Antique Australian blackwood wardrobe

A wardrobe is a cupboard with space for hanging clothes. As an item of furniture as opposed to a separate closet, the wardrobe did not generally appear until the early 19th century. Until then, clothes had been stored in clothes presses.

Wardrobes may have between one and four doors, and sometimes have fitted drawers in the centre section and hanging space on either wing. The doors are often panelled, with a decorative figured timber panel surrounded by a moulded frame. The clothes hangers hung on rails or hooks, usually facing the front. Antique wardrobes are often too shallow to fit standard size wire hangers comfortably side on.

A Beaconsfield wardrobe is the term used to describe an Edwardian period wardrobe that has an open storage area in the centre top section, usually backed by a mirror, with externally visible drawers below.

Wardrobes have been made in most of the usual more...

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An Australian solid fiddleback blackwood wardrobe with arch-top…

An Australian solid fiddleback blackwood wardrobe with arch-top bevelled mirror door, base drawer and Art Nouveau copper strap hinges, circa 1915. Note: two piece unit. 201 cm high, 119 cm wide, 53.5 cm deep

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, circa…

Art Nouveau Blackwood Wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, 1908

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, circa 1908, of two tall cupboards enclosing hanging compartments flanking a recessed central arrangement of a smaller cupboard, drawers, and open compartments, all on a plinth base, each of the…

A fine Colonial Beaconsfield gentleman's wardrobe with inverted…

Colonial Beaconsfield Wardrobe with Huon Pine and Blackwood

A fine Colonial Beaconsfield gentleman's wardrobe with inverted breakfront, Australian cedar with huon pine secondary timbers and blackwood knobs, Tasmanian origin, circa 1850. Bearing label on the back 'A. Jones, Launceston'. 203 cm high, 220 cm wide, 70…

19th century blackwood and pine two door wardrobe with arched…

Blackwood and Pine Arched Door Wardrobe with Drawer Base

19th century blackwood and pine two door wardrobe with arched doors and single drawer base, 200 cm high, 127 cm wide, 51 cm deep,

Wardrobe late 19th century, by Patrick Gay, Rundle St Adelaide,…

Late 19th Century Blackwood Wardrobe

Wardrobe late 19th century, by Patrick Gay, Rundle St Adelaide, blackwood, three bay with bevelled mirror and brass fittings, height 169 cm, length 198 cm, depth 66 cm

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe, circa 1890 199 cm high,…

1890 Australian Blackwood Carved Wardrobe

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe, circa 1890 199 cm high, 113 cm wide, 43 cm deep

A magnificent three door wardrobe, solid huon pine with break…

Antique Huon Pine Wardrobe with Blackwood Crest

A magnificent three door wardrobe, solid huon pine with break front and carved blackwood armorial crest within a domed pediment, circa 1875, 246 cm high, 230 cm wide, 70 cm deep. Provenance: Originally the property of William M'Millan of Landcox, Union…