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Hepplewhite Mahogany Bow Front Chest Of Drawers

18th Century Satin Mahogany Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest of Drawers Commode
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 18th Century Satin Mahogany Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest of Drawers Commode, refinished in
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Antique Late 18th Century American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Dr...

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Mahogany

Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Not your garden-variety bow front chest (who would put a mahogany chest in the garden?), this chest
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Antique 19th Century British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Stunning Pair Baker Furniture Hepplewhite Mahogany Bow Front Bachelors Chests
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A stunning pair of Hepplewhite style bow front chest of drawers by Baker Furniture. The top has a
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Mid-20th Century American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Mahogany Banded Hepplewhite Chest
Located in Annville, PA
A gorgeous bow fronted Mahogany Banded Hepplewhite Chest of graduated drawers that features great
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2010s Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Mahogany Banded Hepplewhite Chest
Mahogany Banded Hepplewhite Chest
H 39 in W 40 in D 21 in
English Mahogany Bow Front Chest on Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
English, mahogany bow front chest on chest with ebony string inlay on unique Hepplewhite crown
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Antique 19th Century British Sheraton Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

18th century Mahogany Hepplewhite Chest on Chest
Located in Savannah, GA
This rare very large size English bow front mahogany antique chest on chest dates from the 1790
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Antique 1790s British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Exquisite Antique English Inlaid Flame Mahog. Hepp. Style Bowfront Chest of Dwrs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
rosewood inlaid bookmatched flame or crotch mahogany Bowfront two short over three long drawers with
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Antique Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Dr...

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Mahogany Lingerie Chest
Located in Annville, PA
The beautifully crafted Mahogany Lingerie chest, a high quality piece of furniture from top to
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2010s Hepplewhite Dressers

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Mahogany

Mahogany Lingerie Chest
Mahogany Lingerie Chest
H 54 in W 19 in D 15 in
Hidden Drawer Desk
Located in Annville, PA
shaped legs with attractive bow front graduated drawers. Matches many pieces in the Niagara Hepplewhite
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2010s Renaissance Desks

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Mahogany

Hidden Drawer Desk
Hidden Drawer Desk
H 53.5 in W 19 in D 15 in

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Early 19th Century Hepplewhite Federal Bow Front Four-Drawer Chest, circa 1790
Located in Alexandria, VA
Probably New York. This mahogany chest has maple inlay in a band around the top and another at the
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Antique Late 18th Century American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Dr...

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Mahogany

English 19th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany Chest of Drawers Painted Green
Located in Southampton, NY
English 19th century Hepplewhite mahogany bow front chest of drawers painted green.
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Antique 19th Century British Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest Of Drawers Mahogany 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous antique mahogany bow front chest of drawers after Hepplewhite Features a pull out brushing
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Antique 1820s Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
Hepplewhite bow front chest, the top of this mahogany chest has beautiful figured grain and the
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Antique 1820s English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
H 33 in W 37.25 in D 21.5 in
George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
With nicely figured bowed top over a conforming brushing slide and four drawers, raised on splayed
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Antique Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Dr...

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Mahogany

George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
H 35.63 in W 36.25 in D 21.88 in
English Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
This Hepplewhite bow front chest has a top made from" plum pudding" mahogany and is crossbanded
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Antique 1790s English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

English Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
English Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
H 34.75 in W 44.63 in D 22.5 in
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Nashville, TN
Featuring a handsome Honduran Mahogany Hepplewhite style bow front Chest of drawers. There are two
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Antique 1820s Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Circa 1800s English Hepplewhite Figured Mahogany Bow Front Five Drawer Chest
Located in Savannah, GA
Circa 1800's English Hepplewhite Figured Mahogany Bow Front Five Drawer Chest, five dovetailed
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Antique 19th Century English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Antique Hepplewhite Bow Front Flame Mahogany Four Drawer Chest C1830’s
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Hepplewhite chest offers flame mahogany construction in bow front form with four long
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Antique Early 19th Century Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Pair Antique Hepplewhite Diminutive Flame Mahogany Bow Front Side Chests c1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of diminutive Hepplewhite end stands offer flame mahogany construction in bow front
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Mid-20th Century Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Fine Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest With Dressing Slide
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very good quality Hepplewhite period mahogany chest, the shaped top above a conforming case with
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Antique 19th Century British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Hepplewhite Style Inlaid Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Astoria, NY
Hepplewhite style inlaid mahogany chest of drawers, having bow front top with conforming four
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Antique 19th Century Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

