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Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Demilune Commode / Bedside Stands
Located in Manhasset, NY
A pair of 19th century French Louis XV Style demilune commode / bedside stands. A fine pair of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Walnut Demilune Consoles with Lyre Shaped Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
The pair of Italian 18th century Italian walnut demilune console tables with lyre shaped legs.
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Baggia Inlaid Italian-Made Cherry and Ebony Demilune Directoire Style Commode
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a Directoire style Italian-made by Baggio, demilune commode that has inlaid lions and
Category
2010s Italian Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Ebony
19th Century French Louis XVI Bombe Demilune Marquetry Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Invite classic French elegance into your home with this Louis XVI style fruit wood bombe chest of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Old Reprod George III Style Hand Painted Satinwood Demilune Commodes
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Pair of fabulous quality old reprod. George III style hand painted inlaid satinwood demilune
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century Louis XVI Demilune Parquetry Inlaid Commode with Grey Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI period parquetry inlaid commode in demilune shape with three drawers flanked by two
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Rare Pair Baker Flame Mahogany Demilune Buffets Servers Commodes, Circa 1950
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb pair of flame mahogany buffets designed in the Sheraton style and done with outrageous flame mahogany. The wood quality is absolutely incredible. The condition is ve...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Sheraton Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Pair of Flame Mahogany Satinwood Inlaid Sheraton Style Demilune Commodes Buffets
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a pair of flame mahogany commodes with satinwood inlay. They are designed in the Sheraton style and date to the 1960s era and are in good condition. They are perfect for a fo...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sheraton Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century French Louis XV Bombe Demilune Marquetry Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Invite classic French elegance into your home with this Louis XV style fruit wood bombe chest of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Demilune Commodes in the Manner of Michel Dufet
By Michel Dufet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunningly elegant pair of Art Deco commodes in the style of Michel Dufet. Commodes are in burnt orange lacquer with silver leaf legs, brushed nickel handles and faux marble tops.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Nancy Corzine Modern Four-Drawer Demilune Dresser Chest
By Nancy Corzine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Marvelous modern dresser or chest of drawers by Nancy Corzine. Featuring a demilune form case
Category
20th Century American Modern Dressers
Materials
Birch
19th Century Italian Walnut Wood Demilune Console Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian demi style console chest of walnut wood from the 19th century. This antique cabinet from
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Ebonized Chinoiserie Decorated Demilune Server or Chest
By John Widdicomb
Located in Manhasset, NY
Chinoiserie decorated demilune server or chest. A small demilune with fine paint decorated scenes
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Serving Tables
Vintage Pair of Bamboo Curved Demilune Nightstands Chests Side End Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely pair of vintage bamboo curved front, demilune nightstands, chests, or side end tables
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Night Stands
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
19th Century Louis XV Style Lacquered Bow Front Demilune Sideboard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand late 19th century mahogany bow front sideboard chest or commode featuring a demilune form
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Sideboards
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Satinwood and Mahogany Demilune Dresser by Saginaw, Circa 1920s
By Saginaw
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Louis XVI style demilune dresser chest
By Saginaw Furniture
USA
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dressers
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Demilune Sideboard Burr Walnut Veneered on Mahogany English, circa 1930
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco demilune sideboard chest in figured walnut. Veneered on mahogany. Pin hinged sliding
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Pair of Carved and Painted Louis XV Night Tables with Mirrored Tops
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of bedside commodes, in the Louis XV style, each chest having a demilune top inset with
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Night Stands
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Italian Painted Midcentury Metal Topiary Sculptures Set in White Pots
Located in Atlanta, GA
above a pair of small chests of demilune consoles tables.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Mirrors with Scroll Motifs, 1890s
Located in Atlanta, GA
will enliven any space beautifully, perhaps placed above a pair of chests or demilune tables.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French Midcentury Carved Giltwood Sunburst Mirror with Cloudy Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
point in any home, whether placed above a chest-of-drawers, demilune or side table.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of French 1900s Faux Bamboo Rectangular Mirrors with Protruding Corners
Located in Atlanta, GA
French mirrors circa 1900 will decorate any wall beautifully, perhaps hung above a pair of demilune
Category
Early 20th Century French Rustic Wall Mirrors
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Mirror
French Giltwood 1900s Mirror with Bonnet-Shaped Crest and Etched Floral Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
1900 will be a great focal point in any room, hung on a wall or leaning on a chest, demilune table or
Category
Early 20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Italian 1870s Carved Wall Brackets with Gold and Black Painted Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
any home, perhaps anchoring an enfilade, pair of demilune tables or chests-of-drawers.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Wall Brackets
Materials
Wood
French 1960s Giltwood Three-Layered Sunburst Mirror with Convex Mirror Plate
Located in Atlanta, GA
mirror that radiates a vibrant energy. Placed anywhere in a home, perhaps above a chest-of-drawers
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Swedish Silver Candelabras from Stockholm by Gustaf Möllenborg
Located in Atlanta, GA
pair of demilune tables, buffet or chest-of-drawers.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
1780 Oval Pastel on Canvas Depiction of Queen Marie-Antoinette in Original Frame
Located in Palm Desert, CA
to any home, whether placed above a console table, demilune or chest-of-drawers.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Art Deco Demilune chest
Located in Hudson, NY
Art Deco Demilune chest, beautiful burlwood with orginal bakelite handles.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bakelite, Burl
$2,500
Pair of painted demilune chests of drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful color antique painted demi lune chests of drawers
Category
Vintage 1930s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Walnut Demilune Marble-Top Chest of Drawers
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A handsome demilune chest of drawers with a yellow marble top with a molded edge, above a frieze
Category
20th Century European Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Michel Dufet French Art Deco Demilune Bombe Chest
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco demilune commode by Michel Dufet inspired by Louis XVI formality and elegance. Note the
Category
20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MAITLAND SMITH Inlaid Flame Mahogany Regency Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Regency style demilune commode chest by Maitland Smith. Mahogany with distinctive brass hardware
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Late 20th Century Red Painted with Foliate
Avian Themes Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Contemporary style demilune commode chest, unbranded. Slightly distressed walnut, drawer fronts
Category
Late 20th Century East Asian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Demilune Oak Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice Louis XVI Dutch oak demi lune commode with tambour doors, circa 1790. Good compact size with nice patina.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
$5,950
PAIR Regency Rosewood Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
See similar examples of sideboards, demilunes,Chests, side and console tables
Category
Antique 19th Century English Cabinets
LOUIS XVI DEMILUNE CABINET
Located in Natchez, MS
Louis XVI demi lune cabinet of solid mahogany. Has leather topped writing slide.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mahogany Demilune Commodes
Located in London, GB
Pair of mahogany demilune commodes.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pair of Olivewood Demilune Cabinets
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of burl olive wood demi lune commodini Northern Italy
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Demilune Commode Attributed to Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Paris, FR
Demilune commode en encoignure in satinwood.
