eight 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.
24 item(s) found:
Antique Australian cedar chest of eight drawers, fitted with bobbin turned columns, all standing on turned feet, 142 cm H x 111 cm W x 52 cm D, recently fully restored
A good Colonial Scotch chest, with eight drawers and various veneers to the drawer fronts. Raised on turned feet and castors. Height 128.5 cm. Width 120 cm. Diameter 54 cm
Chest of drawers late 19th century eight drawers
A superb French kingwood tall chest. Surmounted by a rouge marble top with eight drawers cross banded with rosewood flanked by canted corners and ormolu corbels with carved apron and short carved legs. Height 162 cm. Length 100 cm. Depth 39 cm
A fine French 19th century mahogany and brass bound eight drawer tall secretaire chest. Height 136 cm. Length 62 cm. Depth 41 cm
A George III mahogany chest on chest, with a dentil cornice, eight drawers and a linen slide above a serpentine frieze raised on bracket feet;. Width 110 cm. Depth 57 cm . Height 190 cm
Victorian cedar eight-drawer chest with serpentine front
19th century New Zealand Colonial Scotch chest by J. Tonson Garlick of Auckland, pattern G856. In kauri, mottled kauri and puriri, eight drawer combination on small turned feet.…
An Australian Fiddleback blackwood chest of drawers Manufacturer's plaque for W. H. Rocke & Co. Melbourne having an arrangement of eight drawers flanked by reeded stiles brass drop handles bun feet oval brass manufacturer's badge 117 x 145 x 56 cm
A George III mahogany chest on chest two sectional the stepped dentil cornice above an arrangement of eight drawers brass drop handles bracket feet 119 x 274 x 59 cm
George III mahogany bow front chest eight drawer combination on bracket feet
Original Victorian bow fronted cedar, eight drawer chest with carved columns, from the Barossa Valley
Victorian mahogany Scottish chest of eight drawers in restored condition
Oak chest on stand with eight drawers and eight shaped legs
Huon pine eight drawer chest with barley twist columns, dated 1892
Cedar chest of eight drawers with carved corbels and turned feet
Victorian mahogany chest of eight drawers with a single plank top, quarter round fluted columns and turned wooden handles
Cedar chest of eight drawers with a cantilevered top, full bobbin reel turnings, carved corbels and all of its original hardware
Victorian flame mahogany, waterfall front, two piece Scotch chest of eight drawers with barley twist columns, and turned feet
George III mahogany chest on chest with eight drawers and bracket feet
George IV mahogany chest on chest with eight drawers and bracket feet
Cedar eight drawer gentleman's chest of drawers with barley twist columns, carved bunches of grapes and its original mother-of-pearl handles, originally from the Hunter Valley, NSW