Victorian - chests of drawers
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.
116 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
A Victorian rosewood secretaire wellington chest, labelled A.…
A Victorian mahogany and pine chest of drawers 102 cm wide 48 cm deep 99 cm tall
Victorian mahogany chest fitted with 6 drawers with carved canted corners
A large Victorian mahogany Scottish chest of drawers, circa 1860, the large Crown with turned rail front containing a hidden compartment above two short drawers and three long drawers with mother of pearl centre handles,…
A Victorian bowfront chest of drawers, with five drawers, mother of pearl inlaid handles and turned feet. Height 114 cm. Width 1050. Diameter 60 cm
A Victorian 5 drawer chest of drawers in very good condition; 114 cm high, 103 cm wide, 47 cm high
Victorian cedar chest with 8 drawers. Cedar drawer sides and base
Victorian cedar 8 drawer chest with carved corbels and bow front shirt drawer
A Victorian mahogany chest fitted with five drawers, turned knobs fitted on bun feet
A Victorian walnut Wellington chest fitted with 10 drawers
An early Victorian mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a secret frieze drawer, two short and three long graduated drawers, raised on turned feet, 115 cm wide, 53 cm deep, 128 cm high
An early Victorian mahogany Wellington chest the rectangular hinged top above five short drawers, raised on a plinth base, 56 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 127 cm high
An early Victorian mahogany chest of drawers the rectangular top with reeded edge above two short drawers and four long graduated drawers, raised on a plinth base, with pine sides, lacking two handles, 111 cm wide, 54 cm deep, 124 cm high
A Victorian flame mahogany chest of drawers, the stepped rectangular top above an ogee frieze and long drawer, with three further graduated long drawers, plinth base, 125 x 135 x 58 cm
A Victorian Scottish flame mahogany chest of six drawers
A late Victorian cedar and burr walnut chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above two short and three long graduated drawers, raised on a plinth base and squat bun feet, 119 x 119 x 54.
A good Victorian mahogany chest fitted with four drawers, C.1880
A Victorian mahogany bowfront chest, with six cock-beaded drawers on bracket feet. Height 105 cm. Width 98 cm. Depth 50 cm
A Victorian burr walnut specimen chest of rectangular form with three drawers on a conforming plinth base and squat bun feet, 38 x 25 x 27 cm
Victorian tortoiseshell bamboo chest of drawers with swivel mirror, four drawers. Height 176 cm
A Victorian birdseye maple chest, the chest with moulded edge two short and three graduated drawers on a plinth
A Victorian mahogany bow front chest of five cock beaded drawers, with turned handles, on splayed feet. Height 104 cm. Width 102 cm. Depth 50 cm
A late Victorian huon pine chest of drawers, circa 1880, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of two short panelled drawers, two smaller drawers and three long drawers, raised on toupie feet, r, 118 x 130 x 52 cm.
A Victorian cedar chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of two short and three long graduated drawers, raised on a plinth base with toupie feet, 118 x 107 x 53 cm.
A Victorian cedar chest of drawers, the stepped rectangular top above a projecting long frieze drawer and an arrangement of seven further drawers, flanked by twist turned columnar supports, raised on a plinth base, 121 x 134 x 60 cm.
A Victorian mahogany chest fitted with 5 drawers each with turned mushroom knobs supported on a plinth base
A good Victorian mahogany chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of eight cockbeaded drawers with turned wooden handles, raised on a plinth base, 127.5 x 124 x 55 cm.
Chest of drawers huon pine Victorian (restored)
Victorian mahogany and walnut secretaire chest, with two deep and two small drawers across the top, and 3 full length drawers below, one being a fallfront desk with internal fitted drawers and pigeon holes. Two drawer pulls damaged. Height 122 cm.…
A Victorian flame mahogany chest with frieze drawer, below three shaped deep drawers and three graduated drawers flanked by spiral turned pilasters. Height 131 cm. Length 127 cm. Depth 56 cm
A fine Victorian flame mahogany chest with shaped top drawer and graduated drawers below flanked by Barley twist pilasters supported on a plinth. Height 125 cm. Length 128 cm. Depth 62 cm
Victorian mahogany milliners chest, the six drawers below a raised shelf
Victorian cedar seven drawer chest. Carved columns on the sides, carved centre drawer, serpentine top and bottom
A mid Victorian cedar secretaire chest, with satinwood interior of drawers and pigeonholes, three long drawers below flanked by canted pilaster corners with leafy capitals. Width 122 cm. Depth 54 cm . Height 128 cm
A small early Victorian mahogany bowfront chest of two short and two long drawers on bracket feet. Width 90 cm. Depth 52 cm . Height 87 cm
An Australian Victorian cedar and brass bound secretaire campaign chest, the secretaire drawer and short drawer above three long graduating drawers on bun feet, secretaire possibly added later. Width 118 cm. Depth 48 cm . Height 113 cm
A Victorian camphorwood and brass bound secretaire campaign chest, the top plan drawer above a central fitted secretaire drawer, flanked by two short and one deep drawer above three long drawers on turned bun feet. Width 105 cm. Depth 48 cm . Height 117 cm
A Victorian mahogany bow front chest of two short and three long graduating drawers on turned feet. Width 101 cm. Depth 53 cm . Height 120 cm
A Victorian mahogany press on chest, circa 1865, the everted pediment over two arch panelled doors opening to a fitted interior on a base with two half and two full width drawers with plain plinth. Height 211 cm. Width 124 cm. Depth 62 cm.
A Victorian miniature mahogany chest of five drawers 62 x 60 x 27 cm
A Victorian calamander and rosewood Wellington chest of nine drawers on a plinth base. Width 66 cm. Depth 50 cm . Height 146 cm
A good early Victorian mahogany chest of drawers marked 'Lamb. Manchester. 10091'. Width 128 cm. Depth 62 cm . Height 140 cm
Victorian cedar eight-drawer chest with serpentine front
A mahogany Victorian Scotch chest, circa: 1870,…
A good early Victorian mahogany chest of seven drawers with a central oval panelled drawer
A Victorian mahogany chest of four drawers
Victorian Scottish mahogany chest of drawers, fitted with two deep, two short and three long drawers