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 more...

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An antique Australian huon pine and blackwood four drawer chest…

An antique Australian huon pine and blackwood four drawer chest with huon pine secondary timbers, Tasmanian origin, late 19th century, 83 cm high, 91 cm wide, 49 cm deep

A large cedar and blackwood eight drawer straight-fronted…

A large cedar and blackwood eight drawer straight-fronted chest-of-drawers. Tasmanian origin, Australian circa 1860, 126 cm wide 61 cm deep 120 cm high

A rare solid casuarina chest of five drawers, Baltic pine…

Antique Casuarina Chest with Unusual Peg Joint Construction

A rare solid casuarina chest of five drawers, Baltic pine packing case secondary timbers with blackwood knobs, South Australian origin, circa 1870. Unusual peg joint construction throughout, and scratched in cock beading to the drawer blades, most likely…

A Colonial Australian cedar five drawer chest with huon pine…

Colonial Australian Cedar Chest with Huon Pine and Blackwood Knobs

A Colonial Australian cedar five drawer chest with huon pine secondary timbers and blackwood knobs, Tasmanian origin, circa 1840, 106 cm high, 106 cm wide, 50 cm deep

A carved Australian blackwood chest of drawers by Robert…

Robert Prenzel Carved Blackwood Chest of Drawers

A carved Australian blackwood chest of drawers by Robert Prenzel, circa 1908, with two small cupboards flanking an open compartment and a small drawer above three long drawers, on a plinth base, the top with a low Art Nouveau style pediment back finely…

Stepped wardrobe chest by Carl Christian Meinzolt, Adelaide c.…

Antique Wardrobe Chest with Glazed Display Top

Stepped wardrobe chest by Carl Christian Meinzolt, Adelaide c. 1900, blackwood and cedar with panelled decorations and large brass fittings. Astragal bevelled glazed display top and carved Motto to the top, 'The evening crowns the day', height 221 cm,…

A miniature blackwood three drawer chest together with an…

Blackwood Miniature Chest and Maple Glove Box

A miniature blackwood three drawer chest together with an inlaid Queensland maple glove box, 20th century the chest 23 cm high, 27 cm wide, 14 cm deep

A fiddle back blackwood Nineteen drawer specimen cabinet.…

19-Drawer Specimen Cabinet in Blackwood

A fiddle back blackwood Nineteen drawer specimen cabinet. Australian circa 1900 purchased from McPhees 28/2/1983, the bull nosed rectangular top over nineteen graduated drawers with timber knop handles flanked by reeded columns, one acting as a locking…

Blackwood tallboy chest, solid blackwood chest fitted with…

Solid Blackwood Tallboy Chest with 7 Drawers

Blackwood tallboy chest, solid blackwood chest fitted with seven drawers, flanked by half turned columns

A solid Tasmanian blackwood eight drawer chest with turned…

Late 19th Century Blackwood Chest with Turned Columns

A solid Tasmanian blackwood eight drawer chest with turned columns, South Australian origin, late 19th century, 138 cm high, 118 cm wide, 52 cm wide

A Colonial huon pine and blackwood chest of drawers, the…

Colonial Huon Pine & Blackwood Chest of Drawers

A Colonial huon pine and blackwood chest of drawers, the moulded rectangular top above two short and three long drawers, bordered in blackwood, having blackwood turned knobs, and standing on turned blackwood feet, mid 19th century, height 110 cm, width…

An Australian Colonial chest of drawers C.1820, Tasmanian…

Tasmanian Colonial Cedar Chest of Drawers, 1820

An Australian Colonial chest of drawers C.1820, Tasmanian George III period, cedar with blackwood and Tasmanian oak secondaries, one piece 10 mm cedar top with reeded edging, five drawers, replaced brass escutcheons and, hand turned rondel handles, on bun…

A Colonial six drawer chest with unusual staggered top drawers,…

Tasmanian Colonial Cedar Chest with Staggered Drawers

A Colonial six drawer chest with unusual staggered top drawers, beautifully selected grains of cedar, huon pine secondary timbers with blackwood knobs, Tasmanian origin, circa 1860, 140 cm high, 123 cm wide, 55 cm deep

