Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid century modern walnut chest of drawers with Portuguese light pink marble top
Located in Milano, IT
COD-CV165
Beautiful quality walnut chest of drawers with Portuguese light pink marble top, shaped on the front and sides with elegant brass tips.
Ita...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$7,611 Sale Price
20% Off
Raymond Loewy Style Tall Dresser
Located in Sheffield, MA
The compact dressing cabinet / tall chest of drawers was designed by Raymond Loewy. The cabinet has a tall door on the left and 7 drawers on the right with c...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic, Laminate, Wood
$2,580 Sale Price
40% Off
Jansen Art Deco Oak Chest, France 1940's
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 French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
1970s Danish Teak Chest of Drawers
Located in Praha, CZ
- cerefully refurbished
- minor signs of use
- new bottom of drawers
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Modern Brutalist Inspired Highboy Dresser. Circa 1960s.
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brutalist Inspired Highboy Dresser. Circa 1960s.
Feature a monumental look with brutalist inspired designed doors, a beautiful walnut wood grain finish, an...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Pr. Mid Century George Nelson Herman Miller Rosewood Thin Edge Bachelors Chests
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite matched pair of George Nelson designed four drawer Thin Edge dressers, executed in Rosewood, for Herman Miller circa 1950's. These chests are in very good, original, clean...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
National Mount Airy Walnut Burl Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
1950s National Mount Airy Chest 9ft drawers in excellent vintage condition. Dovetail drawers work as originally intented. Original hardware. Measures 30"W x 18"D x 45"H
About National Mount Airy:
Company Info:
The National Mount Airy Furniture Company was formed in 1895 by J. F. Yokley, C. R. Merritt and E. H. Kochtitzky and it manufactured case goods including bedroom furniture, executive office furniture, pie safes and various cabinets. Through the years it expanded to include dining room and occasional chairs in its production. It merged in 1966 with the Mount Airy Chair Company...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Rare Alfred Hendrickx Chest of Drawers, Sideboard, 1950s, for Belform, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
A very elegant in solid cherry wood and veneer three drawers chest designed by the Belgian designer Alfred Hendrickx for Belform in the 50's. In original good condition. The three dr...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry
Crawford Furniture Mid Century Tall Maple Chest After Edmond Spence
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A Mid Century maple chest of drawers made by Crawford Furniture of Jamestown, New York. Two sets of two drawers over four drawers that feature long, elegant handles with hidden pulls...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple
Paul McCobb for Directional Black Eight Drawer Chest with Brass Leg Posts
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Paul McCobb for Directional #7025 black Chest of Drawers. Featuring newly restored and re-enameled rectangular black enameled eight drawer Chest, Dresser, detailed with reflective Br...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Harold Schwartz for Romweber Acacia and Walnut Wood Three Drawer Commode
Located in Chicago, IL
Harold Schwartz for Romweber Furniture Company, Acacia wood and walnut wood three drawer commode. The front of the commode is ad...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$4,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Harvey Probber Sideboard with Sliding Grasscloth Doors
Located in Hanover, MA
Mid-Century Modern sideboard/cabinet of drawers by Harvey Probber in original grain painted blonde mahogany with four matching large center drawers having distinctive Probber recessed pulls and two sliding doors paneled...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Grasscloth, Mahogany
Midcentury Cabinet Top Set of Drawers
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration are these simply beautiful miniature set of drawers featuring black walnut and brass pulls. The cabinet was crafted in Finland an...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$2,125 / item
End Tables by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazilian Midcentury, 1965
Located in New York, NY
Joaquim Albuquerque Tenreiro was born in 1906 in the small village of Melo, Portugal, which at the time had 1500 inhabitants. His father and grandfather were woodworkers, and some ac...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Chest of Drawers with Two Drawers by Jacques Adnet, France
Located in Uccle, BE
About this Chest of drawers with two drawers by Jacques Adnet
Chest of drawers with two drawers, the wooden structure entirely covered in black imitation leather.
The brass feet in...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Model 394 Chest of drawers, Kai Kristiansen, 1960s
Located in Neuss, NW
Wonderful chest of drawers model 394 from Kai Kristiansen for Aksel Kjersgaard from the 1960s. Corpus in oak veneer with four drawers and straight feet. The top is coated with off wh...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Formica, Oak
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chest of Drawers by Stanley Furniture, circa 1970s
By Stanley
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid-Century Modern chest of drawers by Stanley Furniture. circa 1970s.
