Louis XVI, Diminutive Demilune Commodes, Inlaid Wood, Bronze, France, 19th c.
By François Linke
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI Style, Diminutive Demilune Commodes, Marquestry, Inlaid Wood, Bronze, Brèche d’Alep Marble, France, 19th c.
Marble, Bronze
$6,002Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century French Louis XVI Demilune Marquetry Commode with Marble Top
Located in Leimen, DE
This elegant 18th-century French Louis XVI demilune commode combines refined Neoclassical proportions with beautifully detailed marquetry and a richly veined marble top.
Kingwood, Mahogany, Yew
French Louis XVI Style King Wood, Exotic Woods Demilune Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th century marble-top commode made with various exotic woods; King wood, tulip wood and satinwood are combined to create intricate Marquetry patterns. Floral and urn design...
Wood
Vintage French Louis XV Style Bombe Demilune Marble Top Floral Painted Commode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage French Louis XV Style Bombe Demilune Marble Top Floral Painted Commode.
Marble
Louis XVI Style, Demilune Commodes, A Pair, Inlaid, Bronze, France, 19th c.
Located in Stamford, CT
A Pair of Louis XVI Style, Demilune Commodes, Marquetry Inlay, Bronze, France, 19h c.
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Satinwood Demilune Commode Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Marble Top Satinwood Demilune Commode Dresser.
Marble
Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Demilune Dresser Commode Cabinet w/ 5 Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Louis XV Style Rouge Marble Top Demilune Dresser Commode Cabinet w/ 5 ...
Marble
1930's Adams Style Paint Decorated Demilune Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
An exceptionally decorative American-made walnut commode in the Adam style, distinguished by its elegant bowed form and an extraordinary profusion of hand-painted neoclassical orname...
Wood
Mid-Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Carved Walnut Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Invite Classic French elegance into your home with this Louis XVI style fruitwood bombe chest of drawers. Crafted in Paris, circa 1960 and built of walnut wood with ormolu mounts acc...
Marble, Brass
Diminutive Louis XV Style Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a Louis XV style mahogany inlaid commode with a sienna marble top over two inlaid drawers, supported by slender cabriole legs with brass mounts.
Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Style Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Elegant 19th century Louis XVI style demilune commode, finely crafted in marquetry and adorned with a richly colored breccia marble top.
Breccia Marble, Bronze
$15,000 / set
A Pair of French Empire-Style Demilune Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French Empire-style demilune cabinets. The white marble tops supported by rosewood bases with two cabinet doors. The bases accented with gilt classical figure heads and sta...
Marble
French Victorian Fruitwood Demilune Chest with Parquetry Inlay
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian (20th Century) fruitwood and parquetry inlaid demilune shaped narrow chest of drawers / semanier with bronze trim.
Wood
19TH century French demilune commode
Located in Augusta, GA
French gilt bronze mounted demilune cabinet with two drawers and marb top
Mahogany
Louis XVI Demilune Chest of Drawers, Mahogany & Marble, France, 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. The demilune shape adds a unique quality. This piece has been ...
Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Chest of Drawers, Vitrine / Showcase Cabinet
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Mahogany Vitrine / Showcase Cabinet Maison Jansen/ Louis XVI style chest or étagère. The nice bowed white marble top with a three-quarter pierced bra...
Marble, Bronze
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
French Directoire Louis XVI Demilune Shape Marble Top Marble Top Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This elegant French Directoire Louis XVI demilune console table embodies the refined neoclassical style of the late 18th to early 19th century. Crafted with precision, the piece feat...
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Empire Demilune Console Table with Gilt Bronze and Gilt Caryatids, 19th C
Located in Madrid, ES
An elegant and highly decorative French Empire demilune console table, distinguished by its refined proportions and rich combination of finely chased gilt bronze mounts and carved gi...
Fruitwood
A fine pair of late 18th century Marquetry demilune cabinets with marble tops
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine pair of French Louis XVI mahogany and marquetry inlayed demilune side cabinets with marble tops . Gilt bronze mounts
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Carved Walnut Inlaid Bombe Demilune Commode Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Floral Inlay Bombe Demilune Commode Dress...
Walnut
Painted Demilune Commode/Buffet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A three-drawer painted demilune commode/buffet in the Directoire style.
Hardwood, Paint
Unavailable
H 35.44 in W 60.24 in D 25.2 in
Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Parquetry Demilune Commode a L'Anglais
By Fidelis Shey
Located in London, Middlesex
With Breche d’Alep marble top above a central frieze drawer inlaid with arches above two trellis veneered drawers decorated sans-traverses, fitted with ring dropped handles and ribbo...
Kingwood
Unavailable
H 35.83 in W 44.1 in D 18.9 in
Art Deco Demilune Mahogany & Marble-Top Commode / Chest of Drawers, circa 1925
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in L'Etang, FR
Demilune commode / chest of drawers. In solid mahogany and inlaid.
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Painted Demilune Cabinet Commode Chest
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning neoclassical Louis XV style demilune cabinet. Love the grey finish offset by the hand painted classic designs - Including acanthus leaves, floral motifs and arabesques - Fin...
French Marble Top Demilune Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine French Directoire style demilune commode, the bow-shaped marble atop a half-moon case fitted with four drawers each with ebony marquetry banding, over a bronze decorated apron...
