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George I Burr Walnut Bachelor Chest
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The bachelor chest has a walnut and feather banded fold-over top. The rectangular top with fine
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18th Century and Earlier Great Britain (UK) George I Antique Bachelors Chest
Antique George III Mahogany Bachelor’s Chest of Drawers 19th Century, circa 1830
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Antique George III mahogany bachelor’s chest of drawers 19th century, circa 1830
Early 19th
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1830s British George III Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
Antique George III Mahogany Bachelor’s Chest of Drawers 19th Century, circa 1830
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Antique George III mahogany bachelor’s chest of drawers, 19th century, circa 1830
Early 19th
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1830s British George III Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
19th century burr walnut serpentine bachelors chest of drawers commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality walnut serpentine bachelors chest of drawers circa 1880 .
This wonderful burr walnut
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1880s English Regency Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
English Burr Walnut George I Style Bachelors Chest of Drawers
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A charming George I style burr walnut bachelors chest of drawers. With a fold-over top (supported
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Early 20th Century English George I Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
Handsome George III Mahogany Bachelors Chest of Drawers, circa 1770
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
restored. We have waxed her to retain the current patina and finish.
Although the term ‘bachelors chest
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1770s English George III Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
Georgian Bachelor Chest, Circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
This handsome Georgian chest typifies Georgian understated elegance. It has solid oak drawer
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
Georgian Bachelor Chest, Circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
This handsome Georgian chest typifies Georgian understated elegance. It has solid English Oak
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
George II Walnut Bachelor
s Chest
Located in New York, NY
With feather banding throughout the caddy top opening to a veneered surface above three long drawers on later bracket feet, with replaced brasses.
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Bachelors Chest
Small Walnut Early 18th Century Bachelors Chest of Drawers, circa 1710
Located in East Sussex, GB
A Queen Anne period walnut bachelors chest dating from circa 1710. The rectangular top with
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Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
George II Oak Bachelor’s Chest of Small Proportions c. 1740
Located in Heathfield, GB
chests with fold out tops were known as bachelor’s chests because they were small and compact enough for
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18th Century George II Antique Bachelors Chest
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Oak
George I Walnut Veneered Bachelor
s Chest
Located in New York, NY
Of diminutive size, The fold-over top with re-entrant corners opening to reveal a felt writing surface above two short and three long drawers with ring handles terminating in bracket...
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Early 18th Century English George I Antique Bachelors Chest
Queen Anne Period Bachelor
s Chest in Walnut and Walnut Veneer
Located in Quechee, VT
Queen Anne-George I period walnut bachelor's chest with all original parts and with provenance
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18th Century and Earlier English Queen Anne Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
Vintage Bachelor Chest, Solid Walnut, 5 Drawer Dresser, Scotland 1920
Located in Vancouver, BC
Vintage bachelor chest, solid walnut, 5 drawer dresser, Scotland 1920, B2725
Scotland 1920
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1920s Scottish Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
English Serpentine Front 4 Drawer Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
WONDERFUL ENGLISH SMALL BACHELOR'S FOUR DRAWER CHEST IN MAGOGANY AND BURR WALNUT WITH QUARTER
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19th Century English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
Antique Oak Dresser, Vintage Tiger Oak Bachelor Chest, Scotland 1920, H1135
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Oak Dresser, Vintage Tiger Oak Bachelor Chest, Chest of Drawers, Antique Furniture
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1920s Scottish Antique Bachelors Chest
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Oak
Georgian Walnut Bachelor Chest of Drawers. Circa 1730
Located in New York, NY
Fine early Georgian walnut chest of drawers having a rich color and patination. Note the quarter
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18th Century and Earlier British Georgian Antique Bachelors Chest
Small George III Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest of Drawers
Located in Sundridge, GB
with a fine inset boxwood inlay. This chest is of very good colour and patina and has a wax finish.
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1790s English George III Antique Bachelors Chest
A Compact Georgian Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest, 18th Century
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very compact flip top mahogany chest of drawers with original hardware. The case, with split
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
A rare walnut and burr walnut bachelor
s chest
Located in London, GB
The rectangular hinged top with a burr veneered surface within a crossbanded border with herringbone stringing opening to a straight grain veneered surface with conforming crossbandi...
