campaign - chests of drawers
Campaign and military furniture. Furniture that was originally intended for use by officers in their quarters while on manoeuvres, which can include beds, trunks, chairs, and desks. The furniture is demountable, so that it can be packed for ease of movement between camps.
The most common example of campaign furniture is the chest, which breaks into an upper and lower section, each with brass or rope handles at the sides. The corners are protected by brass cappings, and the handles are recessed so they are flush with front of the chest. The usual form is two half drawers and three full drawers, standing on baluster legs which usually unscrew, again for ease of transport.
Many campaign chests bear the label or plate of the retailer or maker, often in London or Ireland, and the scars of extensive travel. Examples made in India in the late 19th century, for use by the occupying British army, are also common.
The most common example of campaign furniture is the chest, which breaks into an upper and lower section, each with brass or rope handles at the sides. The corners are protected by brass cappings, and the handles are recessed so they are flush with front of the chest. The usual form is two half drawers and three full drawers, standing on baluster legs which usually unscrew, again for ease of transport.
Many campaign chests bear the label or plate of the retailer or maker, often in London or Ireland, and the scars of extensive travel. Examples made in India in the late 19th century, for use by the occupying British army, are also common.
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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An English early 19th century mahogany campaign chest with two divisions brass bound with inset brass handles.
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
A teak and brass bound campaign chest, Anglo- Indian, 19th century
Campaign chest early 19th century Camphorwood Regency style by Mancheong, Carpenter & Master Mason
19th century walnut campaign cabinet on chest moulded cornice, cupboard below enclosed by two panel doors within scroll uprights, the split base with two short and three long drawers with steel carrying handles
An early 19th century teak and camphorwood campaign chest, in two sections, the rectangular top with brass bound corners above two deep and three long drawers, raised on later bracket feet, inlaid overall with ebony stringing. Width 102 cm. Depth 46 cm.…
Antique mahogany campaign chest with writing bureau and inlaid brass handles
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
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 Victorian camphorwood and brass bound secretaire campaign chest, the top plan drawer above a central fitted secretaire drawer, flanked by two short and one deep drawer above three long drawers on turned bun feet. Width 105 cm. Depth 48 cm . Height 117 cm
A good 19th century campaign chest, with brass inset handles and bindings, the base with two drawers and later stand, the upper section with secretaire drawer above another. Height 101 cm. Width 77 cm D40 cm
A brass bound mahogany campaign chest in two parts, Anglo Indian, 19th century 91 x 42 x 93 cm
A brass bound mahogany campaign chest in two parts, Anglo Indian 19th century. 91 x 42 x 93 cm
A cedar campaign chest two sectional, having an arrangement of seven drawers with flush brass handles and strap work, bracket feet, 114 x 106 x 43 cm
A 19th century English elm campaign chest in two sections with two short and two long drawers, brass mounts and recessed handles, flanked by cast iron loop handles, raised on toupie feet, labelled verso 'From N. Hemming & Co.…
A 19th century yew wood campaign chest with brass corners and insert brass handles on bracket feet.
Victorian mahogany campaign chest, modelled in twin sections, the upper part with a fitted sectetaire drawer, with pigeon holes and drawers and a single drawer below; the lower part with twin long drawers, all resting on turned feet,…
A 19th century military or campaign chest in mahogany and pine, the upper chest with two half drawers above a full drawer, each with brass recessed handles and escutcheons,…
A 19th century cedar campaign chest with two short drawers above three long, surmounted by a two door Victorian mahogany cabinet top
A 19th century mahogany campaign chest in two sections with brass mounts. Width 105 cm. Depth 45 cm . Height 108 cm
A 19th century two piece campaign chest in mahogany, with a total of five drawers, each with recessed brass bale handles and ebony inlay escutcheons (one absent), iron carry handles to the sides, the chest on original turned and reeded bun feet.…
Rosewood two piece campaign chest of four drawers with its original handles and brackets
Victorian mahogany, two sectional campaign chest with an arrangement of five drawers, flush brass handles and strap work bun feet