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Empire Chest of Drawers, Germany, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Empire chest of drawers standing on carved and partly gold-patinated paw feet with three drawers
Category
Early 19th Century German Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Cherry
Danish Empire Chest of Drawers, C. 1810
Located in Kastrup, DK
Danish empire chest of drawers in elm wood.
Four drawers, the top drawer with a maple inlaid panel
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Elm, Mahogany, Maple, Satinwood
Late Empire Chest of Drawers in Polished Mahogany, 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
Beautiful Late Empire chest of drawers in polished mahogany from circa 1840s. The chest is in great
Category
1840s Danish Other Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Chest of Drawers, Probably Austria, circa 1810
Located in Greding, DE
Empire chest of drawers on tapered feet, with partly blackened and gilded caryatid busts on pointed
Category
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Walnut
Empire Chest of Drawers Napoleon III France Early 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire chest of drawers
Napoleon III
France early 19th century
Mahogany and mahogany feather
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Chest with Black Marble Top
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a beautiful 19th Century French Empire chest with a black marble top. The French Empire
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
19th Century Danish Late Empire Chest of Drawers in Elm Veneer
Located in Kastrup, DK
Danish late Empire chest of drawers in elm veneer, ebonized top and front inserts. Dating
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Elm
19th Century French Mahogany Empire Chest, around 1810
Located in Berlin, DE
This beautiful 19th century French Empire chest was made around 1810.
The corpus is made out of
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Brass
Period Empire Chest of Drawers in Walnut
Marble
Located in Round Top, TX
Period Empire Chest of Drawers in Walnut. This is a beautiful piece with the original hand-cut
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
Small Empire Chest of Drawers. Denmark, c. 1820
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
29 1/2" wide x 17 1/2"deep x 32 3/4" high
From the reign of Frederic VI, this fine Empire Chest
Category
19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Empire Chest of Drawers in Mahogany Veneer, 19th century Napoleon III RESTAURED
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire chest of drawers in mahogany veneer, 19th century
Three drawers plus one under the gray
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Biedermeier/Empire Chest of Drawers in Birch, c. 1825
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A fine Biedermeier or Empire Chest in birch with the first of three graduated drawers offering
Category
19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Empire Chest
Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Empire mahogany chest of drawers with bronze hardware, 19th century.
Category
1830s European Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Bronze
$1,750
Empire Chest or Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Continental Empire walnut and burl walnut chest of drawers or desk, circa 1825.
Category
1820s European Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Brass
$2,500
Pair of Empire Chest of Drawers in walnut wood Early 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of French Empire chest of drawers in walnut wood
Early 19th century
Dimensions:
H 108 cm x
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Wood
Black Ebonized French Empire Chest of Drawers Silver-Plated Fitting, Marble Top
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique ebonized Empire chest of drawers with silver-plated bronze fittings and original black
Category
1830s French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble, Silver, Bronze
19th Century French Cherry Empire Chest of Drawers / Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Empire chest hand-built in France in the early 1800s using cherry and pegged construction. This is
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Cherry
19th Century French Empire Chest of Drawer With Marble Top
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French Empire chest of drawers presents a refined balance of craftsmanship and
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
Continental Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Continental Empire walnut and beechwood chest of drawers, circa 1825.
Category
1820s European Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Beech, Walnut
French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome Empire Period four drawer commode or chest of drawers with highly figural mahogany
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Chest, Circa 1820
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A six drawer chest flanked by caryatid busts on tapering pilasters.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Empire Chest of Drawers, 1820s
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Empire men’s / high chest with four drawers. Wooden buttons instead of the original fittings
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Wood, Oak
Danish Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A Danish Empire mahogany and fruitwood commode, circa 1820s, the rectangular top with a bow-front
Category
1820s Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Danish Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A good Danish Empire mahogany and fruitwood commode, First Quarter 19th Century, the rectangular
Category
19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany, Fruitwood
French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers or “commode” made of flamed mahogany in the French Empire style. This piece has
Category
1910s French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Petite Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Petite chest of drawers from France made of flamed Cuban mahogany with four dovetailed drawers and
Category
1880s French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Chest in Mahogany with Marquetry Inlay
Located in Kastrup, DK
This elegant Empire chest, crafted in Cuban mahogany, showcases a stunning wood grain pattern. The
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Chest of Drawers in Mahogany Curved Front From 1820
s
Located in Lejre, DK
An Empire chest of drawers in polished mahogany with a curved front from around the 1820s is a
Category
1820s Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Empire Chest of Drawers / Dresser in Bleached Walnut
Located in Carmine, TX
Empire chest of drawers hand-made in Italy in the early 1800s using walnut. The dresser features
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Walnut
Small Empire Chest of Drawers in Cuban Mahogany, Denmark, circa 1810
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very lovely small Empire chest in mahogany with satinwood inlays, ebonized details and brass
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Brass
Antique Biedermeier Viennese Empire Chest, circa 1810
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and truly magnificent antique Viennese Biedermeier Empire chest, circa 1810 in date
Category
1810s German Antique Empire Chest
19th C. Italian Walnut Empire Chest of Drawers with Walnut Veneer
Located in Carmine, TX
Empire chest of drawers hand-made in Italy in the early 1800s using walnut, and decorated with
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Chest
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unusually-small, French flame mahogany four-drawer chest, or commode, with beautiful brass plate
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Brass
$2,450
Empire Chest with Gilt Bronze Caryatids
Located in Dallas, TX
Empire mahogany chest, with gilt bronze caryatids "supporting" top both right and left, diamond
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
Empire Chest of Drawers in Mahogany
Located in New York, NY
Swedish mahogany chest of drawers amde during the Karl Johan period 1820-1830. Simple carvings on
Category
19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Empire style chest of drawers with swan bronze detail, four dovetailed drawers, and
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Bronze
Tall Danish Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A Danish Empire tall chest of drawers, Circa 1820, the stepped top with a demi-lune plinth above
Category
19th Century Danish Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany, Fruitwood
Pair of Empire Chests of Drawers with Fire-Gilt Fittings, Italy Early 19th Cent.
