secretaire - chests of drawers
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.
28 item(s) found:
A Victorian rosewood secretaire wellington chest, labelled A.…
A Georgian mahogany secretaire chest on chest, circa 1790,…
A William IV mahogany secretaire chest of drawers (restored)
A rare late 19th century burr walnut secretaire Wellington chest with 7 drawers and the central fall front fitted secretaire sliding compartment
A 19th century flame mahogany secretaire chest of drawers, the rectangular top above a combination of four drawers the top drawer with a fall front enclosing a fitted interior ogee bracket feet 120 x 121 x 55 cm
Victorian mahogany and walnut secretaire chest, with two deep and two small drawers across the top, and 3 full length drawers below, one being a fallfront desk with internal fitted drawers and pigeon holes. Two drawer pulls damaged. Height 122 cm.…
A rare French 19th century boulle serpentine front secretaire tall chest with marble top
A fine French 19th century mahogany and brass bound eight drawer tall secretaire chest. Height 136 cm. Length 62 cm. Depth 41 cm
A George III inlaid mahogany secretaire chest, the fall enclosing drawers and pigeon, below graduated drawers. Depth 51 cm. Length 105 cm. Height 106 cm. A Bluthner upright grand over damper piano in ebonised case with original sconce. Retailer: W.…
A George III inlaid mahogany secretaire chest, the fall enclosing drawers and pigeon, below graduated drawers. Depth 51 cm. Length 105 cm. Height 106 cm
A Louis XV style marquetry inlaid kingwood bureau chest, circa 1880,…
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 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 George III mahogany and tulipwood banded secretaire chest, the secretaire drawer fitted with a partridge wood interior of drawers and pigeon holes above pair of cupboard doors enclosing sliding trays. Width 124 cm. Depth 56 cm . Height 109 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 good mid 19th century secretaire chest, the fall front fitted secretaire drawer and single adjacent drawer above three graduated full drawers. Three hidden drawers to the moulded frieze.…
A George III mahogany secretaire chest of 4 drawers (top drawer fitted) and slide, on splayed legs. Height 77 cm. Width 104 cm. Diameter 51 cm. Provenance: Ex Clendon Estate. Maybe this piece of furniture was brought to New Zealand by James Reddy Clendon.…
Antique American mahogany chest of drawers with secretaire and fitted superstructure
A fine and rare French late 19th century Louis XV style walnut and cross banded commode with marble top .secretaire drawer with two drawers below and shaped apron on tapering supports with ormolu sabots. Width 54.5 cm. Length 126.5 cm. Height 84 cm
A George III mahogany secretaire-chest English, 110 x 86 x 53 cm
Georgian mahogany secretaire chest of seven drawers with bracket feet
Well built baltic pine secretaire chest of Germanic/Austro-Hungarian design influence, with internal detail compartments including trinket drawers, secret slots and a writing surface
Late Georgian mahogany secretaire chest with fine dovetails, cockbeading to the drawers, a tooled leather writing surface and rosewood knobs
Oak secretaire/chest with three drawers, half pilaster carvings, the top drawer opens to reveal two sets of three drawers, two shelves and a central locking cupboard with inlaid detail
George IV mahogany secretaire chest with a crossbanded top and secretaire drawer, the interior with four drawers and four concealed compartments, an elaborately veneered door, all of the original handles and locks, and bracket feet
Victorian mahogany Wellington chest with a fully fitted fall front secretaire to the top, four graduated drawers and a plinth base
Anglo Indian rosewood and thuya secretaire chest with a rectangular top, a rosewood border, a secretaire drawer with ivory line inlaid decoration, an arrangement of internal pigeon holes and drawers, two short and two long drawers,…