An Art Deco fiddleback blackwood dressing chest, drawer signed…

Art Deco Blackwood Dressing Chest with Cheval Mirror

An Art Deco fiddleback blackwood dressing chest, drawer signed and dated N. Lykke 1931, with cheval mirror above seven drawers, in the Chippendale style with fretwork brackets, once in the main bedroom of Barford, from 1954, 76 cm wide, 62 cm deep, 222 cm…

Tasmanian blackwood small chest with carved gum leaf handles

Gum Leaf Chest

Tasmanian blackwood small chest with carved gum leaf handles

Small blackwood four drawer bedside chest of drawers

Blackwood 4-Drawer Bedside Chest

Small blackwood four drawer bedside chest of drawers

A Colonial five drawer chest, solid birdseye huon pine,…

Tasmanian Colonial Huon Pine Chest with Five Drawers

A Colonial five drawer chest, solid birdseye huon pine, Tasmanian origin, circa 1840, huon pine secondary timbers and turned blackwood knobs, 114 cm high, 111 cm wide, 55 cm deep

A Colonial tallboy chest of seven drawers, kauri pine, huon…

Colonial Tallboy Chest with Seven Drawers

A Colonial tallboy chest of seven drawers, kauri pine, huon pine and blackwood, 19th century 140 cm high, 73 cm wide, 48 cm deep

An exceptional Tasmanian blackwood and fiddle back blackwood…

Museum-Quality Tasmanian Blackwood Chest of Drawers

An exceptional Tasmanian blackwood and fiddle back blackwood chest of drawers of museum quality

A Tasmanian huon pine eight drawer chest with turned columns,…

Antique Huon Pine Chest with Turned Columns and Blackwood Handles

A Tasmanian huon pine eight drawer chest with turned columns, solid huon drawer fronts with blackwood handles, circa 1860, 147 cm high, 124 cm wide, 55 cm deep

Blackwood & pine 7 drawer chest of drawers

Blackwood & Pine 7-Drawer Chest

Blackwood & pine 7 drawer chest of drawers

Rare pair of 19th century huon pine & blackwood 5 drawer chests…

19th Century Huon Pine & Blackwood Chests of Drawers

Rare pair of 19th century huon pine & blackwood 5 drawer chests of drawers

19th century 6 drawer chest of drawers inlaid with feature…

Inlaid 6-Drawer Chest with Huon Pine & Blackwood

19th century 6 drawer chest of drawers inlaid with feature timbers including huon pine musk casuarina & blackwood

Huon pine & blackwood chest of drawers, Tasmanian origin, 19th…

Tasmanian 19th Century Huon Pine Blackwood Chest of Drawers

Huon pine & blackwood chest of drawers, Tasmanian origin, 19th century

An antique blackwood chest of drawers, 19th century, in rich…

19th Century Blackwood Chest of Drawers

An antique blackwood chest of drawers, 19th century, in rich tonings and having two half width and three full width drawers of graduating depth all with ring pull black metal handles and circular plates, with cross banding and stringing throughout and…

Cantilever Colonial cedar chest of 5 drawers. A fine example…

Colonial Cedar Chest with 5 Drawers

Cantilever Colonial cedar chest of 5 drawers. A fine example with cockbeading to drawers, blackwood end grain handles, turned columns & huon pine secondary timbers. Tasmanian origin c1840. Height 120 cm, width 121 cm, depth 57 cm

Antique Tasmanian blackwood chest of 8 drawers, serpentine top…

Serpentine Tasmanian Blackwood Chest with Carved Columns

Antique Tasmanian blackwood chest of 8 drawers, serpentine top with carved columns

19th century blackwood chest of drawers with elaborately carved…

Elaborately carved blackwood chest of drawers

19th century blackwood chest of drawers with elaborately carved centre drawer in curtain and tassel design and lion paw carved pilasters. Believed to be made by Charles Hughes Scottsdale

Antique Australian blackwood chest of drawers two short over…

Australian Blackwood Chest of Drawers

Antique Australian blackwood chest of drawers two short over two long drawers, 119 cm wide