chest on chest
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.
Chest-on-chest. Also known as a tallboy. A double-heightened piece consisting, essentially, of a chest of drawers placed on top of another chest. The lower section usually contained three drawers, the upper section having three or four long and maybe three shorter drawers across the top. The upper section sometimes had canted corners and a fairly substantial cornice. The drawers on most chests made until at least the mid-19th century were generally graduated that is, the upper drawers were quite shallow, the lower drawers becoming proportionately much deeper.
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A George III mahogany chest on chest, with dentil cornice cockbeaded drawers and bracket feet. Later brass swan neck handles some wear and deterioration. Height 179 cm. Width 111 cm. Depth 54 cm
An early 19th century rosewood flat front chest of three short over three long graduated drawers, satinwood stringing, cross banded border to the top and base edge, fancy brass pierced and scroll back plate handles, raised on bracket feet.…
Georgian flame mahogany chest of drawers, with oval brass pulls and raised on splay feet. Height 117.5 cm. Width 118 cm. Depth 54.5 cm
A decorative French walnut tall chest with a rouge marble top above six drawers with rosewood banding and cast foliate decorated handles flanked canted corner and ormolu corbels 160 cm high, 187 cm wide 60 cm deep.
A good 19th century Australian colonial blackwood and cedar chest with shaped top drawer, below a deep drawers flanked small curved drawers, below graduated three drawers flanked by pilasters. 139 cm high,143 cm wide 64 deep.
A French Louis XV style kingwood tall chest with a shaped marble top above seven drawers each with floral marquetry decoration on short cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 109 cm high, 49 cm wide, 31 cm deep.
An English early 19th century mahogany campaign chest with two divisions brass bound with inset brass handles.
A French Louis XV style walnut chest of bombÌ outline with a shaped marble top, above five drawers with cast foliate handles on short feet with ormolu sabots. 83 cm high, 45 cm wide, 49 cm deep.
A George IV mahogany chest with two short drawers and two graduated drawers below on bracket feet.
A 19th century Australian colonial cedar chest with a shaped drawer above three short drawers below three graduated drawers flanked by carved pilasters.
A George VI mahogany chest with two short drawers, above three graduated drawers with a shaped apron and splay bracket feet. 123 cm high, 124 cm wide 56 cm deep.
Colonial cedar chest of 8 cockbeaded drawers with breakfront base and top and full tapered columns, each drawer with original casuarina handles (131 x 65 x 126 cm) Provenance: Emery Family stone cottage, Oatlands, Tasmania,…
Colonial birdseye huon pine chest of 8 drawers supported on raised bun feet and flanked with full barley twist columns
Birdseye huon pine 8 drawer chest of drawers with full barley twist columns supported on a plinth base
Mahogany bow front chest of five drawers. Height 104 cm. Width 104.5 cm, D.50 cm
An Australian full cedar chest of drawers, circa 1840, the rectangular top above a half moulded frieze with secret drawer and bulls-eye motif, above a central hat drawer and four small drawers above three long graduated drawers flanked by half columns,…
An important, early Australian casuarina, beefwood and cedar chest of drawers attributed to Lawrence Butler, circa 1810, the rectangular cedar top with beefwood cross-banding within a pine strung border,…
An Australian burr cedar and cedar gentleman's chest of drawers, circa 1840, the rectangular cedar top above three deep drawers and two long graduated drawers flanked by plain columns, raised on tulip shaped turned feet, 97 cm wide, 51 cm deep, 94 cm high
A Victorian rosewood secretaire wellington chest, labelled A.…
An Australian solid cedar chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite style, second quarter of 19th century,…
A 19th century north European mahogany sermainer chest, the stepped pedestal top above seven long graduated drawers, raised on scrolled feet, 102 cm wide, 57 cm deep, 155 cm high
A late George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top above two short and three long graduated drawers above a shaped apron and bracket feet, 102 cm wide, 49 cm deep, 104 cm high (40 wide, 19 deep, 40.5 high)
A George I figured walnut chest on chest, the upper part with a cross-banded and moulded top above two short and three graduated long drawers, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, raised on (later) bracket feet,…
A 19th century mahogany chest of drawers three short above three long drawers all with locks 107 cm wide, 47 cm deep, 101 cm high
A George III mahogany chest of drawers, of good proportion, the rectangular top, above a writing slide and four graduated long drawers with brass escutcheons on bracket feet 83 cm wide, 53 cm deep, 90 cm high
A George III Chinoiserie chest of drawers, the rectangular top above three graduated drawers, decorated throughout with oriental figures and pagodas on a deep sapphire blue ground46 cm wide, 62 cm deep, 85 cm high
A small George III mahogany bow fronted chest of drawers, the shaped top above an arrangement of drawers on shaped bracket feet 89 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 89 cm high
A George III mahogany chest of drawers, English, circa 1810
A fine and large George IV mahogany and rosewood chest of drawers, with two concealed frieze drawers, English, circa 1820
A cedar Wellington chest, Australian, 19th century
A Georgian mahogany flat front chest of five drawers, with two drawers of half width above three of full width of graduated depth, all with cock beaded edges and ring handles, raised on splayed feet and with a shaped apron. 91.5 x 47 x 96 cm
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 mahogany campaign chest, the top section with four drawers with two drawers to the lower section. Recessed brass handles to the front, iron handle ot the sides. Height 93.5 cm. Width 1100. Diameter 46.5 cm
George III walnut gentleman's chest on chest, the two mirrored doors opening to reveal four short drawers and three graduated long drawers, a writing slide and three further graduated long drawers, on bracket feet 103 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 195 cm high
Antique Australian cedar chest of eight drawers, fitted with bobbin turned columns, all standing on turned feet, 142 cm H x 111 cm W x 52 cm D, recently fully restored
A Continental walnut and ebonized miniature chest of drawers with marble top, circa 1880
An Australian Colonial cedar chest of 7 drawers
An Australian Colonial cedar chest fitted with 7 drawers
Australian Colonial cedar chest of drawers. 4 cedar faced drawers. Height 100 cm. Width 91 cm. Depth 49 cm
An antique mahogany chest of four drawers 75.5 cm long
A small mahogany chest of drawers, 50 cm wide, 32 cm deep, 50 cm high
A Victorian mahogany and pine chest of drawers 102 cm wide 48 cm deep 99 cm tall
A Wonderful Italian Continental three drawer chest, late 18th/19th century,…
A wonderful Italian Continental two drawer chest, late 18th / 19th century, the shaped top with central inlaid cartouche surrounded by fruit wood veneered border over two short drawers set with inlaid images of gentlemen and ladies in exterior scenes,…
A Georgian mahogany secretaire chest on chest, circa 1790,…
A fine quality George IV mahogany and satinwood chest of drawers, circa 1830, the rectangular bow fronted carcass with satinwood bands and stringing to top, below three shelf drawers above a further three full width drawers, each with satinwood,…
Circa 1950 stained coachwood chest of seven drawers plus full width 'secret' drawer at top. Stamped 'Lexington.'. Height 141 cm. Width 106 cm. Depth 49.5 cm
A George III style chest of drawers 91 x 58 x 90 cm
A Germanic carved oak chest of drawers, circa 1900 94 cm wide, 66 cm deep, 88 cm high