Mahogany Hepplewhite Serpentine Chest of Drawers, England, Circa 1770
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An 18th century George III period mahogany Serpentine Chest, having well figured and cross banded top above four long drawers with original brass handles.
Mahogany
Mahogany Hepplewhite Chest Drawers Serpentine
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers with Hepplewhite influences.
Mahogany, Rosewood
Antique 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany serpentine Chest.
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th Century Hepplewhite period figured mahogany serpentine Chest having book-matched, ebony strung & satinwood banded top above 2 short & 2 long rosewood cockbeaded draw...
Mahogany
$13,018Sale Price|26% Off
Edwards and Roberts Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Cheshire, GB
Edwards and Roberts serpentine chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite taste.
Wood
$2,185 / item
Large Burled Hepplewhite Chest
Located in Annville, PA
This high quality, serpentine front Large Burled Hepplewhite Chest with dovetailed drawers is manufactured using plantation grown mahogany solids and hand selected burled veneers all...
Mahogany
George III Mahogany, Kingwood, and Satinwood Serpentine Commode, circa 1785
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine circa 1785 English George III period Hepplewhite style three-drawer commode of serpentine form having exquisitely grained crotch mahogany veneers with kingwood crossbanding an...
Brass
Fine 18th Century Hepplewhite Period Serpentine Harewood Commode
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th century Hepplewhite period harewood commode, green boxwood strung and padouk wood crossbanded throughout, having serpentine top with padouk wood central inlaid oval ...
Boxwood, Padouk, Yew, Harewood
$5,535Sale Price|25% Off
1740’s King George III Flame Mahogany Rosewood and Tulipwood Chest of Drawers
Located in Louisville, KY
This is perhaps one of our favorite pieces and one of the most sophisticated and uniquely finished chests from the mid 18th century. An English - King George III, Hepplewhite flame m...
Mahogany, Rosewood, Tulipwood
American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with Civil War Provenance
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a FANTASTIC and HISTORIC Early 19C American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with OUTSTANDING Provenance.
Brass
$2,175 / item
Mahogany Hepplewhite Chest
Located in Annville, PA
An excellent quality Mahogany Hepplewhite Chest with serpentine shaped front, dovetailed drawers and solid brass handles.
Mahogany
Hepplewhite-Style Mahogany Sideboard with Brass Gallery
Located in GB
Popular pieces: Hepplewhite is credited with popularizing the sideboard and short chest of drawers, as well as creating graceful four-poster beds.
Mahogany
Hepplewhite Period Satinwood Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Poole, GB
An outstanding figured satinwood, tulipwood inlaid and mahogany, serpentine chest of four long drawers. The top with line and chequered line inlay, and wide banding of tulipwood, abo...
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Unavailable
H 32.49 in W 44.1 in D 24.61 in
George III Period Hepplewhite Serpentine Mahogany Inlaid Gentlemen's Chest
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The mahogany serpentine shaped top is cross banded with kingwood and boxwood stringing with the top drawer being fitted with the original brushing slide. The four long graduated draw...
Unavailable
H 48.04 in W 42.52 in D 23.23 in
Rare Georgian Serpentine-Front Mahogany Chest of Drawers, c. 1800
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
Discover a rare gem of Georgian craftsmanship with this stunning serpentine-front mahogany chest of drawers, dating to circa 1800. Predating the more common George IV pieces, this ch...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 38.25 in W 37 in D 22 in
Walnut Hepplewhite Commode or Chest with Serpentine Front, circa 1790-1810
Located in Providence, RI
This compelling bureau has the advantages of (one) being 37 inches wide—which is on the smaller side and (two) being composed of walnut, which is far less common than mahogany. It is...
Serpentine
Unavailable
H 41 in W 39.5 in D 19 in
Hepplewhite Mahogany, Birch Inlaid Chest of Drawers, New Hampshire, circa 1815
Located in Providence, RI
This is an interesting chest with the full complement of inlays seen on the highly developed school of Portsmouth chests that usually have French feet. (See image below from Levy’s i...
Birch, Mahogany
Unavailable
H 40.5 in W 46 in D 23.75 in
Hepplewhite Mahogany Serpentine Bureau, Providence, RI Attributed to Rawson, Sr
Located in Providence, RI
This serpentine bureau relates to a chest of drawers made by Joseph Rawson, Sr. providence, 1806, illustrated in the Rawson family of cabinetmakers from antiques magazine, July 1980....
Serpentine
Unavailable
H 31.75 in W 39 in D 23 in
Superb Quality Serpentine Shaped Satinwood Gentleman's Dressing Chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
A late 18th century (circa 1790) superb quality serpentine shaped satinwood gentleman's dressing chest (or chest of drawers). This fine example consists of a finely figured satinw...
