Antique French Louis Philippe Marble Top & Gold Bronze Flamed Mahogany Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis Philippe Style Marble Top & Gold Bronze Flamed Mahogany Commode, Circa 1880-1890.
Marble, Bronze
French 19th C. Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Carrera Marble Top Chest / Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
This Louis Philippe commode is a classic 19th-century style chest of drawers known for its simple elegance and functional design. It features four spacious drawers, each fitted with ...
Carrara Marble
Flame Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Commode with Rouge Griotte By Molitor
By Molitor
Located in Stamford, CT
A superbly crafted French Empire commode with Rouge Griotte marble top by Molitor.
Mahogany
19thC Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Commode with Gray Marble and Bracket Feet
Located in Houston, TX
An elegant French Louis Philippe period commode crafted in richly figured flame mahogany, showcasing the warmth and restraint that define the best furniture of the mid-19th century.
Marble
French 19th Century Empire Flame Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
An elegant 19th-century French Empire commode crafted in richly figured flame mahogany veneer.
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
This elegant 19th-century Louis Philippe commode is beautifully crafted in richly figured flame mahogany veneer, showcasing the warm tones and exceptional grain characteristic of the...
Bronze
Flame Mahogany French Chest of Drawers, C. 1840
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This Chest of Drawers, or “commode à doucine,” was constructed during the reign of Louis Philippe (1830-1848) in stunning flamed mahogany. It features four drawers, including a curve...
Wood
French Empire Flame Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This French Empire, Flame Mahogany chest of drawers features four graduated drawers with bookmatched mahogany veneer panels, fitted with original gilt bronze ring pulls decorated wit...
Marble, Bronze
$5,900
French Empire Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Empire flame mahogany commode with Carrara marble.
Carrara Marble
$3,699Sale Price|30% Off
Louis-Philippe Chest of Drawers in Flamed Mahogany
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This 3 drawers chest of drawers is made of flamed mahogany. This is a French work from Louis-Philippe period. Circa 1820
Wood
Restoration Period Chest of Drawers in Flame Mahogany Veneer, 19th Century
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Restoration period chest of drawers in flame mahogany veneer. It has 5 drawers with original bronze locks and handles (1 key available). Gray marble top. Some veneer chips that may n...
Marble
French Louis Philippe Period Commode in Flamed Mahogany
Located in Charleston, SC
Fine and very Parisian Louis Philippe period commode with a bookmatched flamed mahogany veneer on oak. Original handsome Sainte-Anne marble top with round edges. Featuring four fitte...
Marble
19th French Empire commode in mahogany flame
Located in Paris, FR
19th French Empire commode in mahogany flame with beautiful gilt bronze four drawers gray marble
Unavailable
H 36 in W 51 in D 24 in
French Empire Flame Mahogany Five-Drawer Napoleonic Commode, circa 1820
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a very fine quality early 19th century, French Empire period flame mahogany five-drawer Napoleonic Commode, retaining its original black fossil marble top and original handle...
Marble
Unavailable
H 35 in W 51 in D 22.5 in
French Empire Period Flame Grain Mahogany Commode Chest with Black Marble Top
Located in Wells, ME
French Empire period commode (chest) in matched flame grain mahogany, Egyptian caryatid columns with ormolu head and feet, swan ormolu mount to lower frieze, laurel leaf escutcheons ...
Marble, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 36.03 in W 50.79 in D 23.04 in
Early 19th Century Restauration Period Flame Mahogany Commode with Ormolu Handle
Located in London, GB
Four long drawers under a Belgian black fossil marble top. The bottom three drawers with finely incised gilt bronze ring handles and escutcheons decorated with flowers and honeysuckl...
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
19th Century, French Empire Flame Mahogany Chest
Located in London, GB
A 19th century, French empire flame mahogany chest of four drawers. The lower three drawers recessed and all supported on fluted feet.
Wood
Unavailable
H 38 in W 50.5 in D 22.5 in
French Louis XVII Period Chest in Flame Mahogany and Marble-Top
Located in Charleston, SC
Beautiful and authentic early 19th century commode in "French polished" flame mahogany veneer on oak.
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 34.26 in W 50.4 in D 18.12 in
Early 19th Century Empire Flame Mahogany and Marble Chest of Drawer
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
French Empire commode, early 19th century. Flame mahogany, marble, bronze details, with three working keys and four drawers.
Marble, Bronze
French Flame Mahogany Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French mahogany marble-top commode with flame mahogany veneer drawer fronts, circa 1870.
