walnut - chairs - sets of 4
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 set of four Italian walnut chairs, circa 1800, the serpentine top rail above an open back with three horizontal shaped slit slats, padded tan leather seat and tapered fluted legs (4) .…
A set of four Victorian walnut dining chairs.
Set of four Victorian walnut dining chairs on cabriole supports
A set of four 19th century Swedish walnut and upholstered single chairs (4)
A set of four 19th century walnut framed salon chairs with pink velvet upholstered seats
Set of four Victorian walnut drawing room chairs
Set of four walnut chairs made for the 'Tattersalls Club' in 1891, reupholstered in genuine leather, and with turned front legs
Set of four Art Nouveau walnut chairs with upholstered seats and turned front legs
Set of four burr walnut balloon back chairs with button upholstered seats and turned front legs