Biedermeier - 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.
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A Biedermeier flame mahogany chest of drawers, the serpentine top above four graduated drawers, flanked by fluted pilasters surmounted by carved corbels, raised on a plinth base with lion's paw feet, 98 x 95 x 52 cm.
A Biedermeier mahogany gilt metal mounted chest of drawers, the Belgian Rouge Royale rectangular marble top above an arrangement of a single projecting frieze drawer and three further long drawers, flanked by turned pilasters surmounted by patera,…
A Biedermeier flame mahogany chest of drawers of chamfered rectangular form with three shaped graduated drawers, the upper section with a single bowed drawer, bracket feet, 105 x 102 x 51 cm
A Biedermeier flame mahogany commode, the rectangular marble top above an arrangement of four long drawers with brass inlaid escutcheons flanked by columnar styles raised on block supports 130 x 104 x 65 cm.
A Biedermeier flame mahogany marble topped commode, circa 1840, the dark grey marble top above one narrow and three deep full width drawers all within a rolled corner rectangular carcass and mounted on bun feet. Height 101 cm. Width 126 cm. Depth 55 cm
A Biedermeier chest of drawers, 19th century, of good proportion, the rectangular top above four graduated drawers, flanked by two ebonized baluster shaped columns on classic square shaped feet. Width 125 cm. Depth 62 cm . Height 98 cm
Art Deco Biedermeier revival chest of drawers with brass handles in the Regency manner
Cedar Biedermeier chest of three drawers with shaped fronts to the drawers and mother-of-pearl escutcheons