italian chest of drawers late 1800s
Located in Milano, IT
Allow me to transport you to the exquisite world of antique Sicilian craftsmanship with a late 1800s dresser that encapsulates the essence of Italian ar...
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1890s Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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An Italian Ebonized Fruitwood and Bone Inlaid Three Drawer Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
an early 18th century Italian ebonized fruitwood and bone inlaid three drawer commode, with overall geometric inlay design, possibly Milan, circa 1720 lable in drawer "From the Collection of Loyd-Paxton Dallas, TX" Charles Paxton Gremillion, Jr. (1941-2014) and Loyd Ray Taylor made...
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Early 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Pair of French Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
An 18th century Neo Classically inspired three drawer commode with figured walnut panels to the top front and sides, with crossbanding and inlays. The three long soft closing drawe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

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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