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Place of Origin: French
19th Century French Walnut Three Drawer Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A French 19th Century inlaid three-drawer chest of drawers.
With Greek key decoration.
Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Grain Painted Bow Front Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
19th century French grain painted bow front chest, the top with simulated wood grain and crossbanding, over three drawers with simulated burl grain, swan neck brass pulls and vertica...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$3,010 Sale Price
30% Off
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Painted Oak Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A handsome and robust 18th Century French Louis XIV oak commode.
With a later pale grey finish.
Two small drawers over two wide drawers. Ornate brass handles, fielded sides and decor...
Category
18th Century Louis XIV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
French-Continental Slat Twig Commode
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic French-Continental (19/20th Century) slat twig square commode with geometric design with drawer and door.
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Twig
Horns and Crocodile Chest of Drawers with Kudu Horns
Located in Paris, FR
Chest of drawers horns and crocodile with
real kudu and Aries horns. Real crocodile skin.
Structure in noble wood and bronze finishes.
Exceptional piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Directoire Style Commode Chest of Drawers with Brass Accents
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 34 1/2in W: 35 1/2in D: 22in
This Antique Louis XVI Directoire Style Commode, Chest of Drawers In the Manner of Maison Jansen is a nice example of high quality furni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XVI French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$1,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Mirrors and wrought iron chest of drawers, 1940s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mirrors and wrought iron chest of drawers, cabinet, opening with five drawers in the front. France, 1940s
Category
1940s Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Louis XV Serpentine Walnut Commode, Provence, France, c. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV Period Serpentine Commode in Walnut with two sliding drawers featuring gilt-bronze fixtures, and mounted atop a carved shaped apron resting on cabriole legs.
Category
Mid-18th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Serpentine, Bronze
Contemporary and Design Chests of drawer
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful contemporary composite wood chest of drawers, composed of 6 drawers with dampers.
Very functional and original with its facade with geometric patterns in Italian vintage st...
Category
Early 2000s French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Composition
Transitional Louis XV/XVI Walnut Commode with Pierced Apron & Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century French Transitional Louis XV/XVI 2-drawer commode in walnut with pierced apron and cabriole legs.
Category
18th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cork
French Regence Style Commode by Maison Romeo
By Maison Romeo
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Regence style commode in mable and lacquer with inlayed brass and bronze dore hardware. This chest of drawers is by Maison Romeo and dat...
Category
Late 20th Century Régence French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Chest in Lacqered Gilt Chinoisoire
Located in Savannah, GA
French chest in lacquered gilt chinoisoire, made circa 1910. This is a beautiful chest having two short drawers over three long drawers. Beautiful moldings and carvings on the front ...
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Early 20th Century Rococo French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Pair of Marble-Top Louis XV Style Commodes Chests Attributed to Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
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 fron...
Category
1910s Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI chest of drawersFrance - Late 18th century - Early 19th century
Located in Madrid, España
This Louis XVI-style dresser boasts a veneered wood structure, a striking veined marble top, and decorative gilded bronze handles. It's a beautiful piece of French furniture from th...
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Small Glass Commode - Design From The 50s
Located in BARSAC, FR
Amusing little in-between chest of drawers in bevelled and chiseled glass, opening two drawers without crosspieces and resting on four elegantly arched stained wooden legs.
French w...
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1940s Other Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century French Orange Lacquered & Mirrored Commode
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s orange lacquered commode with 2 painted mirror doors with Neo-classic scene and brass trim. (Mirror decorated attributed to ADRIEN EKMAN)
Category
1940s Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique French louis Philippe commode
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A beautiful Louis Philippe chest of drawers in walnut, consisting of 5 drawers with high-quality with good quality ormolu handles & escutcheons with the original marble top. Drawers ...
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1820s Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century French Country Walnut Commode with Bronze Hardware
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...
Category
1790s French Provincial Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$3,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Circa 1735-55 French Rococo Period Commode from Provence
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1735-55 French Rococo period commode from Provence. Walnut. Serpentine front; two drawers with triple asymmetrical shaped, molded cartouches; pierced, carved apron ending in we...
Category
1730s Rococo Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$4,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Meuble bas industriel 2 tiroirs 1950s
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Meuble bas industriel 2 tiroirs 1950s
Category
1950s Industrial Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
19th Century Louis Philippe Chest of Drawers
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a beautiful mid 19th century Louis Philippe chest! The patina and character on this piece is especially good. The natural detail of the wood glows through a warm honey tone. ...