Braces pattern marquetry.
Attributed to Jean-Henri
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Late 18th Century Marquetry Demilune Commode
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Fine late 18th century mahogany marquetry demilune commode. The beautifully figured timers
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Satinwood Demilune Commode
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A quite outstanding satinwood demilune commode. The three cupboard bases with the most
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
George III Period Mahogany Demilune Commode
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A fine George III period mahogany demilune commode in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, the top
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Commodes and Chests ...
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Louis XV Style Demilune Commodes
Located in Lawrenceburg, TN
Pair of Louis XV-style demilune commodes, or side tables, featuring cross-banded tops and antique
Category
Antique 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Louis XVI Style Demilune Commodes.
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of late 19th c. Louis XVI style petite demilune-shape 2 drawer parquetry commodes with breche
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Demilune Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
, designed this Demilune Cabinet.
Four graduated drawers are flanked by matching Burled Maple veneered
Category
Vintage 1930s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple
Antique French Louis XV Marble-Top Demilune Cabinet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Offered is this fine early 20th century, Louis XV marble-top demilune cabinet from France. It
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Satinwood Crossbanded and Floral Marquetry Inlaid Demilune Commode
By John Cobb
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The satinwood and floral marquetry commode is crossbanded overall in tulipwood and inlaid with boxwood lines. The semi-elliptical top has a central half circle, inlaid on purpleheart...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pair of Small Italian, Piedmontese Marquetry Demilune Commodes, circa 1780
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of small Italian (Piedmontese) marquetry demilune commodes with white marble tops and two
Category
Antique 1780s Italian Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Early George III Period Elegant 18th Century Satinwood Demilune Commode
By John Cobb
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The top to the cabinet is veneered in West Indian satinwood with a demilune crossbanding of
Category
Antique 1770s English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
1940s Restored French Louis XVI Demilune Commode with Fruitwood Inlays
Molding
Located in Los Angeles, CA
timeless sophistication synonymous with the Louis XVI style. The commode's demilune shape is a testament to
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
1960s Rougier Table Lamp with Opaque White Acrylic Shell Form and Brass Base
By Roger Rougier
Located in Atlanta, GA
home, perhaps on a guéridon, a demilune table or a chest of drawers!
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Hepplewhite Period Gold Leaf Mirror with Urn, Leaves and Swags
Located in Wells, ME
looking glass will fit nicely over a demilune table, or chest of drawers, in an entrance hall where
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Gilt Mirror with Hunting Theme Carved Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
mirror will enliven any room beautifully, perhaps placed above a demilune table chest-of-drawers or
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French Baroque Style 19th Century Carved Giltwood Mirror with Grapes and Volutes
Located in Atlanta, GA
French carved giltwood mirror will enliven any wall beautifully, perhaps placed above a chest-of-drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French Silver Gilt Louis-Philippe 19th Century Mirrors with Aged Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
mirrors will bring a stylish touch to any home, perhaps placed atop a pair of demilune console tables or
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Materials
Silver
Demilune Painted Chests
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Vintage Demilune Chests. Italian Provincial with marble top and three front-carved drawers
Category
20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
$2,200
Antique Demi Lune Chests of Drawers, Pair
Located in New Hyde Park, NY
Offered is a pair of antique demilune chest of drawers in a rich finish. Each chest features three
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown American Classical Dressers
Materials
Burl, Wood
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Demilune Chests For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of demilune chests available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique demilune chests was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. There are 331 antique and vintage demilune chests for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Demilune chests have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of demilune chests to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Louis XVI, louis xv and neoclassical demilune chests are of considerable interest. Many demilune chests are appealing in their simplicity, but Baker Furniture Company, Maitland Smith and John Cobb produced popular demilune chests that are worth a look.
How Much are Demilune Chests?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,850, while they’re typically $400 on the low end and $133,391 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 Demilune Chests
- What is a demilune chest?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A demilune chest is a type of case good furniture that features a straight back and a curved front. Most feature rows of drawers, cabinet doors or a mix of the two types of storage. Demilune comes from the French word for half moon and refers to the shape of the chests. Shop a range of demilune chests on 1stDibs.
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