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
Antique Georgian Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest of Drawers c.1810
Located in London, Greenwich
An antique Georgian mahogany chest of five drawers, two short over three long, with the original
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Early 1800s European Georgian Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
George III Figured Mahogany Bachelors Chest of Drawers, English
Located in Richmond, London
A fine George III period chest of drawers of a very desirable small proportion, just 30 inches / 76
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1770s English George III Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
Fine Quality Period Irish Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
The rectangular top above a brushing slide, short top drawers to both sides, faux front top drawer above three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet. Original gilded brasses...
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18th Century and Earlier Irish George II Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
An Early George II Walnut Bachelor
s Chest Of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular hinged top opening to a richly figured bookmatched-veneered surface; the case fitted with four long graduated cockbeaded drawers with featherbanding; raised on bracke...
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
Very Good and Small George II Walnut Bachelors Chest
Located in New York, NY
The feather inlaid top opening to a fully veneered feather inlaid surface above three small and three long drawers, all feather inlaid, above the original bracket feet. This rare exa...
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1730s English George II Antique Bachelors Chest
18th C George II Walnut and Cross - Banded Bachelors Chest
Located in Louisville, KY
rectangular quarter veneered figured walnut top with a cross-banded border; over four similarly styled graduating drawers and raised on bracket feet.
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
A Fine Queen Anne Walnut Bachelor
s Chest of Drawers, c.1710
Located in New York, NY
An exceedingly fine quality piece with superb color and patina. The rectangular folding top feather banded and quarter-veneered being precisely repeated inside, over two short and th...
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Bachelors Chest
18th C George II Inlaid Walnut and Cross-Banded Bachelors Chest
Located in Louisville, KY
featuring a rectangular quarter veneered figured walnut top with a cross-banded border; over four similarly styled graduating drawers and raised on bracket feet. www.TraceMayer.com
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
Teak Campaign chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century teak campaign style bachelors chest of drawers. This piece is rare for its size and
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19th Century Antique Bachelors Chest
Materials
Wood
$3,500
Macassar Ebony Chest
Located in Hudson, NY
bachelors chest - in macassar ebony - three drawers - dressing slide - dust boards between drawers
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1920s American Modern Antique Bachelors Chest
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Macassar
$6,700
English Georgian Chest
Located in Kirkland, WA
English Georgian Bachelor's Chest in Mahogany
This chest features a caddy top and a
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
$8,500
Chippendale Chest of Drawers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Chippendale chest of drawers, (Bachelor’s Chest), birch, with four drawers. The chest is a nice
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18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Antique Bachelors Chest
Italian Walnut Butler’s Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome and small scaled Italian Baroque style butlers' or bachelors chest. The top drawer is
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Bachelors Chest
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Wood
19th Century English Bow Front Georgian Chest of Mahogany
Located in Chamblee, GA
escutcheons. The bachelor's chest is veneered in flame mahogany with crossbanded dustboards and rests on
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19th Century English Antique Bachelors Chest
An English George II Chippendale Mahogany Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
A George II figural mahogany bachelor's chest. The molded edge top with re-entrant corners is over
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
George III 18th Century Period Mahogany Bachelor Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The mahogany chest has a rectangular top above four long graduated oak lined drawers and is fitted
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1770s English Antique Bachelors Chest
Small Biedermeier Chest
Located in Alexandria, VA
There is nothing more useful than a small or bachelor-sized chest. They can fill so many spots
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19th Century Antique Bachelors Chest
$4,400
18th Century Cuban Mahogany George III Period Antique Linen Press Wardrobe
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
clothes brushing slide that pulls our from the front like a bachelors chest. The sliders in the top have
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18th Century British George III Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
English Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English mahogany bachelor's chest, with cross banded top, the four graduated drawers with
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Late 18th Century English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
George III Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A fine late 18th century English mahogany Bachelor's chest of desirable small size, with top
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1780s English George III Antique Bachelors Chest
George III Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
George III bachelor's chest, the two over three drawers with original brass swan neck pulls and
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1810s English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
English George III Inlaid Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
English George III inlaid bachelor's chest, with the top and drawer fronts cross banded and inlaid
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1780s English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
Queen Anne Design Walnut Bachelor’s Chest
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A beautifully figured and constructed walnut bachelor’s chest of Queen Anne design. Evenly faded
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Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Antique Bachelors Chest
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bachelors Chest of Drawers
By Georgian House 1
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
18th century bachelors
This high quality late 1700s, Georgian bachelors chest of drawers is
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Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
19th century serpentine mahogany bachelors chest
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality 19th century mahogany serpentine bachelors chest with brushing slide .
