elm - chairs - sets of 6
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.
5 item(s) found:
A matched set of six 18th century Thames Valley Windsor armchairs, in various timbers including yew, elm and beech, the shaped top rails above variously shaped and pierced splats, on cabriole legs
A set of six 19th century elm wheel back Windsor chairs, each with a bowed spindle back and a pierced wheel splat, raised on turned tapering legs United by cross stretchers
George III harlequin set of eight country elm dining chairs of two elbow and six side chairs, all spindle turned backs, column supports with shaped stretchers, rush seats
A matched set of six rustic pine and elm dining chairs (6)
This set of six George III country Hepplewhite camelback chairs from East Anglia, of elm and beech, with rich, warm colour, with an appropriate woven tapestry.