19th Century English Hepplewhite Bowfront Chest
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Nashville, TN
room - a 19th century English Hepplewhite style bow front chest of drawers. This stunning chest is a
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Antique 1820s English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century, Hepplewhite Four Drawer Bow Front Chest
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American Hepplewhite bow front chest of four graduated drawers on French bracket feet joined by a
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Antique 19th Century American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

19th Century English Mahogany Hepplewhite Chest of Drawers
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century English Regency Flame Mahogany Veneered Bow Front Hepplewhite Chest of Drawers
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Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Vintage Hepplewhite Style Inlaid Bow Front Chest with Sevres School Pulls
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage Hepplewhite style chest of drawers offers deeply striated mahogany construction in bow
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20th Century American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

19th Century English George III Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century English George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers Good looking honey color
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Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

English Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Chest on Chest with Brushing Slide, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite mahogany bow front chest on chest with a decorative carved molded edge
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Antique 1780s English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Early 19th Century Regency Pair of Bedside Lockers After George Hepplewhite
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency pair of mahogany two tier bow front bedside lockers in the manner of
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Antique Early 19th Century Irish Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

A Fine English Hepplewhite Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Hudson, NY
bow front and the drawers are veneered in a fine and extravagant crotch mahogany, while the sides are
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Antique George III Hepplewhite Bow Front Dressing Table Circa Early 1800s
Located in Peabody, MA
An antique George III era Hepplewhite bow front dressing table, ca. 1810,. Mahogany with
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Dra...

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Brass

Antique Hepplewhite Flame Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers c1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Hepplewhite chest offers flame mahogany construction in bow-front form with four
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Antique Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Dressers

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Mahogany

Antique Hepplewhite Bow Front Mahogany English Chest of Drawers Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th century Hepplewhite bow front mahogany English chest of drawers dresser. Listing
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Antique Late 19th Century English Hepplewhite Dressers

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Brass

Georgian Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Sherborne, GB
This Georgian mahogany English bow front chest of drawers has a wonderful light honey colour with
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Furniture

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Mahogany

Hepplewhite Side Cabinet Mahogany Inlay Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany Hepplewhite style 2 door bow fronted side cabinet. circa 1930 The cabinet is of a bow
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Vintage 1930s Hepplewhite Cabinets

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Mahogany

19th Century Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Nashville, TN
Handsome American made 19th century English Hepplewhite Bow Front chest of drawers. Two over three
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Antique 1790s English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Oak

George III Crossbanded Mahogany Bow-Front Chest, England, circa 1790
Located in Kinderhook, NY
George III period, Hepplewhite style cross-banded mahogany chest of drawers of bow-front form
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Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Dra...

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Brass

Small English Hepplewhite Period Inlaid Mahogany Two Drawer Bowfront Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome English Hepplewhite inlaid mahogany 2 drawer bow front commode of desirable small size
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Antique 1820s English Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Grand Antique Bow Front Chest of Drawers, English, Tallboy, Georgian, Circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bow front chest of drawers. An English, mahogany tallboy, dating to the Georgian
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Antique Late 18th Century British Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Antique Hepplewhite Bow-Front Chest of Drawers in Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Hepplewhite bow-front chest of drawers in mahogany Offered for sale is a late 19th
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Antique Early 1900s American Hepplewhite Dressers

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Brass

Georgian Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Georgian Hepplewhite bow front chest A Georgian mahogany bow fronted Hepplewhite chest of
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Antique Early 1800s British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Georgian Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Georgian Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
H 35.4 in W 37.4 in D 21.3 in
George III Mahogany Bow Fronted Chest of Drawers
Located in Folkestone, Kent
A good early 19th century mahogany bow-fronted chest of four graduated drawers, inlaid with boxwood
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Antique Early 19th Century British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Dr...