Located in Greding, DE
This pair of Empire chest of drawers showcases three drawers, accompanied by lateral columns
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Made of mahogany wood this chest contains four (4) large drawers fitted with bronze hardware
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Black Empire Chest of Drawers with 3 Drawers, around 1800
Located in Berlin, DE
Crafted around 1800, the Early 19th Century Black Empire Chest of Drawers with Three Drawers
Category
Early 1800s German Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Pine, Paint
Empire Chest of Drawers, Baltics, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Two-drawered chest of drawers with bronze fittings on black base, veneered with Karelian birch. The
Category
1820s Baltic Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Birch
19th Century Petite French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Diminutive French Empire mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1820, with a superb mellow patina, the
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
American Empire Chest of Drawers, Philadelphia, circa 1830
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Empire tradition. Chest is very well executed utilizing exceptional mahogany veneers and the traditional
Category
19th Century American Empire Antique Empire Chest
19th Century Walnut Empire Chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
Discover the elegance and grandeur of the 19th Century with this Walnut Empire Commode. It is a
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Walnut
Antique Empire Chest of Drawers, Western Europe, circa 1880
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique Empire style chest of drawers from the end of the 19th century.
Dimensions: height 85 cm
Category
1880s Belgian Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Empire Chest With Black Columns
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This tall, handsome chest is so beautiful. Would look great in any room.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Wood
18th c. Danish Mahogany Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in San Marino, CA
1820 Mahogany chest having three drawers with angel detailed inlay on center drawer. Natural
Category
18th Century and Earlier Dutch Colonial Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Sleek Pair of Continental Empire Chests of Drawers
Located in Westport, CT
A fine pair of mahogany veneer chest comprised of three drawers finishing on high straight tapered
Category
1820s German Neoclassical Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Mahogany
$24,800 / set
Empire Chest of Drawers, Prob. Altona / Hamburg, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Four drawered Empire commode with gilt caryatids and green paw feet. The top drawers slightly
Category
1820s German Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique Danish Empire Chest of Drawers, ca. 1810
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish empire commode ca. 1810.
This amazing rustic oak dresser was made in Denmark
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Empire Chest with Bronze Ormalou
Located in New Orleans, LA
It’s all in the details. The bronze escutcheons and ornamental pieces are the jewels gracing this flame walnut commode. A beautiful piece to come home to.
Category
19th Century European Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Bronze
Antique Rosewood Empire Chest of Drawers with Vanity Mirror
By Biedermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
Biedermeier design, influenced by the Empire era. This remarkable Biedermeier dresser exhibits an exquisite
Category
Early 1900s American Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Rosewood
Early 19th Century French Empire Chest Of Drawers with Columns and Paw Feet
Located in Greven, DE
Empire chest of drawers with paw feet
France
Walnut
early 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 92
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
Empire chest of drawers, Western Europe, circa 1870. After restoration.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers from the second half of the 19th century.
Stunning mahogany wood with
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century Empire Chest with Painted Faux Marble Top
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Empire 3 Drawers Chest with Painted Faux Marble Top, Early 19th Century
Hand carved, hand painted
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Wood
19th Century Empire Chest of Drawers, Cherry, France, circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Antique cherry wood chest of drawers with columns
France
Cherry tree
around 1830
Dimensions: H x
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Cherry
19th Century Italian Empire Chest of Drawers in Bleached Walnut
Located in Carmine, TX
Chest of drawers hand-made in Italy in the early 1800s using cherry and pegged construction. The
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Empire Chest
Materials
Walnut
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Antique Empire Chest For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique empire chest for your home. An antique empire chest — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique empire chest — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right antique empire chest, those designed in Empire, Neoclassical and Louis XVI styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique empire chest over the years, but those crafted by Emile Puiforcat, Empire Furniture and Boston Wharf Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Antique Empire Chest?
The average selling price for an antique empire chest at 1stDibs is $4,914, while they’re typically $568 on the low end and $95,000 for the highest priced.
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 Empire Chest
- 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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