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Place of Origin: French
Antique French, Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Carrara Marble & Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style chest of drawers topped with a white Carrara marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs.
Three dovetailed drawers with brass details, all ...
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1920s Louis XVI Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Commode with Original Marble Top New Ebonized Mahogany Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
French Louis XVI Commode with its Original Marble Top. Our Old Plank Restoration Department removed the old tired lacquer, without the use of any harsh chemicals and applied an old s...
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1930s Louis XVI Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Semainier
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A 19th century French Empire mahogany semainier featuring artful neoclassical hardware. Hand-crafted in France circa 1810, this semainier is fitted with seven drawers to provide a dr...
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19th Century Empire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
20th Century French Two Drawer Walnut Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 20th Century French walnut inverted breakfront commode.
With two locking drawers.
Circa 1920.
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Early 20th Century French Provincial French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Regence Chinoiserie Marble-Top Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Regence chinoiserie marble-top commode, fitted with three chinoiserie ormolu-mounted long drawers. Some old repairs are evident, structurally sound,...
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Late 18th Century Régence Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$4,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Louis XIV-Style Mahogany Inlaid Marquetry Commodes, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
This pair of French commodes exhibit exceptional marquetry inlay
of the finest woods portraying a chinoiserie scene. It is late
19th century, each having a shaped and bowed top tha...
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Late 19th Century Louis XIV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
$7,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French 19th Century Painted Louis Phillipe Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Louis-Phillipe painted commode circa 1850 with faux marble top and four drawers. Created in France during the 19th century, this lovely commode features a very interesting a...
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19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
French Louis Philippe Period Amboyna Burlwood Wash Stand Chest
Located in Forney, TX
Add sophisticated antique character, elegant warmth, and rich historical depth to any space with this scarce period Louis Philippe (1830-1848) wash stand in stunning exotic burled am...
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Early 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
French Chest of drawers/commode in the Louis XVI style with a “serpentine” front. The chest is made of Mahogany and finished with a Museum quality French polish. Original Bronze hard...
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1920s Louis XVI Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Directoire style handcrafted 6-Drawer Chiffonier in solid cherry wood
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 Directoire French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Cherry, Oak
Superb Bright Bronze Ormolu French Louis XV Marble Top Commode Chest
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular and brightly polished bronze and brass ormolu adorned commode in the French Louis XV style. The piece has inlai and is in good antique condition with minor sign...
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1820s Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gorgeous Pair of Faux Marble Paint Decorated Louis XVI Style French Commodes
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superbly painted pair of fitted-drawer commodes with fine painted floral details and a faux painted marble top. The commodes are gorgeous. Measures 33.25 tall x 41.5 wide x...
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1920s Louis XVI Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$3,996 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Commode Chest of Drawers Dresser
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Antique French Louis XV Style inlaid marble top commode is truly breathtaking! If you look closely at the photos provided you will see the intricate inlaid marquetry design thro...
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1930s Louis XV Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$4,760 Sale Price
20% Off
French Neoclassical 3-Drawer Commode, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical carved wood commode from the 19th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped top with pronounced a...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
19th Century French, Louis XVI Kingwood Marble Top Chest of Drawers, Cabinet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant 19th Century French Empire Louis XVI Kingwood Marble Top Chest of Drawers, Cabinet. 5 Short Drawers Inlaid With Entwined Leaves, Brass Ring Handles And Ormolu Mounts.
In...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
$4,295 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair Of French Campaign Style Chests Circa 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
A matched pair of vintage campaign (cabinet de voyages) chests in amber toned solid pine with brass hardware, made in France, ca. 1970s.
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1970s Campaign Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$2,975 / set
19th Century Empire French Semainier Commode
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Empire Semainier,
Mahogany,
France, 1825-1830
,,The Empire style is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other de...
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1820s Empire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Cherry Three-Drawer Commode with Fluting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style cherry commode from the 19th century, with three graduated drawers, linear brass hardware, fluted side posts and cylindrical tapered legs. Created in France ...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique French, Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Carrara Marble & Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style chest of drawers topped with a white Carrara marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs.
Five dovetailed drawers with brass details, and a...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Louis Philippe Chest or Commode of Burr Walnut with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome Louis Philippe console chest or commode from France, of beautifully patinated burled walnut with a figured marble top, featuring four fitted long drawers, brass escutcheon...
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19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
19th Century French Louis Philippe Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th Century French Louis Philippe Walnut Commode with a luxurious marble top and antique finish. This piece of furniture exudes a classic French aesthetic and would make a stun...
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19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Art Deco Commode With Marble Top, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Magnificent three-drawer commode with a lacquered finish and chrome hardware. A sophisticated piece made from rare red Verona marble that was quarried in Verona, Italy. Excellent as ...
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20th Century Art Deco French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Metal
$3,622 Sale Price
30% Off
French 18th century Regence Period Mahogany, Ormolu and marble commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most attractive French early 18th century Regence Period Mahogany, Ormolu and Rouge Royale marble commode, circa 1720. This stunning chest is raised on cabriole le...