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Mahogany

Hepplewhite Bow Front Tall Chest
Located in Alexandria, VA
This five-drawer chest was probably made in the Mid-Atlantic (Maryland or Virginia) - hand-cast
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chest...

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Mahogany, Satinwood, Pine

Hepplewhite Bow Front Tall Chest
Hepplewhite Bow Front Tall Chest
H 47 in W 42 in D 24 in
Chest on Chest of Drawers 18th Century Bow-front Mahogany
Located in Santander, ES
Fine and rare bow fronted chest on chest of the George III period in flame mahogany with the
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Antique 18th Century British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Located in Alexandria, VA
This beautiful chest has 4 graduated drawers, excellent French feet, outstanding maple panels
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Walnut, Mahogany, Ebony, Satinwood

Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest
H 38 in W 39 in D 22 in
New England Hepplewhite Bow-Front Cherry Chest, circa 1795
Located in Alexandria, VA
This federal chest is French polished cherry with mahogany and boxwood banding and pine secondary
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Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

A Mahogany Regency Period Bow Front Antique Chest Of Drawers
Located in Darwen, GB
A mahogany Regency Period bow front antique chest of drawers by Gillows Of Lancaster. The bowed top
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Antique Early 1800s British Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Bow Front Chest of Drawers, New York or Philadelphia, Circa 1805
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This bow front chest has an interesting and important history. It descended through the Willet
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Antique 19th Century American Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Poplar

Georgian Bow-Front Chest with Exceptional Figured Mahogany
Located in Alexandria, VA
Two over three drawer Hepplewhite chest - mahogany and figured mahogany with a satinwood bead on
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Antique 1820s English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

George III Bow Front Chest
Located in Alexandria, VA
Hepplewhite chest of diminutive height. French feet. Shaped skirt
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony

George III Bow Front Chest
George III Bow Front Chest
H 34.5 in W 42.5 in D 20.5 in
Massachusettes Bow Front Chest with Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Fine Massachusetts Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest in Mahogany and Cherry with Rare quarter Fan Inlay
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany, Cherry

A Sheraton bow front chest from England c.1820
Located in Houston, TX
A Sheraton bow front chest of drawers in mahogany from the Regency period in England c.1820 with an
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Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Transitional Chest-on-Chest
Located in Alexandria, VA
. Crown, also detachable, probably augmented later. Bow front. Original back.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Transitional Chest-on-Chest
Transitional Chest-on-Chest
H 81 in W 41 in D 21 in
Late 18th Century Georgian Bow Front Chest in Flame Mahogany
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning George III bow front mahogany dresser with three full length drawers and two smaller
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Antique 1790s English Hepplewhite Dressers

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Mahogany

Antique Dining Chairs
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
Hepplewhite's design; so do square chest of drawers with both bracket and splay feet. In 1788 The first edition
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Antique Dining Chairs
Antique Dining Chairs
H 37.41 in D 21.26 in
George III Hepplewhite Bow Front Chest of Drawers, 1790-1800
Located in Hudson, NY
George III bow front mahogany chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite taste, 1790s-1800s. The molded
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Antique 1790s British Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Late 18th Century Georgian Bow Front Chest in Flame Mahogany
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning George III bow front mahogany dresser with three full length drawers and two smaller
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Antique 1790s English Hepplewhite Dressers

Materials

Mahogany

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Antique 1760s English George I Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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George III Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

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Hepplewhite Mahogany Bow Front Chest Of Drawers For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of hepplewhite mahogany bow front chest of drawers available for sale. Each of these unique hepplewhite mahogany bow front chest of drawers was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and hardwood. Hepplewhite mahogany bow 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.

How Much are Hepplewhite Mahogany Bow Front Chest Of Drawers?

Prices for hepplewhite mahogany bow front chest of drawers can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, hepplewhite mahogany bow front chest of drawers begin at $1,320 and can go as high as $35,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,519.

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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