Features a brutalist inspired design, nine drawers with concealed handles, and beautiful blond walnut ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Robsjohn Gibbings Rare Walnut Dresser, Brass Legs and Cane Pulls Widdicomb 1950s
Located in Troy, MI
Chest of drawers designed by Terence Harold Robsjohn Gibbings
Model 4002 produced by Widdicomb in 1954
Dark stained walnut highboy wi...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Teak Chest by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen for Soborg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Danish Modern Teak Chest or Dresser, designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen for Soborg Mobler, Denmark and retailed by John Stuart of NYC, circa 1960s. Beautifully crafted o...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
4-Drawer Arcadia Chest by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The 4-drawer Arcadia chest features four drawers, cast brass hardware, and a sculptural solid American walnut or white oak base.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handm...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$8,175 / item
Mid-Century Series "Fitting" by Piarotto Wooden Chest of Drawers Italy 70s
Located in Palermo, IT
Beautiful chest of drawers with six large drawers, in wood with aesthetic perimeter finishes and large shaped handles in gilded metal. Upper surface with leaning glass...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
$535 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage Catalan Wood Chest with Drawers, Spain, circa 1930 – Original Condition
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage Catalan Wood Chest with Drawers, Spain, circa 1930 – Original Condition
Add a touch of rustic elegance to your home with this charming Catalan wood chest with drawers, manuf...
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1780s Spanish Antique Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Large Palaset wall unit by Ristomatti Ratia for Marimekko, 1970s
Located in Oirlo, LI
Palaset Palanox boxes
storage boxes with multi-colored stackable boxes that allow you to build your own shelf, produced only a few years in the early 1970s.
side of one box 35 x 35...
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1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Vintage Heywood Wakefield "Kohinoor" Blonde Maple Chests of Drawers
Located in London, GB
This pair of mid-century modern chests of drawers, crafted by the iconic American furniture manufacturer Heywood Wakefield, dates to the 1960s and comes from the Kohinoor collection....
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple
1960's Danish Teak Vintage Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made Danish vintage teak chest of drawers. This was recently imported from Denmark, it dates from the 1960’s.
The quality is superb, it is a very practical s...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
James Mont Style, Art Deco, Cabinet, Black Lacquer, Parquetry, France, 1930s
By James Mont
Located in Manhasset, NY
James Mont Style, Art Deco, Single Cabinet, Black Lacquer, Parquetry, France, 1930s
A distinctive cabinet or nightstand on bracket style ebony bases supporting an open box case made...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer
Italian Mid-Century Sideboards in Ash
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Sideboards, ash, Italy, 1960s
These stunning sideboards, crafted in Italy during the 1960s, embody a clean, modern sensibility with thoughtful proportions and elegant simplicity. Ex...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash
$5,850 / item
Mid Century Danish Teak Armoire Highboy Dresser
Located in Esperance, NY
For sale is a vintage chest of drawers, crafted in Denmark, as indicated by the stamp on the back. This dresser combines functionality with timeless design, making it a perfect addit...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Fantastic Pair Baker Modern Asian Tansu Bachelors Chest Chinoiserie Mid-Century
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Amazingly beautiful pair of Japanese Tansu bachelors chests by Baker. Dark stained oak with fantastic Japanese-inspired hardware. They have a time-worn patina with splendid charm. I love the vintage...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
$4,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
4-Drawer Arcadia Chest by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The 4-drawer Arcadia chest features four drawers, cast brass hardware, and a sculptural solid American walnut or white oak base.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handm...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$8,175 / item
Mid-Century Italian Mahogany Archive Cabinet, In the Style of Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful and rare Italian cassettiera schedario (filing chest of drawers) was produced by the Schirolli company, dating to the mid-20th Century, likely the 1950s. The design is...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Midcentury Style Large Italian Commode Composed of Seven Drawers
By L.A. Studio
Located in Ibiza, Spain
This large Italian commode features a classic design with seven drawers designed by L.A. Studio. The original wood structure dates back to the 1950s and is elegantly covered with col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
SUPER ELEGANT RALPH LAUREN AMERICAN HARDWOOD & OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS SiDEBOARD
By Ralph Lauren
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Ralph Lauren American Mahogany and Oak Contemporary chest of drawers with lockable...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood, Oak
Large Mid Century Highboy Dresser Wardrobe by Renzo Rutili
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional large highboy chest, armoire, wardrobe designed by Renzo Rutili, made by the Johnson Furniture Company, retailed by John Stuart, circa 1960's. This impressive cabinet fea...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Mid-Century Danish Teak Dresser, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Mid Century teak dresser made and manufactured during the 1960s in the Denmark. The dresser has profiled handles. The dresser consists of 4 drawers with profiled handles. Teak wood items...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Pair George Nelson Thin Edge Rosewood Chests
Located in New York, NY
Pair of George Nelson thin edge chests or nightstands. The items are rosewood veneer with four pull-out drawers and metal legs.
