Philadelphia Chippendale Walnut Chest
Located in East Aurora, NY
A very nice clean Philadelphia chest with a beautiful mellow aged color and patina to the Walnut.
Walnut
Walnut Chippendale Chest, Pennsylvania, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chippendale walnut chest of drawers, Philadelphia, 1765-1780. Rectangular top above a conforming case with four graduated drawers, flanked by fluted quarter columns, over a mold...
Walnut
Philadelphia Mahogany Four Drawer Low Chest
Located in New York, NY
With a shaped cornice molding above four graduated lipped drawers, the case sits on ogee bracket feet. The case is fit with fluted quarter columns between turned capitals. The seco...
Brass
Small Chippendale Chest, Philadelphia, circa 1780
Located in Providence, RI
The small-scale bureau doesn’t come any smaller than this highly desirable 32 inch wide example, which is desirable because it is serviceable as a bedside bureau, as well as in livin...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 82 in W 39.5 in D 22 in
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Philadelphia Highboy Chest W/ Ball in Claw Feet
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Chippendale Philadelphia style highboy chest on chest by high-quality furniture maker Craftique.
Brass
Unavailable
H 65 in W 41.5 in D 22.25 in
American (Philadelphia) Walnut Chest On Frame With Stocking Feet, Ca. 1750
Located in Free Union, VA
A very handsome antique American chest on frame with three (small) over four (large) drawer upper case with good figuring to the drawer fronts rests on a nicely contoured cabriolet l...
Walnut
Unavailable
H 68 in W 40 in D 22 in
Philadelphia Queen Ann Highboy with Spanish Feet Made of Walnut 18th Century
Located in Allentown, PA
Philadelphia Queen Ann highboy with Spanish feet made of walnut original brass.
Philadelphia Chippendale Figured Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Free Union, VA
A beautifully proportioned four drawer chest of drawers, ca. 1770-1780, of versatile small size, with fluted quarter corner columns resting on ogee bracket feet. The timber of the dr...
Brass
Sold
H 34.26 in W 48.82 in D 23.63 in
Lion Hairy Paw Carved American Federal Philadelphia Chest of Drawers, 1825
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original period circa, 1825 flamed mahogany with Lion hairy paw carved feet American Federal Philadelphia chest of drawers What ca...
Mahogany
American Empire Chest of Drawers, Philadelphia, circa 1830
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
43" wide x 21.5" deep x 43" high A beautiful Philadelphia chest of drawers in the American Empire tradition.
American Walnut Philadelphia Highboy, circa 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
American walnut Philadelphia highboy, circa 1760.
Walnut
American Chippendale Style Mahogany Lowboy, Philadelphia circa 1910
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very finely hand crafted reproduction of the Philadelphia lowboys of the last quarter of the 18th Century, this exquisite piece is the most carefully and authentically crafted repr...
Bronze
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H 30.5 in W 30.5 in L 30.5 in
Diminutive Chippendale Mahogany Chest Adapted From a Larger 18th Century Chest
Located in Milford, NH
A unique diminutive Philadelphia Chippendale style mahogany chest of drawers restored and adapted from a larger 18th century chest.
Mahogany
Sold
H 44 in W 50 in D 24 in
Neo-Classical Philadelphia Federal Chest of Drawers, American, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Chest of drawers has been restored. We replaced and repaired missing or damaged veneers.
Mahogany
Sold
H 42.75 in W 44 in D 23.5 in
Philadelphia Federal Chest of Drawers in Mahogany, American, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Philadelphia federal chest of drawers in mahogany, American, circa 1815.
Mahogany
Sold
H 42.5 in W 42.25 in D 22.75 in
Neoclassical Federal Chest of Drawers from Philadelphia, American, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Re-glued all loose joints, made drawers operable by re-building drawer rails when necessary.
Mahogany
Sold
H 30 in W 35.5 in D 21 in
Philadelphia Centennial Chippendale-Style Lowboy Chest in Mahogany, circa 1870
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A lovely centennial lowboy chest in mahogany in the Chippendale style with six drawers along blockfront, brass pulls & plates, and cabriole legs ending in ball-and-claw feet.
