kauri - 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 rare model colonial kauri gum chest of drawers, the two full width drawers with bun handles and hand form pulls, shaped panelled sides, raised on four claw feet, the top with fancy upstand back and oversized turned finials,…
A quality New Zealand colonial kauri scotch chest with traditional combination of drawers with figured kauri veneers, central hat drawer with glass knob handles flanked by three drawers above three full width drawers,…
A rare New Zealand colonial figured kauri military type chest of two sections with two drawers above a single drawer on a base section of two full. Width drawers, all solid figured kauri with brass recessed handles, corners and fittings. Height 95 cm.…
A kauri Scotch chest of restrained design comprising three full. Width drawers below three smaller, standing on bun feet. Height 118.5 cm. Width 114 cm. Depth 45 cm
A kauri chest of four drawers with mottle veneered fronts standing on bun feet. Height 94 cm. Width 103 cm. Depth 48 cm
A good quality New Zealand colonial kauri Scotch chest with central top hat drawer, pair small drawers either side and three full width drawers below, mottled facings with burr Totara panel to the top hat drawer, turned wood handles,…
A New Zealand colonial chest, solid mottle top, sides and front, tophat drawer with pair small drawers either side and three graduated full width drawers below, rounded front corners, deep thumbnail top edge, original metal handles and plinth base.…
NZ Colonial rimu and kauri Scotch chest seven drawer combination with bun handles
A kauri Colonial Scotch chest the hat drawer with a figured kauri oval recessed panel and a decoratively carved knob handle is flanked by two small drawers to either side, above three full-length drawers each of the same depth,…
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.…
A Colonial mottled kauri chest of six drawers on turned feet. Length 124 cm. Width 107 cm
A kauri chest of four flame veneered drawers rained on bun feet. H92 cm. Width 102 cm. Depth 44 cm
A mottled kauri chest of four drawers, bun handles, brass escucheons on bun feet. Height 89 cm. Width 102 cm
Puriri and kauri chest. Puriri veneers have been widely used on this chest making it both attractive and less common than the usual kauri and rimu variants.…
A superb mottled kauri chest of 7 drawers, turned handles with Mop inserts. Height 123 cm. Width 120 cm. Depth 51 cm
Clarke chest c.1890 made by J Clarke in Ponsonby this useful and attractive chest is clearly labeled with its maker and location of manufacture.…
A kauri mirror-back chest of six drawers, carved and poker work supports to mirror. Height 185 cm. Width 117 cm
Generously made solid kauri pine Edwardian chest of three full length drawers, with bevelled drawer fronts
Solidly built colonial kauri pine chest of four drawers with rounded corners its original turned knobs and brass escutcheons
Edwardian solid kauri pine chest of three full length drawers, with bevelled drawer fronts and a moulded top