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19th Century Tall Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century tall burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1870. Fine quality Swedish made chest of
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Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Antique Burr Walnut Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
This tall antique burr walnut bow fronted chest of drawers is exceptional quality and also in great
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1910s English Edwardian Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Tall 19th century elm secretaire chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Tall 19th century elm secretaire chest of drawers circa 1870. We are pleased to offer this
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Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Tall Chest

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Elm

Antique Burr Walnut Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique tall slim chest of drawers in burr walnut, sitting on solid walnut cabriole
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Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Antique Chest on Chest of Drawers, English, Tall Boy, Mahogany, circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique chest on chest of drawers, an English, late Georgian tall boy in mahogany and
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

French Chest Drawers Antique Tall Boy Inlay, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous antique French chest - or tall boy - with six drawers Features a marble top and a
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1880s Antique Tall Chest

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Other

19THC ORIGINAL GREY PAINTED TALL N.E. ONE DRAWER BLANKET CHEST
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL GREY PAINTED NEW ENGLAND ONE DRAWER BLANKET CHEST. THIS CHEST IS SQUARE NAIL
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19th Century American Antique Tall Chest

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Wood

French Semanier Chest of Drawers Tall Boy 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality French Mahogany Chest of Drawers or semanier This Chest of Drawers Features 7 Graduated
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1860s Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

French Art Deco Tall Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ART DECO WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS An exceptional style and quality French Art Deco chest of drawers
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Tall Art Nouveau Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique chest of drawers in fruit-wood. The two middle drawers have bowed drawer fronts to
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19th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Tall Chest

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Fruitwood

19th Century English Rosewood Bank of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
shells, coins or archaeological finds etc. Taller chests of this sort with a single bank of drawers are
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19th Century Antique Tall Chest

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Rosewood

Antique Swedish Pine Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
This antique pine chest of drawers or "highboy" has 6 drawers, providing ideal storage in a narrow
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Tall Chest

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Wood

19th Century Tall 6 Drawer Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Tall 6 Drawer Oak Chest of Drawers This is a Superb Oak Chest of Drawers it is
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19th Century Adam Style Antique Tall Chest

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Oak

19th C. New England Tall Original Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very unusual, lift-top, stand-up blanket chest in the form of an Empire chest of drawers was
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19th Century American Adirondack Antique Tall Chest

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Pine

American Mahogany Tall Case Satinwood Inlaid Chest . Circa 1790
By A. Belokopytoff
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany two over five graduated drawer chest with Satinwood string inlay, carved
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1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Tall Chest

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Brass

19th Century Mahogany Tall Six Drawer Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late George III mahogany chest, circa 1810. Good color and patina. Dentil frieze. Six
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

Antique Tall Pine Chest of Drawers Highboy from Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique 19th century Swedish pine highboy chest of paneled drawers. Notice how the top drawer sits
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Tall Chest

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Wood, Pine

Empire Semainier Chest of Drawers Painted Tall Boy 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire semainier - or tall boy Semainier refers to the fact that
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1880s Empire Antique Tall Chest

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Marble

Empire Semainier Chest of Drawers Painted Tall Boy 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire semainier - or tall boy Semainier refers to the fact that
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1880s Empire Antique Tall Chest

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Marble

18th Century Tall French Seven Drawer Chest by Conrad Mauter
By Conrad Mauter
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century tall French seven drawer chest by important Paris cabinetmaker Conrad Mauter (Maître
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Late 18th Century French Antique Tall Chest

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Bronze

Gothic Revival Oak Medieval Knight Cabinet Server Chest
Located in Toledo, OH
A handsome Gothic Revival oak knights cupboard, server or tall chest. This piece is breath taking
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Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique Tall Chest

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Oak

19th French Century Painted Wood Chiffonier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century painted wood chiffonnier (six-drawer tall chest) with fluted side posts and
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19th Century French Antique Tall Chest

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Wood

Mid-19th Century Tall Black Swedish 4 Drawer Gustavian Chest
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th Century chest of drawers painted in black. This classic Gustavian commode or dresser is a
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Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Antique Tall Chest