Brass
18th Century Philadelphia Carved Chippendale Lowboy
Located in Milford, NH
A finely carved Chippendale Walnut Philadelphia lowboy with a rectangular molded edge top with pinched front corners surmounting a case with one frieze drawer over three fitted drawe...
Brass
Eldred Wheeler Philadelphia Cherry Highboy with Finial
By Eldred Wheeler
Located in Essex, MA
An Eldred Wheeler Philadelphia highboy with scroll top bonnet with flame and urn finials and carved rosettes. Nicely carved shell and streamers on the top bonnet. Scalloped aprons on...
Mahogany
Bow Front Chest of Drawers, New York or Philadelphia, Circa 1805
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The chest has finely figured mahogany with graduated drawers with line inlaid cut-corner panels.
Mahogany, Poplar
Philadelphia Bowfront Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful bowfront chest from Philadelphia. Featuring original, decorative brass pulls and Ogee bracket feet, this chest is a wonderful example of American craftsmanship.
Brass
Chippendale Philadelphia Mahogany Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
Exceptional Chippendale transitional carved mahogany four drawer chest, with applied molded top above four graduated cockbeaded drawers with figured mahogany fronts, flanked by flute...
Mahogany, Pine
Jonathan Gostelowe Philadelphia Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful graduated four drawer Chippendale chest attributed to Philadelphia cabinetmaker Jonathan Gostelowe. Serpentine front, single board top, original pulls and Ogee bracket fe...
Mahogany
Philadelphia Tiger Maple & Cherry Bowfront Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
In the Hepplewhite manner, a bowfront chest of four graduated
drawers on 'French' feet, of an unusual combination of contrasting
woods: figured maple and cherry. Appro...
Cherry
Classical Mahogany Bow Front Chest with Columns, Philadelphia
By Anthony Gabriel Quervelle
Located in Providence, RI
This is a full scale chest with magnificently figured mahogany. The bow front is quite dramatic, and is further enhanced by flanking stately columns with beautifully carved capitals....
Mahogany
Classical Mahogany Bow Front Chest with Columns, Philadelphia
By Anthony Gabriel Quervelle
Located in Providence, RI
This is a full-scale chest with magnificently figured mahogany. The bow front is quite dramatic, and is further enhanced by flanking stately columns with beautifully carved capitals....
Mahogany
Sold
H 82 in W 39.5 in D 22 in
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Philadelphia Highboy Chest with Ball in Claw Feet
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Chippendale Philadelphia style highboy chest on chest by high-quality furniture maker Craftique.
Brass
Philadelphia Chippendale Bureau
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Chippendale manner mahogany chest of four graduated drawers,
with moulded top edge, reeded quarter columns on its front corners, and the more rare 'padded' ogee bracket feet.
Mahogany
American Philadelphia Chippendale Highboy
Located in Charleston, SC
Philadelphia Highboy with carved shell and foliate top drawer over five drawers and a carved shell and foliate bottom drawer with three he description noted that it was in two parts,...
Mahogany
American Chippendale Chest
Located in Norwalk, CT
Fine Philadelphia Chippendale chest of drawers, made from the finest quality mahogany with the original drawer handles.
Mahogany, Poplar
$2,625Sale Price|30% Off
H 33 in W 38 in D 21 in
Antique American Chippendale Serpentine Mahogany Bachelors Chest of Drawers 38"
Located in Dayton, OH
An American Chippendale Bachelor's Chest or Dresser. Made from mahogany with a rectangular serpentine fronted case with four hand dovetailed drawers and solid brass batwing hardware...
Brass
George III Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
George III mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1780. With a rectangular single board top with thumb molded front and side borders, two top drawers and 3 graduated lower drawers all with...
Brass
19th Century George III Mahogany Chest
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pretty mahogany chest. It has reeded columns .
Mahogany
$22,400Sale Price|30% Off
H 86 in W 46 in D 23 in
18th Century English Mahogany Chippendale Style Chest on Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Thrilled to find this piece! An exceptional 18th century English Chippendale style mahogany chest on stand. Having flame mahogany veneer drawer fronts over solid oak, the body of so...
Brass
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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