seven drawer - 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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Chest of drawers mid 19th century South Australian red cedar seven drawers c1875
A 19th century Australian huon pine chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of seven drawers, bun feet, 106 x 129 x 52 cm
A huon pine chest of seven drawers 117 cm wide
A cedar campaign chest two sectional, having an arrangement of seven drawers with flush brass handles and strap work, bracket feet, 114 x 106 x 43 cm
Colonial cedar chest of seven drawers. Height 120 cm. Width 117 cm D 52 cm
Cedar seven drawer chest original finish and handles carefully restored to reveal superb patina, back boards replaced
Large Victorian cedar chest of seven drawers in restored condition
An Australian full cedar seven drawer chest standing on turned feet
Cedar seven drawer chest with hand carved corbels, carved mouldings to the hat drawer, its original handles and turned feet
Late Victorian cedar seven drawer chest
Huon pine chest of seven drawers with escutcheons, carved columns and Victorian castors
Victorian cedar seven drawer chest with bobbin half column decorations
Huon pine chest of seven drawers with blackwood trims and turned feet
Colonial cedar chest of seven drawers with a pine back, a platform base, mother-of-pearl inlays to the knobs and brass escutcheons to five drawers