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.
159 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
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
A 19th century Australian cedar and pine chest of drawers restorations 98 cm wide 46 cm deep 109 cm high
A 19th century Australian cedar chest of drawers 118 cm wide 52 cm deep 131 cm high
An Australian 19th century cedar chest of drawers
Rare huon pine specimen chest fitted with 10 graduating drawers fully lined in huon, turned knobs and a plinth base.
Australian Colonial cedar serpentine chest fitted with 8 drawers and carved side pilasters
A George III style cedar bedside chest of drawers, 53 cm wide, 47 cm deep, 67 cm high
A late 19th century huon pine chest fitted with 8 drawers flanked by turned columns (in good original condition with scratches to top)
A fine early Austalian colonial cedar chest fitted with five drawers
An Australian colonial cedar chest with 8 drawers, flanked by turned spiral columns
Chest of drawers mid 19th century South Australian red cedar seven drawers c1875
An Australian 19th century cedar chest of drawers the rectangular top above two small and two deep drawers and three further long graduated drawers flanked by ring turned pilasters, raised on turned feet, second as timber pine, later handles, 109 cm wide,…
A 19th century Australian cedar chest of drawers the rectangular top with moulded edge above two short central drawers and two deep drawers, over two long drawers, raised on turned feet, with paper label 'W.…
An Australian 19th century full cedar chest of drawer the rectangular top with moulded edge above two deep drawers and two long drawers, raised on turned feet, later handles, with label T Moore, 337 and 330 Pitt Street, Sydney, 102 cm wide, 46 cm deep,…
A 19th century Australian cedar chest of drawers the rectangular top with moulded edge above two deep drawers, over two long drawers, raised on turned feet, later back feet, 96 cm wide, 45 cm deep, 97 cm high
A 19th century Australian cedar chest of drawers, the rectangular top above a moulded frieze drawer, two short central drawers and two deep drawers above three long drawers, flanked by bobbin tuned pilasters, raised on a plinth base,…
A 19th century Australian huon pine chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of seven drawers, bun feet, 106 x 129 x 52 cm
Late 19th century cedar chest of four drawers
A fine Australian Colonial cedar chest of 7 drawers with mother of pearl inlaid knobs supported of bun feet
A 19th century Australian full cedar chest of drawers, the rectangular top above two short and three long gradated drawers, raised on turned feet, later handles, 105 cm wide, 57 cm deep, 109 cm high
A huon pine chest of seven drawers 117 cm wide
A late Victorian cedar and burr walnut chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above two short and three long graduated drawers, raised on a plinth base and squat bun feet, 119 x 119 x 54.
A 19th century Australian cedar chest of drawers 127 cm wide 57 cm deep 133 cm high
A 19th century Australian cedar chest of drawers 104 cm wide 49 cm deep 105 cm high
A fine quality Australian colonial cedar chest fitted with 6 drawers
A late Victorian huon pine chest of drawers, circa 1880, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of two short panelled drawers, two smaller drawers and three long drawers, raised on toupie feet, r, 118 x 130 x 52 cm.
A Victorian cedar chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of two short and three long graduated drawers, raised on a plinth base with toupie feet, 118 x 107 x 53 cm.
A Victorian cedar chest of drawers, the stepped rectangular top above a projecting long frieze drawer and an arrangement of seven further drawers, flanked by twist turned columnar supports, raised on a plinth base, 121 x 134 x 60 cm.
A fine quality Australian Colonial huon pine chest fitted with 8 drawers, flanked by carved floral and foliate pilasters with original glass knobs, possibly Barossa Valley origins
A 19th century Australian full cedar chest of drawers, circa 1845, the rectangular top above a central hat drawer and flanked by two further deep drawers in the form of two short drawers above three long graduated drawers flanked by ring turned columns,…
An Australian Federation huon pine chest of drawers, the serpentine top with moulded edge above a frieze drawer,…
Chest of drawers huon pine Victorian (restored)
Colonial cedar campaign chest. Three drawer chest on two drawer base with high set turned legs. Height 113 cm. Width 99 cm D 47 cm
A mid Victorian cedar secretaire chest, with satinwood interior of drawers and pigeonholes, three long drawers below flanked by canted pilaster corners with leafy capitals. Width 122 cm. Depth 54 cm . Height 128 cm
An early 20th century stained cedar chest, with two short central drawers flanked by two deep drawers above three long drawers on a plinth base. Width 115 cm. Depth 47 cm . Height 132 cm
An Australian Victorian cedar and brass bound secretaire campaign chest, the secretaire drawer and short drawer above three long graduating drawers on bun feet, secretaire possibly added later. Width 118 cm. Depth 48 cm . Height 113 cm
A good quality New Zealand colonial kauri Scotch chest with central top hat drawer, pair small drawers either side and three full width drawers below, mottled facings with burr Totara panel to the top hat drawer, turned wood handles,…