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1860s Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: wood and bronze
Style: Art Deco French
without handles measures 47 depth
If you want to live in the golden years, this is the cupboard that ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French Transitional-style mahogany and ormolu breakfront commode
Located in Houston, TX
This French transitional style mahogany commode was made
After the original model by Jean-Francois Oben for the chateau
De Menards of Madame de Pompadour having a shaped marble
Top, ...
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Bombé Chest, Marble Top and Gorgeous Marquetry
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 18th century Louis XV Bombé two drawer commode with marble top, bronze escutcheon and mounts. The drawer fronts are heavily inlaid with marquetry design of violins, drums, h...
Category
18th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Empire Style Painted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevate your interior with the grandeur of the 19th Century French Empire Style Painted Commode, a true antique that exudes timeless elegance. Its beautifully crafted design features...
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19th Century Empire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Serpentine Front Inlaid 3 Drawer Commode
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (18/19th Century) serpentine shaped front commode with raised panel sides and corners, inset inlay borders, 3 drawers with finely cast brass ring pulls, brass ...
Category
18th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair of Early 20th Century Ormolu Mounted Marble Top Chests or Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine pair of early 20th Century richly patinated, well figured mahogany, marquetry inlaid marble top tables or chests of exceptional quality. This stunning pair are finely ca...
Category
Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Carved Commode Stand
Located in Wilson, NC
This French carved commode stand has an oval reddish marble top framed by molded edging. The door has a floral swag carved in high relief on a ra...
Category
1890s Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
$1,575 Sale Price
30% Off
Early 19thC French Walnut Commode
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1830
Early 19thC French walnut commode - a two drawer commode with hoof feet detail and lovely warm patina.
Measures: W 100 x D 50 ...
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1820s Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
A French Victorian six drawer pine dress makers table with brass handles
Located in London, GB
A French Victorian six drawer pine, dress makers table with deep proportions and brass handles.
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Painted Chest Of Drawers With Bronzes Handles
Located in London, Park Royal
An antique French, Empire period, chest of drawers, circa 1820's.
The solid wood body is painted in a French grey/blue which has an interesting, textured, age distressed patina show...
Category
Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Rustic Oak Cabinet ~ Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Rustic Oak Cabinet ~ Chest of Drawers is a very versatile piece, suitable for any casual decor, and able to serve as a side table, a ch...
Category
Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
A French 19th-20th C. Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Commode Vitrine Server
By Maison Forest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Mahogany and Satiné Parquetry Vitrine Commode-Server, attributed to Maison Forest. The rectangular body s...
Category
Early 1900s Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Country French Louis XVI Neoclassical Painted Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Add timeless flair to your decorating with this superb 18th Century Country French Louis XVI Neoclassical Painted Commode! Featuring a wonderfully distressed painted finish with pati...
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1790s Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th c. Louis XV Fall Front Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful Inlaid Walnut Secretary
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Gothic Revival Commode ~ Chest of Drawers in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Gothic revival commode ~ chest of drawers in stripped oak will make a fantastic choice as your primary storage vessel for clothing. Designed with four drawers rat...
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1870s Gothic Revival Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Restauration Period Commode
Located in Austin, TX
This wonderful French Restauration Period commode has been sanded, bleached, and repainted in a turquoise patina. The wooden knobs on the four drawers add to its charm. Finally, the ...
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19th Century Restauration Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
$2,580 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Marquetry Commode
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extremely unusual three drawer French chest
Beautifully drawn inlays of figs, grapes and pottery
Design has a surrealistic feel to it
Obviously and artist depiction of a town
Finishe...
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19th Century French Provincial Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Louis-philippe Style Chest Of Drawers In Solid Walnut, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
This magnificent Louis-Philippe style chest of drawers captivates with the perfect harmony between the nobility of its wood and the finesse of its marble. Crafted from solid walnut, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French Late 19th Century Louis XV Bombé Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant kingwood and rosewood Louis XV Bombé commode made in France in the late 19th Century, featuring a Breche d' Alep marble top over two ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th c. Walnut commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptionally Carved 18th c. Commode
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$29,000
18th Century French Régence Period Shapely Serpentine Commode w/Inlay & Carvings
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Régence period serpentine chest, with inlays and relief carved accents, from the 18th century. This antique commode from France has a shapely serpentine body, which is wider...
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18th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair of 20th Century French Art Deco Mirror Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An extremely rare pair of 20th Century French Art Deco beech and mirrored commodes.
