William & Mary - 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.
7 item(s) found:
A William and Mary walnut chest of drawers, with geometric moulded front and panel sides, two short and three long drawers, figural brass escutcheons and handles, raised on ball feet. Width 87 cm. Depth 43 cm . Height 93 cm
A William & Mary oak chest of drawers, with four graduated drawers, having drop brass handles, supported on bun feet. Depth 55 cm. Length 98 cm. Height 95 cm.
A William and Mary walnut floral marquetry chest on stand, the top with panels inlaid with sprays of tulips, carnations and birds on ebonised reserves, with two short and two long drawers similarly inlaid,…
A fine William and Mary walnut and marquetry chest of drawers 98 x 100 x 55 cm English, circa 1695, with secret drawers behind one of the top drawers
A William & Mary Laburnum chest on stand with shaped cornice, a swell frieze, below a pair of doors enclosing small drawers, on a later stand with bulbous supports and stretchers. Width 48 cm. Length 97 cm. Height 152 cm
A William and Mary style walnut chest of drawers English, 19th century the rectangular cross-banded top with moulded edge and box wood inlay, above four graduated cross-banded and line inlaid drawers, raised on bracket feet. Width 83 cm. Depth 56 cm .…
William & Mary ash and elm chest on stand with a rectangular top, a banded edge, two short and three long graduated, feather banded drawers, a stand or two deep and one short drawer, an arched apron and bun feet.…