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
$12,500 / set
Expertly Restored - Paul McCobb "Linear Group" 4-Drawer Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Arthur Umanoff Miniature Chest box
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Arthur Umanoff for Elton Company, circa 1950 in walnut in impeccable condition. Features a fully finished recessed back fully refinished and original patina to the solid brass pulls....
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Gilbert Rohde Paldao Cabinet for Herman Miller
Located in Hanover, MA
Gilbert Rohde designed this chest for Herman Miller as part of his 1941 Paldao Line of streamline modernist and modular furniture in exotic veneer. This is model no. 4103, two-door cabinet with distinctively incised large round pulls, interior fitted with two adjustable shelves behind the left door and five pull-out drawers behind the right door, fronts finished in black enamel. The case top and sides are Paldao wood; the doors are in highly figured burl Acacia. The finish is called "Beaver" which is natural color, no stain, satin varnish. The back is numbered "4130." All of Rohde's designs for Herman Miller are marked with a 4-digit number; the first two numbers indicate the year, and the second two numbers indicate the individual piece. Newly refinished and ready to place in your home.
The Herman Miller Furniture Company was devoted to manufacturing period reproduction furniture until Pioneer industrial designer Gilbert Rohde walked into their Grand Rapids showroom in 1930. A devout modernist, Rohde convinced D.J. De Pree to focus on modern furniture throughout the 1930s, and to produce exclusively modern furniture by the time Rohde died in 1944.
Work by the pioneering American industrial and furniture designer, Gilbert Rohde, is notable for its thoroughly modern, informal, and multifunctional qualities. Rohde’s ability to create appealing modernist furnishings for middle-class homes, while also devising merchandising strategies to sell these goods, places him within a unique framework in American design history. Born and raised in New York, Rohde was the son of a cabinetmaker. He attended New York City public schools and his post-high school education included courses at the Art Students League and the Grand Central School of Art. Rohde’s visit to Europe in the spring and summer of 1927 (with later trips in 1931 and 1937) to see the Bauhaus in Dessau and the French modernist design that debuted in the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, profoundly inspired his concept of design and the role it should play in daily life. The French Art Deco and German rationalist styles he saw in Europe influenced the furniture he designed from the late 1920s into the 1940s, pieces he created to suit a rapidly changing American lifestyle.
In addition to his work for Herman Miller Inc., Rohde also designed for several other furniture firms, including Thonet, Troy Sunshade, and Heywood-Wakefield. What set Rohde apart from his contemporaries was his all-encompassing understanding of the furniture industry, from design and production to marketing and showroom display.[1] During his time with Herman Miller Inc. (1932-1944), Rohde set the standard for collaborative efforts between designers and furniture firms, with George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames later...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$3,900 Sale Price
25% Off
20th Italian Chest of Drawers in Walnut with Original Gray Marble
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian chest of drawers in walnut with original gray marble, with three drawers that have Florentine paper inside.
Natural color as per photos.
The...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
$913 Sale Price
20% Off
Breathtaking Pair of Chests by Renzo Rutili in Cerused Oak and Bird's-Eye Maple
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent pair of commodes is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation r...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Modern Leather Wrapped Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern leather wrapped dresser a modern grey shagreen leather and metal three-drawer chest. This piece has a look of luxury and sophistication ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
$3,282 / item
Mid-Century Provincial Style Walnut Gentlemen's Chest of Drawers Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-Century Provincial Style Walnut Gentlemen's Chest of Drawers Drawers. Features three classic bottom drawers under French doors that open to reveal two interior Drawers.