One slightly deeper than the other. Some mild foxing to the mirror glass commensurate with age, ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Beech
French Bombé Carved & Painted Wood Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved and painted-wood chest of three drawers. This vintage chest from France features a curvy bombé style case, scalloped skirt along three sides, decorative panel carving...
Category
20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Directoire Fruitwood Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With original bowed St Anne marble top over two conforming drawers with round brass handles, lower conforming shelf and ending on turned feet. From the estate of William Hodgins...
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Early 1800s Directoire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Regence Provincial Commode
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good provincial period Regence carved walnut commode or chest of drawers. The commode features an oxbow form with shaped drawers and a central drop pendant. The feet h...
Category
1720s Baroque Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$3,950 Sale Price
24% Off
Handpolished 1780s Louis Seize XVI Side Table in Cherry Wood
Located in Ulm, DE
Louis XVI side table in cherry wood
Cherry, other fruitwoods and ash, shellac hand polished
Original Louis XVI (also: Louis-seize), France around 1780
Dimensions:
Width: 67 c...
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Cherry
$4,217 Sale Price
20% Off
French Ebonized Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Buchanan, NY
An elegant French 20th century chest of drawers with original brass details and a beautifully veined reddish marble top. The chest of drawers has been painted black but the patina gi...
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Mid-20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Exceptional 18th Century Walnut Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Regence highly carved walnut commode.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Painted Wood Commode w/Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood commode, with brass hardware and accents, from the 19th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped top above a case which houses thre...
Category
19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Provincial Walnut Serpentine Foliage & Shell Carved Chest of Drawers 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
French Provincial Walnut serpentine chest of drawers with a molded edge top, decorative carved foliage and shell motif, flanking outset corners, two drawers with the original ormolu ...
Category
1760s Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Maison Jansen Black Lacquered Commode
By Maison Jansen
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare Maison Jansen ormolu-mounted and brass inlaid marble top commode in the Regence style, circa 1940s.
The shaped marble top with a subtle double-moulded edge, sitting...
Category
1940s Régence Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite Inlaid 19th Century French Chest of Drawers with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French antique 2 drawer commode having exquisite attention to detail with fine floral marquetry inlays and a central marquetry vignette with musical instruments accented with a bow. The stunning marble top is original and the bronze mounts crisply cast. The subtle bowfront lines on the drawer facade and serpentine lines on each side lend a gorgeous silhouette. Lavished with walnut veneer which has been oriented by wood grain to create visual appeal, it was also designed with intricately inlaid marquetry cornerposts. Bronze ormolu mounts include intricately cast drawer pulls...
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19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Tulipwood and Kingwood Marble Topped Comm
Located in Benington, Herts
An outstanding gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and sycamore parquetry breakfronted breche violet marble topped commode, in French Transitional style dating to the late 19th-e...
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Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Auxiliar table, Side table marquetry and marble, Napoleon III
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
This Gorgeous small French chest of drawers is made in the Louis XV style, Napoleon III period. It features an impressive ochre-coloured marble top with greyish and pearl inlays, wit...
Category
1860s Napoleon III Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
A pair of early 20th c French walnut & gilt bronze mounted chests by E. Schmidt
By Eugen Schmidt
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare pair of early 20th century French Louis XVI style walnut and gilt bronze mounted commodes signed E. Schmidt Paris. . Original Breche Violette marble tops. Fine qualit...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers, France 19th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Louis XVI Style Chest of Drawers, France, 19th Century
Elegant Louis XVI style chest of drawers, crafted in France during the 19th century, featuring a stunning combination of satin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Cherry, Satinwood
Mahogany Chest
Located in London, England
Mahogany chest of drawers. Circa 1870.
Category
1870s Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$2,518
French Louis XVI Provincial Style 4-Drawer Beige and Gray Painted Commode
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI Provincial commode with a painted beige and gray finish, two smaller upper drawers and two wider lower drawers with antiqued bronze ring...
Category
18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Antique French Commodes for Sale on 1stDibs
Shopping for an antique French commode or chest of drawers?
Commode is the French term for a low chest of drawers, but it is also sometimes used to denote any case 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. The term commode was also used to refer to a piece of bedroom furniture — a washstand or nightstand that contained a chamber pot.
During Louis XIV's reign, the commode replaced the chest as a storage device, with drawers and a surface that could double as a desk. 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.
At 1stDibs, find antique and vintage French commodes and chests of drawers for sale — shop Rococo-style commodes, Empire-style commodes, Louis XVI-style commodes and other antique furniture today.
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