Marble
French Mahogany Marble Top Demilune Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI style mahogany demilune commode, circa 1950s, the shaped marble atop a half-moon shaped conforming case decorated with Mylar veneer and bronze mounts, raised on tape...
Louis XVI French Mahogany Demilune Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th Century Louis XVI French Mahogany Demilune Commode with original Black Marble Top.
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Demilune Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Ideal in an entryway, between windows, on a stairwell landing, or anywhere an unobtrusive yet classically styled case is needed, this elegant 19th Century French Louis XVI Demilune C...
19th Century Small French Kingwood Inlaid Demilune Commode
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small french commode circa 1860. 3 drawers flanked either side by small cupboards Profusely inlaid with satinwood and ebony. Original handles and hardware. Standing on 4 tapering...
Kingwood
Louis XV Style French Demilune Commode with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an attractive small-scale French’s Louis XV style demilune inlaid two-drawer commode with a marble top.
Marble, Metal
Louis XVI Walnut Demilune Commode
Located in Essex, MA
A hard to find form. With a demilune top over a conforming case with three drawers with brass ring handles and round backplates flanked by fluted columns and a pair of cabinet doors ...
Brass
French 18th century Louis XVI Demilune Commode by Schey
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rare example from the atelier of furniture maker Fidelis Schey circa 1780, made in Paris. The demilune-commode is topped with dark, Saint Anne marble that is shaped specifically to...
Marble, Brass
Louis XVI Mahogany Demilune Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With D-shaped marble top over three graduated drawers flanked by stop fluting and paneled doors, raised on circular fluted tapered legs with sabot feet. Provenance; Estate of William...
Mahogany
Sold
H 31 in W 30.25 in D 16.25 in
Antique French Carved Mahogany Marble Top Demilune Commode, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XV commode offers marble top surmounting mahogany demilune case having three drawers, foliate and scroll carving over pierced skirt, raised on cabriole legs w...
Marble, Metal
French Inlaid Walnut and Satinwood Demilune Commode with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a nice French Louis XV style inlaid commode. It has fine cast bronze ormolu and is in vintage condition with wear to the finish from use as can be seen. The commode measures ...
Walnut
Inlaid French Louis XVI Satinwood Inlaid Demilune Commode Chest Buffet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rather spectacular piece of furniture with breathtaking inlay of burled amboyna, olive and boxwood in a satinwood case. The case is absolutely stunning and you won't see an...
Satinwood
Sold
H 36.75 in W 45 in D 19.75 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Marble-Top Demilune Commode
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exceptional quality antique French Louis XVI style marquetry inlaid Kingwood and mahogany marble top demilune commode.
Marble
Sold
H 35.75 in W 41 in D 18.5 in
Gorgeous Demilune Marble Top French Inlaid Walnut Satinwood and Bronze Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful French Louis XV commode in demilune form with gorgeous inlaid sprays of flowers and bronze ormolu.
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Demilune Kingwood Commode
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine Louis XVI ormolu-mounted demilune kingwood commode: The marble top over three frieze drawers with two further drawers in the centre flanked by a pair of cupboards each enclosi...
Kingwood
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Demilune Kingwood Commode
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine Louis XVI ormolu-mounted demilune kingwood commode: The marble top over three frieze drawers with two further drawers in the centre flanked by a pair of cupboards each enclosi...
Kingwood
18th century Neoclassical Inlaid Mahogany Demilune Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A late 18th century neoclassical mahogany demi-lune commode with marble top. The shaped grey veined marble top rests above a demi-lune form inlaid mahogany commode with three sli...
Sold
H 35 in W 36 in D 13 in
Pair of 19th Century Bronze Mounted French Demilune Commodes with Marble Tops
By François Linke
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th century bronze-mounted French demilune commodes with marble tops. These are simply the most stunning pair of commodes or chests you can find.
Pair of Ebonized Faux Marble Top Demilune Commodes
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Napoleon style demilune commodes, circa 1940s, the white half-moon Faux (painted) marble atop an ebonized conforming case fitted with four drawers, each parcel-gilt banded, r...
Sold
H 30 in W 25.75 in D 14.25 in
19th Century French Louis XV Bombe Demilune Marquetry Commode with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
The antique commode shaped as a demilune (half moon) sits on four cabriole legs over a scalloped apron decorated with a bronze mount, the petite chest with bombe front and sides feat...
Marble, Bronze
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H 30 in W 26 in D 14 in
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Bombe Demilune Marquetry Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
The antique commode shaped as a demilune (half moon) sits on four cabriole legs ending with sabot feet, over a scalloped apron decorated with a bronze mount.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 33.47 in W 35.44 in D 16.93 in
20th Century Demilune Inlaid Wood with Marble French Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French demilune dresser from 20th century. Louis XVI style furniture richly adorned with gilded and chiselled bronze inlaid in mahogany, rosewood, walnut and fruitwood. Chest of draw...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 36 in W 44 in D 19 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Carved Mahogany Demilune Commode Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Invite Classic French elegance into your home with this Louis XVI style fruitwood bombe chest of drawers. Crafted in Paris, circa 1880 and built of mahogany wood with ormolu trim acc...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 34.5 in W 34 in D 17 in
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 drawers from Paris, circa 1890. The antique commode shaped as a demi lune (half moon)...
Marble, Bronze
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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