mule chest
Chest of drawers. Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest of drawers continued to be made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (some Edwardian pine chests even had bracket feet), but variations were introduced during the mid-Victorian period, with some chests having seven or more drawers usually a deep hat drawer and smaller glove compartments. Chests with barley-sugar twist or split bobbin-turned supports date from the mid-19th century.
13 item(s) found:
Regency pine mule chest c.1830, with two lower drawers lift up lid, strap iron hinges key lock, on bracket feet. Height 67 cm. Width 110 cm. Depth 47 cm
Colonial cedar mule chest c. 19th with a hinged lid revealing a candle box above a frieze drawer and on turned feet. Width 75 cm
A good Georgian oak mule chest, the upper section with a hinged lid above a fascia of three fielded panels, the centre one inlaid with initials and dated 1749, flanked by canted corners finished as pilasters,…
A 19th century oak mule chest, the hinged top above two panelled sham drawers and two further short drawers, raised on bracket feet, 123 x 70 x 52 cm.
A good Georgian oak and mahogany cross-banded mule chest English, 140 x 58 cm
English late 17th century oak pinned mule chest with plank top three panel front with drawers below on block feet
18th century pinned mule chest with plank top and panelled front below two drawers on bun feet length 128 cm. Height 80 cm
A fruitwood mule chest, circa 1800, the hinged rectangular top of good patination above a four panelled front, above two short drawers on two block feet. Width 140 cm. Depth 53 cm . Height 88 cm
A George III oak mule chest, the rectangular hinged top opening to reveal a storage cavity with a panelled front, above two short drawers on block feet. Width 138 cm. Depth 53 cm . Height 78 cm
A late 18th century oak mule chest with plank hinged top, the front with sham drawer fronts on bracket feet
A George II walnut mule chest, the quatre-foil veneered top open to reveal a deep two tiered cavity, above a long slim drawer, on shaped bracket feet, 122 cm wide, 60 cm deep, 87 cm high
George II oak mule chest with three raised and moulded fielded panels and two drawers to the base
Welsh oak mule chest with a panelled top, a panelled front carved with lunettes and tulips, and two drawers to the base