Satinwood
Late 18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Four Drawer Chest
Located in South Croydon, GB
An 18th century Mahogany Hepplewhite Period four drawer Serpentine Chest of drawers.
Mahogany
American Federal Serpentine Mahogany Commode
Located in Woodbury, CT
A specimen American Hepplewhite / William Whitehead 'school' chest of drawers; its pine secondary woods suggests a Charleston, South Carolina origin.
Brass
Hepplewhite Style Inlaid Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Hepplewhite style, inlaid mahogany, serpentine fronted chest of drawers, circa 1850.
Boxwood, Mahogany
Hepplewhite Style Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality American Hepplewhite style inlaid mahogany chest of drawers of serpentine form, the well-figured top with a boxwood inlaid edge above 4 graduated drawers each with lin...
Mahogany
18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany serpentine Chest.
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th Century Hepplewhite period figured mahogany serpentine Chest having book-matched, ebony strung & satinwood banded top above 2 short & 2 long rosewood cockbeaded draw...
Mahogany
Hepplewhite Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good mahogany Hepplewhite chest, the inlaid serpentine top over four graduated inlaid and crossbanded drawers ending in French feet, circa 1790-1810.
Mahogany
Mahogany Inlaid Serpentine Four-Drawer Hepplewhite Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Early 20th century flame mahogany serpentine bachelors chest. Classic polished brass oval drawer pulls with a mahogany pull-out tray top. The drawers are surrounded with a light sati...
Mahogany, Satinwood
George III (Hepplewhite) Serpentine Mahogany Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
George III (Hepplewhite) Serpentine Banded Mahogany Chest with slide and outflaring french feet.
Antique English Hepplewhite Chest of Drawers circa 1810-1820
Located in Peabody, MA
An English Hepplewhite chest of two drawers over four graduated drawers in walnut with serpentine skirt and ebony inlaid crosshead.
Ebony, Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 18th Century, Georgian Hepplewhite Period Mahogany Chest, Of Elegant Serpentine Form, Having Well Figured Top Over Three Long Drawers, With Replacement Brass Hand...
Mahogany
Sold
H 37.5 in W 45.25 in D 23.5 in
19th Century Hepplewhite Style Serpentine Mahogany Chest with String Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Hepplewhite style mahogany serpentine chest with three drawers, string inlay, cross-banding, splayed legs and shaped apron.
Mahogany
18th Century Hepplewhite period Mahogany Serpentine Chest
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century figured mahogany serpentine chest of drawers having boxwood strung top above brushing slide and three graduated cockbeaded drawers, supported on spayed bracket fe...
Boxwood, Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Commode Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An exceptional quality late 18th century mahogany commode, Or chest of drawers, of elegant serpentine bombe form having Superbly figured and crossbanded top over three mahogany Li...
Mahogany
Antique 18th Century English Mahogany Serpentine Chest with Satinwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 18th century English mahogany Serpentine chest with cross-banded satinwood inlay, Hepplewhite Design.
Mahogany, Satinwood
Fine George III Mahogany Serpentine Chest, ca 1780's
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine George III (Hepplewhite) mahogany serpentine four drawer chest with rosewood crossbanding, fitted interior drawer on french feet.
Antique Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Commode
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality George III period mahogany serpentine commode having well figured top above two inlaid cupboard doors enclosing interior fitted with slides and drawer raised on elegan...
Mahogany
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H 34.5 in W 41 in D 22.5 in
Antique Hepplewhite Bow Front Mahogany English Chest of Drawers Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th century Hepplewhite bow front mahogany English chest of drawers dresser.
Brass
Pair of Hepplewhite Serpentine 1940s American Dressers
By Kaplan Furniture
Located in New York, NY
A highly sought after set of two matching Hepplewhite wavy front chest of drawers of Mahogany with satinwood and rosewood lines inlays and ringed aged brass pulls. Four large drawer...
Brass
Sold
H 34.5 in W 37.25 in D 22.25 in
Antique English George III Hepplewhite Style Flame Mahogany Serpentine Chest
By George Hepplewhite
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fabulous and rare antique English George III PERIOD flame or bookmatched figured mahogany Hepplewhite style serpentine chest of drawers Oval ormolu brasses are antique.
Mahogany
Sold
H 37.5 in W 40.75 in D 21.5 in
Late 18th Century American Hepplewhite Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A handsome Federal period bureau in figured mahogany with string-inlay. The serpentine form is taken from plate 76 b in George Hepplewhite’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide...
Mahogany
Fine Serpentine Hepplewhite 4 Drawer Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality Hepplewhite period figured mahogany chest, the shaped top above 4 graduated serpentine front drawers supported on French feet, circa 1790.
Mahogany, Oak
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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