Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
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Style: Baroque
Fine 18th Century Venetian Fruitwood Commodes
Located in Rome, IT
A fine 18th century Venetian fruitwood commodes with three long drawers.
Measures: 132 x 88 x 62 cm. Very good vintage condition.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Nutwood
A Walnut & Inlaid Comodino Ferrarese Late 17th Century, Italy
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Walnut & Inlaid Comodino Ferrarese
Late 17th Century
Italy
A tasty piece of furniture with an accentuated movement of the front.
At the end of the seventeenth century craftsman E...
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Flemish Baroque Chest of Drawers in Rich European Oak, circa 1770
Located in Miami, FL
Flemish commode or chest of drawers in oak with serpentine front and three drawers with original hardware, rich brown patina, circa mid-late 1700s.
Measures: 53 1/2" long x 24 1/2" ...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Oak
19th Century Baroque Commode Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Old original English Baroque commode. Solid walnut veneer. Three drawers. Chest of drawers standing on four long paw feet. Slightly overlapping, profiled cover plate. Bronze fittings...
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19th Century English Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
18th Century Baroque Chest of Drawers in Burl Walnut with Embossed Gilding
Located in Miami, FL
A magnificent Baroque commode with serpentine front in burled walnut with embossed gilding. Chest is raised on a carved plinth that rests on cabriole feet, and features four drawers ...
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze, Gold Leaf
Chest of Drawers Swedish Late Baroque Period with Brass Hardware Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A chest of drawers made during the Baroque period 1720-1740 by Swedish cabinet maker Johan Hugo Furloh in Sweden. Beautiful inlays from walnut an...
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17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Baroque Bureau-Desk, Northern Italy, Lombardy, circa 1720
Located in CH
Baroque bureau cabinet or desk,
Baroque, Northern Italy, Lombardy, circa 1720.
Walnut burl wood and fruitwood veneer and inlaid with reserves and fillets. Front with hinged wri...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut, Burl
Italian Baroque Walnut Cassone Inlaid with Engraved Fruitwood Marquetry, 17th C
Located in London, GB
A stunning, noble and important early piece - it's original provenance Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome. With a rectangular top above a roundel with a coat-of-arms flanked by grotesques and s...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Fruitwood, Walnut
Baroque Chest of Drawers, South Germany, circa 1770
Located in Greding, DE
Rare walnut and cherrywood inlaid three-drawer commode from South Germany, prob. Bayreuth. Carved skirt on cabriole legs bearing the serpentine front. The top shows a beautiful marqu...
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1770s German Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Cherry, Walnut
18th Century Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish Baroque dresser with four drawers, period brass hardware and key. Inlaid fruitwood decorations, sharp intarsia work.
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Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Fruitwood, Oak
Northern Italian Baroque Walnut Commode
Located in New York, NY
Northern Italian Baroque walnut commode (17th/18th Century) with 4 drawers pulls carved in the form of busts in Renaissance costume. Resting on ho...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Fine Italian Baroque Walnut Commode, 17th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Italian Baroque.
Walnut commode.
17th century.
Measures: Height 37 ½ in. Width 52 ½ in. Depth 27 in.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Boston, MA.
Le Trianon...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Early 18th C. Italian Period Baroque Sepentine Chest w/ Beautiful Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Exquisite Early 18th Century Italian Period Baroque Three-Drawer Chest with Serpentine Front, Marquetry Décor on the Top and Drawers. This Chest also has Carved Side Panels and S...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
17th century Italian Baroque walnut Credenza or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
A rare, multi-functional piece, the doors opening to reveal a fitted interior with eight drawers and a small middle door, the slanted top with a fall front desk compartment...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Italian late 17th century Baroque Walnut Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Unusual Commode of Medium Size, made of Walnut and Walnut-veneer, embellished with Fruit Wood Inlay, canted corners with applied raised scroll-decoration, four drawers with molded fr...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Italian Walnut Three-Drawer Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walnut Renaissance three-drawer chest with raised panels on the drawer fronts and 17th century brass drawer pulls and escutheons. We believe this piece to be a modified prie dieu as ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Northern Italian Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exceptional Baroque style three drawer walnut chest with inlaid detail. Italy, late 17th century/early 18th century.
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Fine, 19th c., RomanInlaid Commode
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Superb, c. 1850, serpentine, four-drawer, parquetry commode inlaid with walnut, olive, fruit, and pear woods. The whole sits atop a scrolling apron and petite, cabriole legs termina...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Olive
A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Circa 1680-1720
The serpentine top with various wood parquetry designs throughout over a sh...
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
18th Century Elm Wood Baroque Chest of Drawers, South Germany, circa 1770
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Extraordinary 18th century Baroque chest of drawers made in the period around 1770 in South Germany. What is really special about this over 240 year old Baroque commode, is the very ...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
18th Century Baroque Nutwood Chest of Drawers/ Commode, South Germany circa 1760
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Extraordinary, rare baroque chest of drawers from the 18th century in South Germany. Elaborately made around 1760, this one of a kind Baroque commode impresses with amazing looking, ...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
18th Century Baroque Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century chest of drawers from late Baroque period in richly carved curvaceous serpentine drawer fronts, shaped top and carved feet in super time worn patina.
Germany
More than...
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18th Century German Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Bronze
19th Century Bleached Mahogany Dutch Commode/Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
Small chest of drawers hand-built in the Netherlands in the early 1800s using mahogany. This little guys packs a lot of character and details in one small package! The chest features...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Mahogany
18th Century Bleached Oak Dutch Baroque Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
This a very heavily built commode hand-made in the Netherlands in the late 1700s using oak and dovetail construction. The commode features three drawers with serpentine fronts and be...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Oak
Commode Cassetone Chest of Drawers Italian Brescia Lombardy Walnut Carved Front
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This rare cassettone oozes charm and character. The carved decoration is particular to Brescia in Lombardy and the knobs are a rare feature carved as flowerheads to the petals behind...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Early 19th Century Italian Carved Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th century, possibly 18th century Italian carved chest with four drawers. The drawers are detailed with intricate hand carved face shaped pull...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
Commode, Early 18th Century
Located in Essex, MA
18th century commode.
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Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Large Italian Baroque 17th century Painted Cabinet Fitted with Drawers
Located in Troy, NY
Oversized cabinet, overall painted in white and blue with gilt accents and a faux marbleized top. Large top drawer above double doors opening to an in...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Softwood
Baroque commodes and chests of drawers for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque commodes and chests of drawers for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage commodes and chests of drawers created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque commodes and chests of drawers made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original commodes and chests of drawers, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, Europa Antiques, Jim Peed, and Johan Hugo Fürloh. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for commodes and chests of drawers differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,231 and tops out at $158,000 while the average work can sell for $6,786.
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