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Gray Painted Block Front Chest of Drawers
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
The soft grey block front three drawer chest offers a delicate accent for any room. Primary wood is
Category
20th Century American Other Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Vintage Chippendale Baker Style Mahogany Block Front Chest of Drawers
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage Chippendale Baker style block front butler's chest of drawers overs mahogany construction
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Lexington Cherry Chippendale Goddard Block Front Chest of Drawers Nightstand
By Lexington Furniture 1
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Lexington Furniture Goddard or block front chest. Made from cherry featuring Chippendale
Category
Late 20th Century Chippendale Dressers
Materials
Maple
Block fronted chest
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A superb example of a block front chest of drawers with geometric designs, with cedar mouldings and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak, Cedar
$14,000
18th Century American Block Front Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
18th Century Boston block front chest of drawers, the shaped and ogee molded top over four
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Dutch Mahogany and Marquetry Block Front Commode Chest, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique early 19th century Dutch floral marquetry block front chest of drawers
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Antique 1820s Dutch Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Cherry Block Front Carved Chest of Drawers Dresser Commode
Located in West Hartford, CT
Classic four drawer dark cherry dresser complete with shell carvings at top drawer, circa 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1980s Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry
Hickory Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Dresser Chest of Drawers
By Hickory Manufacturing Company
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Hickory Manufacturing Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Dresser Chest of Drawers
Dimensions
Category
Vintage 1980s American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Gentleman
s Chest of Drawers C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Gentleman's Chest with Graduated Drawers, Batwing Brass Pulls and
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20th Century Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Transitional Block Front Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
A three drawer transitional block front chest with inlay on drawers. Elaborate ormolu hardware and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Bow front chest of drawers
Located in New York, NY
bow front above four conforming drawers raised on curved block feet.
30 1/2in.-high 28
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Danish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Mahogany Block Front Chests Nightstands
Located in West Hartford, CT
Pair of small mahogany three-drawer block front chests with dovetailed drawers, bracket feet and
Category
Antique 19th Century Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$1,800 / set
American Oxbow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
18th Century New England oxbow fronted chest of four drawers, the ogee molded top with dovetailed
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Shell Chippendale Style Block Front Chests
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of shell Chippendale style block front chests. Each custom quality, American drew, crafted
Category
Vintage 1940s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Chippendale Pine Goddard Block Front Bachelors Chest of Drawer Dresser Colonial
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid-20th century pine block front chest. Features 4 dovetailed drawers, colonial hardware and
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Antique Drexel Chippendale Chinoiserie Decorated Block Front Chest 20thC
By Drexel
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chippendale chest by Drexel offers block front form with black lacquered finish
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique Walnut Chest of Drawers of an Elegant Shaped Front Design
Located in Benington, Herts
A superb quality antique shaped front walnut chest of drawers standing on cabriole feet, Queen Anne
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Block Front, High Chest Dresser
By John Cameron
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice mid century modern block front walnut high chest.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique Walnut Queen Anne Style Shaped Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Benington, Herts
A superb quality antique shaped front walnut chest of drawers standing on cabriole feet, Queen Anne
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Pennsylvania Chippendale Walnut Chest of Drawers, with False Front, circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
At a height somewhere between a mid-size chest and a tall chest of drawers, this highly attractive
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Dr...
Materials
Walnut
1987 Lane Furniture Chippendale Pine Goddard Block Front Bachelors Chest Dresser
By Lane Furniture
Located in Dayton, OH
block front chest, circa 1987, style # 6665. Made from distressed pine with four drawers, brass hardware
Category
Vintage 1980s Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Period Biedermeier chest of drawers. Having four drawers, simple over hang detail to top frame on
Category
Antique 1840s German Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
French Louis XV Style Carved Fruitwood Block Front Chest / Commode by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Kennesaw, GA
block front styling along with a plank top. The drawers are dovetailed, and the brass hardware is done
Category
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Special Antique French Commode w/3 Block Front Drawers
Orig. Marble Top
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
top. Most block front chests are English, it is very rare to find one that's French. Of course you
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Chippendale Block Front Five Drawer Chest in Solid Mahogany
Located in Peabody, MA
Early to mid 19th century Chippendale block front tall chest of five drawers in solid mahogany
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Brass
Frits Henningsen Chest of Drawers
By Frits Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
A Danish crotch mahogany bow-front chest of drawers, by Frits Henningsen, circa 1940s, the
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Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Early 18th Century George I Burled Elm Block Front Three Drawer Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early 18th century George I Burled Elm Block Front Three Drawer Chest
Pulls have been replaced
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Antique Early 18th Century English George I Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Burl
Biedermeier Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
corners, resting on block feet. Excellent flame grained matched mahogany used on front of chest. Hand dove
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Antique 1840s European Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of Danish Block Front Nightstands by Piet Hein
By Piet Hein
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Danish drop front night tables, with raised block fronts, on sculptural legs.
