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Carlo de Carli DC154 chest of drawers Sormani Italy 1963
By Sormani, Carlo De Carli
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Elegant chest of drawers, model DC154, designed by Carlo de Carli and made by Sormani in Italy in
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Contemporary Valentina Giovando Chest of Drawers Wood Zinc Silver Purple
By Valentina Giovando
Located in Milano, IT
Amatemi Bello, Amatemi Grande, Amatemi Diverso. Chest of drawers This Chest of drawers derives
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass, Zinc, Bronze

Antique Banker's Chest of Drawers, English, Oak, Tallboy, Maple & Co, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique banker's chest of drawers. An English, oak tallboy in Aesthetic Period taste by
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Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Commodes and Chests of ...

Materials

Oak

George Nelson Nine Drawer Miniature Chest for Herman Miller Mod. 5517 Sideboard
By George Nelson
Located in Argelato, BO
George Nelson (Chicago 1908 - Barrington 1986) Vertical chest of nine drawers from the "Miniature
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Aluminum

Rare Victorian Mid-19th Century Gothic Revival Library Architects Plan Chest
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A neo-gothic mid-19th century library plan chest having an arrangement of eleven short and three
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Commodes and Chests of D...

Materials

Oak

Amazing Serigraphed Cabinet by Artist Emilio Tadini, Published Casa Vogue
By Emilio Tadini
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful and super rare 'Cassapanca di buona memoria' (chest of beautiful memories) by famed
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Vintage 1980s Italian Blanket Chests

Materials

Wood

Midcentury George Nelson Gentlemens Secretary Chest
By George Nelson
Located in Pasadena, TX
the 1920s, and in the next two decades earned a strong reputation as a writer on design for
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Chest of Drawers, Bureau, Desk, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique secretaire cabinet. An English, mahogany chest of drawers with drop front
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Antique Late 18th Century British Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Cherry Egg, Multi-Drawer Small Decorative Chest, Hand Carved Wood Sculpture
By Steve Turner
Located in Chicago, IL
attention. My career as a writer and art director for a large advertising agency took off early life but it
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1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese American Cypresswood or Hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ Tea Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Cypresswood or hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ tea chest Yokohama, 1862-1897
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wood

Buddha - A very large bronze figure of Sho Kannon. Japan, Meiji period 1868-1912
By Artisan-Craftsmen, Inc.
Located in TOULON, FR
hand, the right hand hangs down in varadamudra, the shawl covers the shoulders and crosses the chest to
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Brown Italian Walnut M. Singer & Sons Dresser, Cabinet by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, M. Singer & Sons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, United States. The sculptural chest, cabinet is composed with four large drawers, standing on four short
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

A Carven French Couture Evening Coat in Silk Satin and Feathers Circa 2003
By Carven
Located in Toulon, FR
House of Orleans, she is also a French and German writer and artist. Dimensions: Equivalent French Size
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Early 2000s French Cocoon Coats

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians, 1814
Located in Langweer, NL
the Russians," which includes sixty-four colored engravings with descriptions. The writer of this work
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Antique 1810s Prints

Materials

Paper

Desert at Death Valley, California, 178 Feet Below Sea Level
Located in San Francisco, CA
: Xavier J Barile was a Social Realist painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

16th Century Spanish or Italian Baroque Wrought Iron Nails and Furniture Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
decorate - and to structurally hold together an early chest or casket. The four geometric bosses
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Antique 16th Century Italian Baroque Architectural Elements

Materials

Iron

Jenna Jameson (Diptych-Clothed/Nude), Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
By Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Located in Fairfield, CT
posing with hands on hips or arms crossed in front of chests. Like Max Beckmann’s meticulously rendered
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Early 2000s Pop Art Nude Photography

Materials

Color

George Nelson Rosewood Thin Edge 4 drawer Dresser by Herman Miller #1
By George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
A rosewood thin edge chest designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller with exquisite rosewood
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Aluminum

George Nelson Rosewood Thin Edge 4 drawer Dresser by Herman Miller #2
By George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
A rosewood thin edge chest designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller with exquisite rosewood
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Aluminum

Tapies Mid-Century Dau al Set Dada Spain Abstract Surrealism Dark Monster Signed
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artists and writers. In 1945 he began experimenting with non-painterly materials, mixing paint and whiting
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man in a harness 1980
By Alice Neel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
called herself "a collector of souls.”. In 1958 she began to paint artists, critics, writers, historians
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Man in a harness 1980
Man in a harness 1980
H 31.25 in W 27 in D 1 in
Nancy in a Cast 1983
By Alice Neel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
called herself "a collector of souls.”. In 1958 she began to paint artists, critics, writers, historians
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1980s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nancy in a Cast 1983
Nancy in a Cast 1983
H 36 in W 25 in D 1 in
ALexander The Great Coin Chain Pendant Genuine Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm
By Hasbani Diamonds
Located in London, GB
-chested, holding an eagle and a sceptre, which serve as symbols of power and authority. To the right of
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Classical Greek Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Seaview, Fire Island, New York, Sand Dunes, Ocean Side
Located in San Francisco, CA
painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born March 18, 1891, in Tufo, Italy. His
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rock in Open Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
Barile was a Social Realist painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born March 18
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rock in Open Sea
Rock in Open Sea
H 15.25 in W 19.25 in D 1.25 in
Along the Shore, Staten Island, New York
Located in San Francisco, CA
Social Realist painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born March 18, 1891, in
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage Cartoon Batman Poster For The Iconic Comic Superhero "...Uhh!"
By Carmine Infantino
Located in London, GB
chest, the cartoon character leaning back as he's hit by something with his speech bubble reading
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Vintage 1960s American Posters

