$3,996Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Paint Decorated Continental Demilune Italian Commodes Consoles
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This pair of Continental Italian demilune commodes is a striking example of timeless artistry and elegance. Expertly crafted in a classic demi-lune form, these consoles feature richl...
Walnut
Pair of Italian 19th Century Charles X Period Cherrywood and Marble Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Anne marble commodes. Each four drawer chest in raised elegant ball feet with a beautiful patinated birch foliate wrap around band.
Marble
Early 20th-Century Black Japanned and Gilt Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in London, Park Royal
A beautifully proportioned early 20th-century bureau, richly decorated in the English chinoiserie taste with gilt and polychrome scenes against a deep black-japanned ground. The fal...
Hardwood
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Chippendale Low Boy with Carved Shell & Floral Mahogany C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Made from rich mahogany, this piece showcases the classic claw and ball feet, a hallmark of Chippendale design. The chest is adorned with brass hardware and offers ample storage with...
Mahogany
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Queen Anne Style Carved Mahogany Bonnet Top High Boy C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
This fine antique Queen Anne style bonnet top highboy, crafted from rich mahogany, dates to approximately c1900. The piece exemplifies classic early 20th-century furniture design, fe...
Mahogany
Jacaranda Commode, 18th Century Portuguese
Located in El Monte, CA
A superb 18th century Portuguese chest of drawers in jacaranda with three large drawers.
Jacaranda
Elegant 18th Century Baroque–Rococo Commode, circa 1760
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
This exquisite small commode, dating to around 1760, represents a refined example of the transition between the Baroque and Rococo periods. Crafted from fine walnut and adorned with ...
Brass
Baroque Walnut Commode, Mid-18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant Baroque walnut commode featuring three spacious drawers and compressed ball feet. The gently curved serpentine front is adorned with ornate, asymmetrical fittings. Rounded cr...
Walnut
Spectacular Antique Gustavian Style Painted Gray Commode
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Beautiful 19 th c antique walnut veneer two drawers commode on cabriole legs with ball feet claws. Serpentine front, handcarved apron. Painted gray and gold trim in Gustavian style.
Walnut
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE COMMODE D. JOÃO V 18th Century in ROSEWOOD
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE COMMODE D. JOÃO V 18th Century in rosewood wood, with three drawers and three large drawers. Wavy body, with cut skirts, decorated with shells, windings and pl...
Rosewood
Period Louis XVI Painted Two-Drawer Commode with Gilt Accents
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Period Louis XVI commode, having an ivory-painted finish with gilt accents, two stacked drawers with bronze pulls and escutcheons, flanked by fluted, round styles. Its front and side...
Bronze
Baroque Commode in Walnut with Inlays from Around 1750
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Baroque Commode in Walnut with Inlays from Around 1750 This antique commode impresses with its elegant form typical of the mid-18th century. An original piece in very good condition...
Walnut
Pair French Hand Stitched Leather & Brass Faux Bamboo Commodes by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
The pieces are outfitted with brass faux bamboo legs, brass inset flush mounted drawer pulls and back plates, brass corner moldings and set on stunning brass ball feet. The soldi bra...
Brass
18th Century Italian Walnut Two Drawer Commode with Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian walnut commode from the 18th century with two drawers and tapered legs. Step into the world of Italian craftsmanship with this exquisite 18th-century walnut commode. The w...
Walnut, Burl
Louis XV-Style Cream Serpentine Commode, Painted Wood, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style serpentine commode that contrasts a smooth, scalloped beige faux marble top with a wooden, cream-painted body of undulated drawers with brass pulls and petite, ...
Wood
Timeless Luxury: Blue Sideboard with 28 Murano Jewel & Brass Justfurnituress
By Roberto Giulio Rida
Located in Guazzora, IT
As a designer, it is a pleasure for me to introduce you to the sideboard we have created with Justfurnituress, a piece that embodies the perfect balance between functionality, aesthe...
Brass
French Pine Commode with Turned Legs and Forged Handles
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Robust in presence yet restrained in ornament, this French pine commode from the 1940s is a study in sculptural utility. With softly rounded edges and turned ball feet, it embodies t...
