George I walnut and feather banded chest on later stand with an…
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George I walnut and feather banded chest on later stand with an ogee moulded cornice, two short and three long graduated drawers, the later stand with three short feather banded drawers, a shaped apron, slender tapering legs and pad feet
159cm high, 103cm wide, 64cm deep
cornice. The upper section of a high piece of furniture such as a bookcase, wardrobe or cabinet that sits immediately on the main structure. The cornice is usually decorated with a variety of architectural mouldings, worked either with a moulding plane or, from the later 19th century, by machine. The front and side of the cornice are mitred together, strengthened by glue blocks, and the back is generally a simple dovetailed rail to hold the structure together. Cornices are generally, though not always, fitted separately to the piece and are held in place either by screws sunk into the top board or by wooden corner blocks. A pediment may sit above the cornice, but sometimes the terms cornice and pediment are used interchangeably.
ogee. A serpentine shape, usually convex at the upper part, concave at the lower. Mostly used to describe the frontal shape of carcass furniture.
apron. A decorative wooden panel that sits underneath the top surface of a table or chair, and unites the top of the piece with the legs, running at right angles to the underside.
An apron can provide a decorative touch to an otherwise unadorned piece of furniture and at the same time provide structural support and strength. They can be carved or pierced and quite elaborate
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