These
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Gustavian Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
19th-C. Gustavian chest of drawers with a plank top, following down to a classic blocked front with
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Italian Baroque Inlaid Chest of Drawers
Located in San Marino, CA
The large rectangular chest of drawers with a serpentine shaped front, flat paneled sides each
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
George III Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Georgian mahogany serpentine chest of drawers having a richly molded top over serpentine
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Antique 1760s English Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Painted Serpentine-Blocked Front Commode
Located in Houston, TX
. Three wide hand-carved serpentine-blocked front drawers. Rounded turned wooden knob-pulls. Refreshed
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Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
American Federal Inlaid Chest of Drawers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
common, this fine chest of drawers exudes a certain strength that is uncommon in Federal period works of
Category
Antique 19th Century American Federal Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pair of Mid-Century Syrian Chests of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Exotic pair of mid-century Syrian chests of drawers constructed of walnut inlaid with elaborate
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20th Century Syrian Moorish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
19th century burr walnut chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1870.
Good quality victorian influenced chest of
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Rosewood Campaign Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Campaign style chest of drawers crafted in rosewood featuring exotic cross cut rosewood veneers on
Category
20th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Biedermeier Fruit Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Biedermeier fruit wood and ebonized 4 drawer chest of drawers, mid 19th century. Having a
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Brass
19th Century Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1880.
Good quality swedish chest of drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Pine
19th Century burr walnut chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1880.
Good quality Swedish chest of drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century burr walnut chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1880.
Good quality slight bowfront chest of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century burr walnut chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1880.
Good quality slight bowfront chest of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th Century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1880.
Good quality slight bowfront chest of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Campaign Style Chest of Drawers or Dresser
By West Michigan Furniture Co.
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome vintage campaign style chest with eight drawers crafted in rosewood with bold grains and
Category
20th Century American Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
Swedish 19th Century Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century painted chest of drawers circa 1870.
Substantial baroque revival Swedish chest of
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Baroque Revival Commodes and Chests of...
Materials
Oak, Pine
Swedish 19th century painted chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century painted chest of drawers circa 1870.
Substantial baroque revival Swedish chest of
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak, Pine, Paint
19th Century Biedermeier Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Hixson, TN
19th century Biedermeier mahogany chest of drawers. Beautiful choice selection of flame mahogany to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
A Brutalist Minimalist Chest of Drawers / Dresser
Located in NYC, NY
A Chest of Drawers with decorative fronts constructed of inset blocks of wood. The pulls cleverly
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Vintage 1970s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
19th Century Biedermeier Birch Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th Century Biedermeier birch chest of drawers circa 1830.
Swedish Biedermeier commode with
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Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
Antique Biedermeier Tall Chest of Drawers/Chest on Chest in West Indies Mahogany
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
& offering seven storage drawers of various depths. This tall chest rests on square block feet & features
Category
Antique 1830s Danish Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Charleston, SC
A pair of 19th century Swedish chest of drawers in Gustavian style with block fronts, shaped
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine, Paint
18th Century German Baroque Chest of Drawers - Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century German Baroque Commode or chest of drawers with curved top front edge, three stacked
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Antique 18th Century German Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
English Chippendale Mahogany Antique Chest on Chest of Drawers, circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
half of the chest; the lower case has identical graduated drawers, all crafted of golden oak
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Antique Late 18th Century British Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Bronze
Three Drawer American Art Deco Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A three drawer American Art Deco chest of drawers. The bow front drawers, top with waterfall edge
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Walnut Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century walnut tall chest of drawers, circa 1950.
Fine quality serpentine shaped 7
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Mid-20th Century Danish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Walnut Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-20th century walnut tall chest of drawers, circa 1950.
Fine quality serpentine shaped 7
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Swedish 19th century burr walnut chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century burr walnut chest of drawers circa 1870.
Good quality 4 drawer chest of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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Block Front Chest Of Drawers For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of block front chest of drawers is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique block front chest of drawers was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and walnut. Block front chest of drawers have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Block front chest of drawers bearing Mid-Century Modern or Neoclassical hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made block front chest of drawers over the years, but those made by Lane Furniture, American of Martinsville and Drexel are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Block Front Chest Of Drawers?
Prices for block front chest of drawers can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, block front chest of drawers begin at $585 and can go as high as $150,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,550.
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.
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