Pine
$10,995
Louis XVI Dutch Commode
Located in Vista, CA
Louis XVI period Dutch commode with central urn and floral carved motif on the drawers flanked by circular rosette hardware with a barley twist round handle. Each drawer has rosettes...
Paint, Wood
18th Century Baroque Style Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Baroque style commode, circa 1750. Various precious wood veneers on solid fir wood. Profile framed passively curved frame on pressed ball feet. In the front two drawers, in...
Wood, Fir
Councill Furniture Chippendale Banded Mahogany Lowboy Dressing or Entry Table
By Councill
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Chippendale style lowboy dresser, buffet server, or entry console table. By Councill Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Mahogany, with satinwood banding, original brass hardwar...
Brass
$5,374Sale Price|22% Off
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Console Half Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This beautiful piece of furniture is a console half cabinet from the Biedermeier period. The semi-cabinet is veneered walnut on a spruce body and also partly made of solid walnut. Th...
Walnut, Spruce
Timeless Luxury: Blue Sideboard with 28 Murano Jewel & Brass Justfurnituress
By Roberto Giulio Rida
Located in Guazzora, IT
As a designer, it is a pleasure for me to introduce you to the sideboard we have created with Justfurnituress, a piece that embodies the perfect balance between functionality, aesthe...
Brass
Vintage Swedish Painted Bombe Commode with Faux Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Swedish painted bombe commode with faux marble top is a wonderful example of meticulous craftsmanship combined with an artistic hand-painted finish! From the four talon and b...
Pine
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Magnificently Carved 18th Century English Mahogany Commode
Located in Milford, NH
A fine mahogany commode with rectangular top with foliate carved border surmounting a case with two over one drawer configuration, foliate and scroll carved apron with center shell d...
Brass
19th Century Portuguese Ornately Carved Rococo Revival Lowboy
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully carved Rococo Revival lowboy with molded edge conforming top surmounting a case with single frieze drawer with ornate brass bird and scroll pulls and escutcheon, except...
Wood
$3,505Sale Price|24% Off
Small Biedermeier Walnut Half Cabinet with Drawer, South Germany circa 1830
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Elegant small Biedermeier half cabinet from Southern Germany, circa 1830. The charming piece is veneered in richly grained walnut on a solid spruce body, displaying the warm tones an...
Walnut, Spruce
18th Century New England Highboy in Cherry with Fan Carving
Located in Milford, NH
A fine two part married cherry highboy in cherry with a molded cornice surmounting an upper case with two over four graduated drawer configuration, and an associated lower case with ...
Brass
Irish Georgian Mahogany Blanket Chest
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular hinged top with molded edge over a conforming case with deep well over a long drawer. The base with two drawers over a central carved scallop shell , raised on cab...
Mahogany
Early 20th century American steamer fitted chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Plain black rexine covered outer body with steel strap work, carrying handles and 4 ball feet. Working lock and 2 original keys, opens to reveal a fully fitted interior.
Oak, Pine
Antique Georgian Period Dovetailed Oak Mule Chest
Located in Forney, TX
The drawers in a mule chest were often used to store slippers called “mules” by the colonists, thus the name mule chest.
Brass, Iron
Late 18th Century Oak Box with Faux Drawers, Handles and Carved Scrolls
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raised on ball feet, this late 18th century oak blanket chest will be a lovely addition to any bedroom or living room.
Brass
18th Century Irish Mahogany Campaign Trunk on Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
The asymmetrical shell at the center of the stand for one and the short quirky ball and claw feet for another. Note the well-carved shells aspects and the punch work carving to give ...
Mahogany
William and Mary Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Brass Pulls, USA
By Henkel Harris, Charak Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
Mahogany William and Mary style chest of six dovetails drawers with original brass teardrop pulls & marvelous canon ball feet.
Brass
Mahogany Cutlery Chest by Walker & Hall, Sheffield
Located in Cheshire, GB
The chest stands on finely carved cabriole legs with acanthus leaf decoration and classic ball and claw feet, reflecting exceptional craftsmanship and period charm.
Silver Plate
Late Regency 19th Century Burr Oak Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful Regency Period burr oak miniature chest having Superbly figured top above two short & three long drawers with Original brass knobs flanked by elegant fluted stiles ra...