The chest is a
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1880s English Chippendale Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
Antique Mid 19th Century Mahogany American Chippendale Bachelor Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Chippendale style bachelor chest, unbranded. Mahogany, flame mahogany veneers, brass
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Mid-19th Century American Chippendale Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
Antique Circa 1900 Victorian Era Walnut Four-Drawer Bachelor Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Circa 1900 Victorian era bachelor chest, unbranded. Walnut with round wood knobs, smooth
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Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Antique Bachelors Chest
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Brass
Exceptional George I Walnut Bachelor
s Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
This is probably the finest bachelors chest we have handled and is in superb unrestored condition
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Early 18th Century English George I Antique Bachelors Chest
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Walnut
18th Century Small Bachelors Chest of Drawers
Located in Richmond, London
English mid-18th century George II period chest of drawers of rare architectural form and small
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
Fine English 18th Century George III Figured Mahogany Bachelors Chest of Drawers
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Richmond, London
A fine George III period chest of a desirable small proportion.
English, circa 1770.
The
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1770s English Georgian Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
George III Fiddleback Mahogany Small Chest of Drawers, circa 1790
Located in St. Louis, MO
. Dimensionally, it's a bachelor's chest, as seen in the early 18th century walnut examples, and if it had the
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1790s English George III Antique Bachelors Chest
English Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
A wonderful mahogany bachelor's chest that offers function and beauty. Delicate carving frames this
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany, Oak
$7,200
18th Century Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
A wonderfully simple bachelor's chest that comes in two parts. Three full drawers from the bottom
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Oak, Walnut
English Burl Walnut Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Very rare English Bachelor's Chest with a flip-top writing surface All original pulls and feet.
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bachelors Chest
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Burl, Walnut, Oak
18th Century Solid Mahogany English Bachelors Chest with Brushing Slide
Located in Charleston, SC
This handsome 18th century solid mahogany English bachelor’s chest has a one board top over the
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
18th C English Chippendale Mahogany Bachelor
s Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
This mahogany English bachelor's chest was made in the mid-18th century, circa 1760, and has four
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Bachelors Chest
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Mahogany
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Antique Bachelors Chest For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic antique bachelors chest available at 1stDibs. An antique bachelors chest — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique bachelors chest, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique bachelors chest made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique bachelors chest over the years, but those crafted by Paul McCobb are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Antique Bachelors Chest?
Prices for an antique bachelors chest can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $875 and can go as high as $80,305, while the average can fetch as much as $4,800.
Finding the Right Commodes-chests-of-drawers for You
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.
Questions About Antique Bachelors Chest
- What is a bachelor’s chest?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 23, 2019
A bachelor’s chest is a low chest of drawers. Its name comes from the fact that it was originally designed to provide multipurpose storage for a single man with a small living space.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A bachelor’s chest of drawers is a relatively short and shallow chest, usually with three or four drawers. The name refers to their historical use as multi-purpose, space-saving fixtures that are perfect for a bachelor sharing a friend’s flat. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique and modern bachelor’s chests from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024To tell if a chest is antique, first examine its materials and details carefully. An antique chest is one produced 100 years ago or more. This generally predates the use of engineered wood, particleboard, plastics and other synthetic materials. As a result, an antique chest usually features solid wood construction.
In addition, antique chests are likely to be handmade, so you should be able to spot subtle signs that indicate this, such as tool marks and small irregularities in any carvings. If a piece looks flawless and regular, it is unlikely to be antique. Locating a maker's mark and then researching when the manufacturer was active can also help you date your chest. Alternatively, you can use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer to learn more about your chest.
On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of antique chests. - 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify an antique chest of drawers, look inside and beneath drawers and on the back and bottom for any type of maker's marking. Researching these marks using trusted online resources may allow you to determine who produced your chest and roughly date your piece. If your chest is at least 100 years old, it is an antique. Should you be unable to locate the maker's marks, look at the hardware. Rose head nails, one-piece cast brass pommels on the drawer handles and circular rather than hexagonal bolts may all indicate that a piece is an antique. Keep in mind that hardware may have been replaced at some point and that there are many reproductions of antique furnishings. As a result, you may wish to have a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer complete the identification process if you're unable to identify your chest via the maker's markings. Find a range of antique chests of drawers on 1stDibs.
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