Mahogany
19th Century French Commode
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Beautiful 19th Century (1850) French flame mahogany commode with original and finely cast bronze mounts and pulls.
Sold
H 33.75 in W 50.4 in D 22.96 in
Antique 19th Century French Flame Mahogany & Brass Handled Marble Topped Commode
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A beautiful 19th century French flame mahogany commode from the victorian period.
Marble
French 19th Century Flame Mahogany Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An excellent slab of charcoal and white marble tops the exceptional flame mahogany body. A hidden drawer without hardware, sits flush at the top of the commode.
Stone, Marble, Brass
French Empire Flame Mahogany Marble Top Commode
Located in North York, ON
Exquisite detailed piece of Fine French Empire furniture, this piece has its original warm deep patina and black marble top, apron drawer, original locks and keys and brass mounts.
Marble
19th Century French Commode, Flamed Mahogany, Black Marble Top
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This wonderful commode is made of flamed mahogany and it has its original black marble top.
Marble
Restauration Period Commode In Flamed Mahogany
Located in BARSAC, FR
Sublime Restauration Period chest of drawers in flamed mahogany on all sides, topped with black granite marble. Opening four drawers. Exceptional facade treated in symmetrical doub...
Mahogany
Spectacular Antique French Flame Mahogany L. Philippe Commode
Located in Highwood, IL
Extraordinary antique French book-matched crotch mahogany Louis Philippe 4 drawer commode retaining its original heavily veined marble top. The richness of the wood sets this commode...
French Empire, Small Commodes, Flame Mahogany, Brass, USA, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
French Empire, Commodes or Chests of Drawers, Flame Mahogany, Brass, 1940s Pair of bedside cabinets or commodes in the French Empire style.
Brass
Sold
H 37 in W 44.25 in D 22.25 in
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Commode from nice France. Made of Flam Mahogany, with a veined gray Saint Anne marble top slab, the wood has been finished with a lustrous French p...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 35.5 in W 50.75 in D 25.25 in
Impressive Antique Flame Mahogany French Empire Commode with Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Period French empire gorgeous flame mahogany commode with beautiful escutcheons and knobs and original marble top, circa early 19th century
Marble
Fine Quality 19th Century Flame Mahogany Commode
Located in Benington, Herts
An exceptionally fine quality flame mahogany breakfront French commode chest of drawers decorated with superb ornate ormolu mounts and banding.
Mahogany
Sold
H 35.5 in W 51.25 in D 21.75 in
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Marble Top Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Commode from nice France. Made of Flame Mahogany, with a Black marble top, the wood has been finished with a lustrous French polish, it has four dr...
Marble, Bronze
Fine Pair of French Period Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Commodes
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Louis Philippe chests of drawers on conical feet. The body with rounded corners and three drawers with flamed mahogany veneer and slightly protruding cornice. The tops are wh...
Mahogany
Sold
H 28.88 in W 28.38 in D 16.5 in
Small French Chest of Drawers or Bedside Commode of Flame Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French small chest of drawers or bedside cabinet of flame mahogany, featuring a shaped top over a frieze of four drawers with key - with beautiful veneers for the top, sides, ...
Brass, Metal
Sold
H 34 in W 46 in D 21.5 in
Fine French Empire Flame Mahogany Commode with Bronze Carytids, Circa 1880
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Absolutely gorgeous design and elements. Look at the condition of the wood. Notice the beautiful Marble top. Flame Mahogany. Brass figural accents. Claw foot. 3 drawers. Measures: 34...
Bronze
Pair of Late 19th Century Flame Mahogany Petits Commodes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of late 19th century flame mahogany French petits commodes, each of breakfront form with two wide drawers with ring handles on slender cabriole legs, with a shaped marble top.
Mahogany
Sold
H 36.62 in W 52.37 in D 22.45 in
1850 French Louis Philippe Flamed Mahogany Chest of Drawers Commode Marble Top
By Louis Philippe
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer a stunning 1850 French Louis Philippe flamed mahogany marble-topped commode chest of drawers A very ornate piece, the flamed mahogany has a stunning pati...
Marble
Sold
H 34.5 in W 47.25 in D 21.75 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI Flame Mahogany Carrara Marble Top Chest / Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Commode from France. Made of solid mahogany, with a Carrara marble top, the wood has been finished with a lustrous French polish, it has three drawers a...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique Louis Philippe-Style Flame Mahogany Commode Circa 1840
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French mahogany Louis Philippe-style commode, with the drawer fronts dramatically veneered in flame mahogany, with its original marble top, circa 1840.
Marble
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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