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18th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Carved Veneer Elm Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique chest of drawers was crafted in France, circa 1870. With small proportions, and built of elm, the traditional commode sits on round feet over a straight bottom p...
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Mid-19th Century Empire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Louis XV Style Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris
By Maxime Secretant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris.
Of bombé outshape with Portor marble top. The front with two deep drawers and applied w...
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1910s Louis XV Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Diminutive French Provincial Child’s Chest of Drawers
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Diminutive French Provincial Child’s chest of drawers
This child’s Baroque style French country chest of drawers has a finely ser...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Louis XVI French Demilune Marquetry Chest of Drawers Stamped Tondeur
Located in Firenze, IT
This wonderful French 18th century demilune (half moon) shaped sideboard or chest of drawers dating back to Louis XVI period (1774 -1791) -stamped by the French cabinet maker Tondeur- features great scale, perfect proportions and stunning high craftsmanship marquetry inlays. Two spacious sans travers drawers on front with antique original cast bronze hand crafted handles and a door on each side revealing a compartment with a shelf, all rests on four square tapered legs with a luxuriously veined Italian marble top featuring a beautiful grain and gorgeous soft colors including different shades of red, yellow, ocher, white and brown.
This one of a kind magnificently inlaid commode featuring mother of pearl and bone inserts to enrich the central design and the allegories of music on the sides wich are a marquetry and cabinetmaking works of art themselves.
The front houses two drawers with veneered sans travers marquetry with a central medallion masterfully inlaid depicting an unusual and whimsical scene: a fairy-tale rural countryside landscape with an old building that appears to be a church in the background, surrounded by a picturesque avenue of cypress and a monkey in the foreground picking up cocoa fruits from a tree - symbols of good luck and fortune- with a dog at its side.
The round panel is finished with oval mother-of-pearl inserts, a ribbon inlaid on top all surrounded by a wreath of flowers and leaves .
The inlays on the side doors are equally beautiful, so detailed as to seem painted. On each door, the marquetry is inspired by the theme of music, allegories with both wind and string instruments, sheet music and a hat all gathered in a magical composition enriched by floral inspired festoons, ribbons and tassels.
The casework inside shows the mastery of the cabinetmaker and attention to detail, the doors are made of precious citronnier wood framed by an ebony band.
This commode of narrow proportion is a wonderful example of 18th century French craftsmanship in storage cabinet making, entirely inlaid, stamped it is an exclusive one-of-a-kind Louis XVI period work of art certainly created for a very demanding and important client now ready to be the antique conversation...
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18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Commode vintage pieds traîneau en bois de pin des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Commode vintage des années 70, beau travail dans le goût de Pierre Chapo ou Charlotte Perriand, en bois de pin, pieds traîneau originaux, joli design des poignées, 3 tiroirs, bon éta...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
French Louis XV Style Transitional Style Commode with Marble Top
By Maison Krieger
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (circa 1880) transitional style gilt bronze mounted kingwood & satinwood 3 drawer commode with floral inlaid design and a fleur de peche...
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1880s Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Meuble de rangement style Charlotte Perriand Les Arcs vintage en pin années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Meuble de rangement vintage des années 60 70, en pin, dans le style de Charlotte Perriand pour Les Arcs, jolies poignées, 2 portes avec 1 étagère intérieure, très bon état général av...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Louis XVI Oak Two Drawer Commode
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Discover a stunning piece of history with this Louis XVI chest of drawers from 1780. Crafted from solid oak, this exquisite commode showcases the timeless elegance of the period. Its...
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Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine, Cherry, Oak
$8,073 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Country Chest of Drawers Nightstand Painted Black
Located in Round Top, TX
This delightful antique chest of drawers has been given new life with a recent black painted finish. Note in the photos the slight distressing which compliments its age and brings out touches of the natural oak wood beneath. The graceful cabriolet feet, paneled sides, serpentine front and lower carved medallion all reflect its French country styling. This small dresser may also be used as a nightstand, with two short top drawers over the two longer lower drawers which all function smoothly. This chest of drawers has been restored so it is strong and stable. Any nicks, scratches, separation, etc are simply signs of age and do not detract from the beauty nor function of this chest.
** In light of current affairs and fluctuating fuel prices shipping quotes and timelines are estimates only. Buyer is required to notify us upon purchase if there are interior or exterior stairs, steps, or freight elevators...
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Mid-19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
CONSOLE WITH MIRROR IN LOUIS XV STYLE Early 20th century
By Europa
Located in Madrid, ES
CONSOLE WITH MIRROR IN LOUIS XV STYLE Early 20th century.
in carved walnut wood, resting on four feet decorated with female figures and floral motifs.
Marble top in beige tones.
D...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Painted Breakfront Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning early 19th century French painted oak breakfront commode with good carved details. 1820.
Code: 8682
Dimensions:
W: 44.5" (113 cm)
H: 36.5" (92.7 cm)
D: 21.5" (54.6 cm)
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19th Century Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Small Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A small Art Deco chest of drawers.
Amboyna and ebonized fruitwood
with fluted leg details and patinated brass pulls.