Materials

Paper

A, Line Side Table by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
designer/artist Hagit Pincovici conceives a sleek-looking and oneiric chest of drawers evoking nomadic
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Plexiglass, Oak

A, Line Side Table by Colé Italia
A, Line Side Table by Colé Italia
H 25.6 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
a, Line Dresser by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
: chest of drawers; matt lacquered structure in dark gray; 6 lacquered drawers in pale grey. Shaped
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Plexiglass, Oak

a, Line Dresser by Colé Italia
a, Line Dresser by Colé Italia
H 43.71 in W 42.52 in D 20.87 in
Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
Art Association. A. Z. Kruse, New York City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn
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Early 20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
Art Association. A. Z. Kruse, New York City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn
Category

Early 20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn College and the Cartoonists and
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Art Deco Wolfgang Hoffmann Romweber World's Fair Century of Progress Sideboard
By Wolfgang Hoffmann, Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in Forney, TX
the noted mystery writer Rex Stout and settled in a Modern house in Danbury, Connecticut. When the
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood

Art Deco Signed Wolfgang Hoffmann for Romweber World's Fair Display Cabinet
By Wolfgang Hoffmann, Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in Forney, TX
top with glass panel sides and a pair of sliding glass doors, over solid wood chest fitted with four
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Vintage Cartoon Batman Poster For The Iconic Comic Superhero "...Uhh!"
By Carmine Infantino
Located in London, GB
chest, the cartoon character leaning back as he's hit by something with his speech bubble reading
Category

1960s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Formula 1: the Impossible Collection
By Assouline Publishing
Located in NEW YORK, NY
clamps down your chest. The world ahead is visible only above a rim at eye level; the world behind is
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Metal

Formula 1: the Impossible Collection
Formula 1: the Impossible Collection
H 18.62 in W 15.51 in D 3 in
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
home, studio, and school at Hôtel Biron. Among his neighbors is sculptor Auguste Rodin, writer Jean
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
Creole Dancer
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Antique French Writer's Chest, Boulle Lap Desk, Ecritoire, Box
Located in South Coast, CA
decide if you want it displayed closed or open to view. A fine writer's slope (as the English call it) or
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

A lacquered and gilded wood credenza laccata con alzata
Located in New York, NY
194. This rare credenza and desk for a standing writer has a super structure containing four
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

George Nelson, Herman Miller Modular Sofa System Rosewood Table & Drawer Chest
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Hamburg, DE
, designer and writer and a central figure in the midcentury American Modernist design movement. This sofa
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Steel

George Nelson Cabinets, Model 4617
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Southampton, NY
. Fully restored, these chests feature combed oak, lacquered wood feet, and aluminium pulls. Literature
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Vintage 1940s American Modern End Tables

Materials

Aluminum

George Nelson Cabinets, Model 4617
George Nelson Cabinets, Model 4617
H 24.5 in W 18.5 in D 19.5 in
'Tom Wills' Bronze Sculpture by Martin Tighe 2011
Located in Malvern, Victoria
delusions. He discharged himself a day later and went home where he killed himself by stabbing his chest
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Big Shoe
By Fritz Aigner
Located in Wien, AT
middle ground the woman with the big shoe is lying on a bed with her chest exposed. Next to her head sits
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

The Big Shoe
H 8.27 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
Chest of Good Memory by Emilio Tadini for Interflex 1987 -Design
Located in Foggia, FG
Beautiful and super rare 'Cassapanca di buona memoria' (chest of beautiful memories) by famed
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Vintage 1980s European American Colonial Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Japanese Antique Chests of Drawers 1860s-1920s/Tansu Commodes Cabinet Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
furniture. It was probably the house where I was working as a writer. You can see the traces of ink stains
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Cedar

French 19th Century Louis XV Transition Marquetry Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Berlin, DE
Small French 19th century Louis XV transition marquetry commode or chest of drawers, so-called
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

BURBERRY PRORSUM Spring 2015 Size S Great British Writers Cotton T-shirt
By Burberry Prorsum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Writers' graphic and a crew-neck. Very Good Pre-Owned Condition. Marked: S Measurements: Shoulder
Category

21st Century and Contemporary T-Shirts

Antique Author's Chest, English, Secretaire Cabinet, Glazed Bookcase, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a striking antique author's chest, with a suite of features to accommodate the avid writer or
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Antique Late 18th Century British Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Gilbert Rohde Chest of Drawers for Herman Miller in Birdseye Maple and Mahogany
By Gilbert Rohde, Herman Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
-taught industrial designer, writer and teacher, Gilbert Rohde, helped define the earliest phase of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Mahogany

BURBERRY PRORSUM S/S 2015 Size L Off White Print Cotton Long Sleeve Shirt
By Burberry Prorsum
Located in San Francisco, CA
BURBERRY PRORSUM S/S 2015 long sleeve shirt comes in a off white "The Writer" print cotton
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collars

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Writers Chest For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate writers chest for your needs in our varied inventory. Find Impressionist versions now, or shop for Impressionist creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect writers chest may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a writers chest to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, blue, white, black and more. There have been many interesting writers chest examples over the years, but those made by (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, Alice Neel, Fritz Aigner and Antoni Tàpies are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph, linocut and oil paint.

How Much is a Writers Chest?

The average selling price for a writers chest we offer is $1,786, while they’re typically $202 on the low end and $225,000 for the highest priced.