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Brass

Tall Swedish Chest in Pine with Six Drawers, circa 1870
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
The finest Scandinavian pine from the Gründerzeit epoch. A charming chest of drawers in scrubbed
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Late 19th Century Swedish Belle Époque Antique Tall Chest

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Pine

Antique Tall Hardwood Military Campaign Chest of Drawers, circa 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
halfway between a tall boy and a normal campaign chest, a very functional and utilitarian piece We have
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1860s English Campaign Antique Tall Chest

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Hardwood

Antique Pair French Louis XV Chiffonier Marble Kingwood Tall Lingerie Chests
Located in Portland, OR
A fine Pair of antique 19th century French, Louis XV 'Semainiers', tall Lingerie marble topped
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tall Chest

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Superb Quality Early 19th Century Tall Mahogany Bowfront Chest of Drawers
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality early 19th century tall mahogany bowfront chest of drawers, having a lovely
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Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

Irish Mahogany Brass Mounted Tall Campaign Chest by Ross and Co.
By Ross Co. Dublin
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Irish mahogany seven drawer Campaign chest in two parts, the top with whale's tail brass inlaid
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Mid-19th Century Irish Campaign Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

George I Tall Boy Chest of Drawers Highboy Oyster Walnut 1720
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a sumptuous Georgian period walnut highboy chest of drawers Such a classic piece of
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1720s George I Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Tall French Art Deco Walnut Chest of Drawers in the Neoclassical Style
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A tall French Art Deco walnut chest of drawers in the neoclassical style This is a French
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Early 20th Century French Classical Roman Antique Tall Chest

Antique English Geo. IV Tulipwood Inlaid Tall Figured Mahogany Bow-Front Chest
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare and fine antique English George IV tulipwood tall inlaid mahogany bow-front chest of drawers
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Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany, Tulipwood

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Tall Mahogany Gentleman s Chest of Drawers
Located in Birmingham, AL
A handsome early 19th century French Louis XVI style chiffonier or tall gentleman's chest, circa
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1810s French Louis XVI Antique Tall Chest

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Carrara Marble, Brass

Tall Antique French Chest of Drawers Renaissance Revival Carved Oak c. 1880s
Located in Tyler, TX
EXQUISITE 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Chest of Drawers ~~c. 1880s This is
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1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Tall Chest

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Oak

Tall Antique 19thC French Louis XVI Semainier Mahogany Marble Chest Drawers 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine tall antique French Louis XVI style seven drawer mahogany chest of drawers or Semainier
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Tall Chest

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Marble, Brass

Tall Antique Chest of Drawers, French, Oak, Bedroom, Tallboy, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall antique chest of drawers. A French, oak bedroom tallboy dating to the late Victorian
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Late 19th Century French Antique Tall Chest

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Oak

German Biedermeier Tall 6-Drawer Chest in Light Walnut Veneer, circa 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a rectangular top with rounded front corners, the concave molded edge above a conforming case housing 6 drawers, the veneer encasing the entire commode is bookmatched light wa...
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Tall Antique Edwardian Chest of Drawers Burl Front Mother of Pearl and Acanthus
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome, very useful, and very tall antique Edwardian chest of drawers in pine with burl wood
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19th Century Edwardian Antique Tall Chest

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Pine, Burl

Mule Chest
Located in Baltimore, MD
An outstanding example of a tall dower mule chest featuring original sang de boeuf/brown background
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19th Century Hungarian Antique Tall Chest

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Pine

Victorian Mahogany 5-Drawer Pharmacy Chest of Drawers
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
furniture it is a tall chest of 5 deep graduated drawers, the drawer fronts are painted with a variety of
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Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

18th Century Welsh Sycamore Tall Coffer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual 18th century welsh sycamore coffer with removable lift top over paneled sides. Good serving height and desirable narrow proportions. Lovely honey color.
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18th Century and Earlier Welsh Antique Tall Chest