Oak
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Boston Chippendale Mahogany 4-Graduated Drawer Bow Front Chest c1800
Located in Big Flats, NY
The chest stands on claw and ball feet, a hallmark of the Chippendale style.
Mahogany
Antique Queen Anne Walnut Secretaire Chest / Escritoire, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
The rear of the central cupboard is a concealed panel that sildes away to reveal four further secret drawers. The base of the chest comprises two half-width drawers above two full ...
Walnut
Baroque Model Tabernacle Chest With Fine Marquetry, Austrian-German, Ca 1760
Located in Vienna, AT
High-quality handcrafted miniature furniture, a detailed replica of a Baroque tabernacle secretary from the original period around 1760: Spruce wood body, veneered with walnut and nu...
Fruitwood, Oak, Walnut
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Top Mounted Chest with Marquetry, circa 1780
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI top-mounted furniture in patina condition Germany (Saxony) Satinwood, mahogany and others Louis XVI around 1780 Dimensions: H x W x D: 203 x 124 x 63 cm Description: Che...
Wood
Irish George II Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Key Features: Irish George II mahogany cabinet chest Shaped swan neck pediment with central raised crest Pair of mirrored cupboard doors with decorative gilt slip moulding Fitted upp...
Mahogany
Chippendale Style Highboy Dresser by Pennsylvania Furniture Co., York PA
Located in Seattle, WA
A finely crafted Chippendale-style highboy dresser by Pennsylvania Furniture Company of York Pennsylvania.This stately chest of drawers features a classic serpentine front with five...
Wood
18th Century Portuguese Walnut Bombe Commode
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
The lower apron is deeply carved and pierced with stylized acanthus leaves, shell motifs, and volutes, flowing into expressive “ball-and-claw” feet — a design element closely associa...
Copper
19th Century Indonesian Lamari Palembang Display Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
The bottom of piece consists of three drawers, each with hand cut dovetail joinery, original metal hardware, drawer fronts with fanciful scrolled jasmine, lotus flower and foliate mo...
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
English Victorian 1870s Tea Caddy with Faux Painted Tortoise Finish and Brass
Located in Atlanta, GA
The concave stepped lid is topped with a petite sphere, echoed by the four petite ball feet on which the box is raised, while the sides are fitted with ring pulls sitting on ornate b...
Brass
18th Century German Walnut Hamburger Schapp Cabinet
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
At the front, a triple-cranked, profiled plinth box on ball feet with a large drawer divided by a central risalit and 2 indicated false drawers.
Oak, Walnut
Shopping for a commode or a chest of drawers?
Commode is the French term for a low chest of drawers, but it is also sometimes used to denote 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.
As time passed, French and British furniture makers led the way in the production of chests of drawers, and features like the integration of bronze and ornamental pulls became commonplace. Antique French commodes in the Louis XV style were sometimes crafted in mahogany or walnut, while an Italian marble top added a sophisticated decorative flourish. This specific type of case piece grew in popularity in the years that followed.
So, what makes a chest of drawers different from a common dresser? Dressers are short, and chests of drawers are overall taller pieces of furniture that typically do not have room on the top for a mirror as most dressers do. Tallboys and highboys are variations of the dresser form. Some chests of drawers have one column of four to six long drawers or three long drawers in their bottom section that are topped by a cluster of small side-by-side drawers on the top. To further complicate things, we sometimes refer to particularly short chests of drawers as nightstands.
Even though chests of drawers are commonly thought of as bedroom furniture to store clothing, these are adaptable pieces. A chest of drawers can house important documents — think of your walnut Art Deco commode as an upgrade to your filing cabinet. Nestle your chest near your home’s front door to store coats and other outerwear, while the top can be a place to drop your handbag. Add some flair to your kitchen, where this lovable case piece can hold pots, pans and even cookbooks.
When shopping for the right chest of drawers for your home, there are a few key things to consider: What will you be storing in it? How big a chest will you need?
Speaking of size, don’t dream too big. If your space is on the smaller side, a more streamlined vintage mid-century modern chest of drawers, perhaps one designed by Paul McCobb or T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, may best suit your needs.
At 1stDibs, we make it easy to add style and storage to your home. Browse our collection of antique and vintage commodes and chests of drawers today.
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