Measu...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Style Solid Wood and Colored Glass Italian Sideboard
Located in Madrid, ES
Sideboard composed of two folding doors and one shelve inside. Original structure from 1950s made of solid wood and coated with colored glass. Details, handles and legs made of brass...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Luciano Frigerio off White Lacquered Brass Commode Chest 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This rare Italian Mid-Century off white lacquered commode would be stunning in any bedroom. Designed by Luciano Frigerio for Frigerio Di Desio in It...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Walnut 5 Drawers High Chest Dresser MINT!
By Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Walnut 5 Drawers High Chest Dresser MINT!.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Interlubke Made in Germany Marble Topped Chest of and Pair of Bedside Drawers
By Interlübke
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely bedroom suite of Interlubke made in West Germany vintage marble topped drawers
A very decorative and extremely heavy suite of bedroom furniture. These are late mid century modern so circa 1970’s, the tops are solid slabs of marble, the frames are finished with melamine, the handles are bronze
We have cleaned waxed and polished them, there is one scratch I can see on the front of the larger drawers, otherwise they have a wonderful vintage patina...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Midcentury Cabinet Top Set of Drawers
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration is this simply beautiful miniature set of drawers featuring black walnut and brass pulls. The cabinet was crafted in Finland and ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair, Michael Taylor for Baker Far East Collection Chests, USA c 1950s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Michael Taylor's Far East Collection for Baker Furniture was introduced in the 1950s. Inspired by traditional Asian design, but featuring sleek, modern lines, the pieces have remaine...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Rare Restored Modern Chest by American of Martinsville
Located in Atlanta, GA
An absolutely jaw-dropping chest from a rare series by American of Martinsville, circa 1960. Stout hardwood case construction with brass and leather accents. Fabulous detail and craf...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Commode by Pierre Gautier-Delaye, France, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Commode "Week-end" by Pierre Gautier-Delaye, a timeless piece of French design from the 1960s. Crafted from beautiful Landes pine, it features a harmonious blend of functionality and...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Pine
Kartell Drawers by Simon Fussell 1970s
By Simon Fussel
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Italian modular red plastic 4601 3-5 chest of drawers by Simon Fussel for Kartell, 1970s. Modular cabinet model 4601 in red plastic, with ten drawers and a lid. Structure can be sepa...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
$2,426 Sale Price / set
28% Off
American Designer, Chests of Drawers, Wood, Brass, USA, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass and wood chests of drawers designed and produced in the US, c. 1940s.
Dimensions: 33” H x 30.875” W x 18.4” D
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
20th century Scandinavian teak chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
20th century Scandinavian teak chest of drawers circa 1960.
Good quality piece of mid century Swedish design. Slightly over sailing top surface, with 3 equal proportioned drawers b...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Art Deco Amboyna Burl Wood Commode Attr. Maurice Dufrène 1940s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful 1940s Art Deco chest of drawers attributed to Maurice Dufrène imparts a cosy, glowing mood to any space. The warm amboyna burl wood remains looking healthy and smooth some eighty years later. Gilded carved feet and solid brass handles adorn the front of the commode, and one of the signatures of Maurice Dufrène during his lead at La Maîtrise. This commode feels delightfully modern for the period and charmingly vintage now...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Florence Knoll Mid-Century Modern Black Lacquered Chest of Drawers, Refinished
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern black lacquered three-drawer dresser chest
By Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates
USA, Circa 1970s
Black lacquered walnut, with original ch...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Style Italian Sideboard Made of Solid Wood Murano Glass and Brass
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary Italian sideboard composed of six drawers. Structure made of solid wood lacquered in black with red Murano glass and brass details.
Our main target is customer satisfac...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century English Lingerie Chest by G-Plan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage chest of drawers by G-Plan, featuring the brand’s signature modernist design and quality British craftsmanship. The piece offers streamlined storage with a minimalist aesth...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Bedside Tables / Chests
Located in Bradenton, FL
Sophisticated tailored design in this pair of three drawer chests designed by T. H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb.
Each piece features three deep dovetailed drawers and horizontal ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Hand-Painted Green Malachite and Bakelite Chest
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Hand-painted faux malachite and bakelite chest, circa early 1950s. This extraordinary example has subtly curved black and white bakelite handl...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bakelite, Wood
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