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Sycamore

Tall Flight of Drawers
Located in Culver City, CA
Unusual and rare haberdashery flight of drawers, with carved wooden knobs. Made in England circa 1880.
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19th Century English Schoolhouse Antique Tall Chest

Victorian Seven Pine Drawer Chest on Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
the bedroom Measures: The chest is 60” tall, 35” wide and 18” deep TSH24.
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tall Chest

Biedermeier Tallboy or Chest on Chest of Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A Danish tall boy (or chest-on-chest) featuring a Biedermeier-style design of flame-cut mahogany
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19th Century Danish Antique Tall Chest

Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Mahogany Tall Dresser
By R.J. Horner Co.
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This gorgeous 5-drawer tall dresser was made circa 1900-1910 and looks like RJ Horner of New York
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Early 1900s North American Renaissance Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

Delicate Tall-Legged Commode, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
tall, tapered legs and features a low gallery rail along three sides of the top. Veneered in
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Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique Tall Chest

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Wood

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Kingwood Chest Of Drawers Lingerie Chest
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Kingwood Chest Of Drawers Lingerie Chest Dimensions : 58
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tall Chest

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Marble

Swedish Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A taller Swedish Chest of Drawers, "dragkista".
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19th Century Swedish Antique Tall Chest

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Wood

Large Victorian Chest of Drawers Victorian Figured Walnut chest of drawers
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
is in very good condition, it has a good colour and lovely patina. The chest is 45” tall. 48” wide
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19th Century Victorian Antique Tall Chest

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Walnut

Tall 1920s Industrial Oak Eight Drawer Cabinet
Located in New Windsor, NY
Tall solid golden oak eight drawer cabinet. Circa 1910-30. Featuring channeled drawer handles
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Tall Chest

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Brass

Rare 17th- 18th Century Italian Cabinet with perfect patina
Located in Jesteburg, DE
because of its unusual proportions- It can be used as a linen press, a slightly taller chest in an entry
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Early 18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Tall Chest

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Chestnut

Fine inlaid 18th Century English George III chest on chest 81.5" high
Located in Richmond, VA
81.5" tall, this chest on chest has all the bells and whistles- wonderful diamond shaped string inlay
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tall Chest

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Mahogany

Oversized Linens Chest of Drawers
Located in Culver City, CA
Tall oversized linen chest of drawers with original hardware, simple form.
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19th Century English Antique Tall Chest

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Metal

English George III 18th C Burl Walnut Chest on Chest with Original Hardware
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1780s George III chest on chest in burl walnut with original brass hardware. Tall, handsome
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tall Chest

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Brass

George 111 Mahogany Bachelors Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
Georgian Mahogany serpentine front bachelors chest resting on tall ogee bracket feet 1790-1800
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Late 18th Century Unknown George III Antique Tall Chest

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Wood

Italian Walnut Tall Three-Drawer Commode, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top above a conforming case housing three drawers with brass pulls, raised on a pieced plinth base.
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1870s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Tall Chest

Early 20th C Tall Medical Cabinet with Drawers
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1920s American made medical / dental cabinet made of wood with base of 11 graduated sized drawers and a top section with glass front doors and internal shelf. Clear glass pulls...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Tall Chest

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Glass, Wood

Antique Inlaid Mother of Pearl Syrian Marriage Dowry Chest Coffer Trunk, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
lidded 'tills' for candles or storage of smaller items, the chest is raised on tall bracket feet. The
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Late 19th Century Syrian Moorish Antique Tall Chest

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Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut

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Antique Tall Chest For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique tall chest for your home. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, every antique tall chest was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique tall chest — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique tall chest is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Victorian and Louis XV styles are sought with frequency. Conrad Mauter, Daniel Cottier and George Washington Maher each produced at least one beautiful antique tall chest that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Tall Chest?

Prices for an antique tall chest can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $400 and can go as high as $50,669, while the average can fetch as much as $4,471.

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 Tall Chest
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    A tall chest of drawers is known as a standard chest of drawers and also as a vertical chest. These are tall and narrow storage pieces. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage tall chests of drawers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024
    To 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, 2024
    To 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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