cedar - bedside cabinets
Bedside Cabinets. Small cupboards, usually square or rectangular though sometimes round, designed to stand one on either side of a bed. They have been made since the 18th century, but true pairs are very difficult to find. In a genuine pair, the doors should be hinged on different sides, so that the cupboard opened away from the bedside. Small chests of drawers were also made as bedside pieces. Pairs of French bedside cupboards are much more common than English or Australian pairs, which even when part of a bedroom suite, were only made as singles. Most Victorian or Edwardian pairs of bedside cupboards that come on to the market, have been made up from the pedestals of pedestal dressing tables of the period, but due to demand the fact that they are not original does not diminish their value.
9 item(s) found:
A pair of cedar bedside cupboards Australian c1890 56 x 54 x 35 cm
A 19th century Australian cedar commode chair, circa 1860 the overhanging top rail above a plain cross rail, down swept arms on turned supports above a drop in seat enclosing a ceramic pot with wooden lid above a shaped apron raised on turned legs
A cedar kidney commode, circa 1840. Height 44 cm. Width 52 cm depth 31 cm
Antique Australian Colonial cedar two tier table with single drawer, suitable for bedside use
Victorian cedar spindle back single panel door bedside cupboard with key.
A matching pair of Australian colonial cedar bedside cabinets
Pair of cedar bedside cabinets from the Victorian era
Cedar pot cupboard with a shield panelled door and a gallery top