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ebony, Amboyna
Louis Philippe Walnut Marble Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Louis Philippe walnut commode with four drawers and marble top.
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Early 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Directoire Louis XVI Demilune Shape Marble Top Marble Top Console Table
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 Directoire Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
French Vintage Marble Top Demilune Chest
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This striking little demilune chest features exceptional inlaid mahogany in varying varieties that have been thoughtfully book matched and placed about ...
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20th Century Louis XVI French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique French, Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Carrara Marble
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style chest of drawers topped with a white Carrara marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs.
Dovetailed drawers with brass details, and a key.
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Early 1900s Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble
Jansen Art Deco Oak Chest, France 1940's
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Chest. The doors have a diamond pattern with flattened ends adorned with ceramic medallions, on bronze lion paws.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Commode by Pierre Roussel
By Pierre Roussel
Located in Miami, FL
Important and very fine French Louis XV style commode or chest of drawers stamped 'P. Roussel' (Pierre Roussel 1723-June 7, 1782 ). This commode with its three rows of drawers bears ...
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18th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Commode Circa 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Louis XVI-style chest of drawers is crafted in solid walnut, combining timeless elegance with meticulous craftsmanship. Featuring five drawers in three rows, the fronts are ador...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Palatial Louis XV Style 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary fine and Palatial French Louis XV style 19th century ebonized lacquered Chinoiserie style and finely chased gilt bronze-mounted two drawer Serpentine commode with ma...
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV style painted three drawer commode C 1945
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV style painted commode C 1945, the block front case has canted sides and three drawers, each dovetailed and adorned with antiqued foliate hardware, above scrolled legs...
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1940s Louis XV Vintage French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
An Exceptional French Ormolu and Vernis Martin Kingwood Commode, Attr. to Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Queens, NY
An Exceptional French Ormolu and Vernis Martin Kingwood Commode, Attributed to Henry Dasson, C. 1870
This remarkable commode cabinet epitomizes the elegance and craftsmanship of the...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
French antique Boulle cabinet.
Boulle one of France’s leading cabinetmakers, whose fashion of inlaying, called boulle, or buhl, work, swept Europe and was heavily imitated during th...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
18th century French chest of drawers made from oak and walnut. The top is made from oak and has a serpentine and beveled edge aro...
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Mid-18th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak, Walnut
19th Century French Louis Phillipe Cherry Marble Top Chest of Drawers Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century Louis Philippe commode or chest of drawers from France in cherry. The entire case is made up from wonderfully grained book matched cherry veneer. Constructed of four dra...
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Mid-19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
1810s Louis XVI Period Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite, early 19th century Louis XVI style two-drawer 'Commode Sauteuse', with a white marble top and gilt bronze fittings. This curiously named style of commode always feature...
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Early 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Veneered French Chiffonnier from Le Dauphiné, circa 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted near the base of the French Alps, circa 1850, this veneered chiffonier hails from the former province of Le Dauphiné. During the reign of Napoleon ...
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1850s Napoleon III Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Custom Kidney Shaped Dresser
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
An unusual kidney shaped dresser. Glass top framed by satin/silver surround.
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Late 20th Century Biedermeier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
French Louis Philippe Marble Top Commode with Secretary
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional late 19th century French Louis Philippe mahogany commode or chest of drawers featuring a drop front secretaire. The case has a fitted white Italian Carrara marble top wit...
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19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Guillaume Grohé Style Bedside Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
A rare and impressive French mahogany parquetry bedside cabinet in style important 19th century ébéniste (cabinetmaker) Grohe Frères. This magnificent cabinet is exquisitely handcraf...
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Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Louis-philippe Chest Of Drawers In Burl Walnut, Late 19th Century
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
This majestic Louis-Philippe style chest of drawers, dating from the late 19th century, comes from a beautiful bourgeois residence in the Anjou region, in the Loire Valley.
This b...
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Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Walnut Commode, Castres, Pyrénées, circa 1760
Located in Brooklyn, NY
18th century French Walnut Commode, Castres, Pyrénées, c. 1760
Dry walnut, Original Pulls, later Escutcheons
H: 32 D: 24 W: 50 in.
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18th Century Baroque Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis Philippe Mahogany Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French Louis Philippe mahogany commode, or chest of drawers with marble top. Fine craftsmanship with book-matched...
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19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Style Bleached Walnut Four-Drawer Commode
Located in Birmingham, AL
A striking early 20th century French Louis XVI style commode, handcrafted from walnut by skilled artisans in Narbonne, an historic medieval city in the Occitanie region of southern F...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode or Chest
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode or Chest.
This stunning French Louis XV style ebonized two drawer chest has beautiful gilt bronze hardware and the original locks and key....
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood French Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Louis XV style tulipwood french commode.
Real marble top and bronze fittings.
shadowed precious woods, veneered.
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20th Century Louis XV French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$7,989 / item
French Neoclassical Commode w/Marble Top, Brass Accents & Lion's Head Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical commode, with its original marble top and brass accents, from the 19th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped marble top, with pr...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
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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