Antique six drawer 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 more...

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An Australian kauri pine specimen six drawer filing chest on…

An Australian kauri pine specimen six drawer filing chest on moulded plinth base with triple bay adjustable divisions, original brassware and double panelled sides, early 20th century, stamped "E. Hill, Nth. Melbourne, 1911", 71 cm high, 60.5 cm wide,

A small cedar chest of six drawers, height 33 cm, width 27 cm,…

Compact Cedar Chest with Six Drawers

A small cedar chest of six drawers, height 33 cm, width 27 cm, depth 21 cm

An Australian cedar six drawer chest with unusual drawer…

Antique Australian Cedar Six Drawer Chest

An Australian cedar six drawer chest with unusual drawer configuration at the top, 19th century, 97 cm high, 103 cm wide, 54 cm deep

A Colonial six drawer chest with unusual staggered top drawers,…

Tasmanian Colonial Cedar Chest with Staggered Drawers

A Colonial six drawer chest with unusual staggered top drawers, beautifully selected grains of cedar, huon pine secondary timbers with blackwood knobs, Tasmanian origin, circa 1860, 140 cm high, 123 cm wide, 55 cm deep

Chest of drawers break front, Victorian, cedar, six drawers,…

Victorian Cedar Breakfront Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers break front, Victorian, cedar, six drawers, with full turned columns, height 127 cm, length 127 cm, depth 57 cm

A six drawer chest, cedar and Baltic pine, South Australian…

South Australian Cedar Chest with Unusual Drawer Configuration

A six drawer chest, cedar and Baltic pine, South Australian origin, 19th century, unusual drawer configuration, 128 cm high, 118 cm wide, 54 cm deep. Provenance: ?The Rodney Pemberton Collection

An Australian six drawer chest, cedar and pine, 19th century…

19th Century Australian Cedar & Pine Six Drawer Chest

An Australian six drawer chest, cedar and pine, 19th century unusual drawer configuration and construction, most likely made by a carpenter with thick slab cedar top and drawer sides 107 cm high, 109 cm wide, 48 cm deep

Early South Australian Barossa Valley cedar chest of drawers…

Antique Cedar Chest of Drawers with Gallery Top

Early South Australian Barossa Valley cedar chest of drawers with three quarter gallery top fitted with six drawers

A Victorian cedar secretaire Wellington chest. Later 19th…

Victorian Cedar Secretaire Wellington Chest

A Victorian cedar secretaire Wellington chest. Later 19th century, the chest with six drawers of differing depths, one with a faux front serving as a fold down writing plane and concealing two half width drawers and four pigeon holes, with acanthus carved…

Late 19th century New Zealand Colonial collector's cabinet with…

19th Century NZ Colonial Collector's Cabinet with 6 Drawers

Late 19th century New Zealand Colonial collector's cabinet with six drawer combination

19th century six drawer huon pine chest of drawers

Antique 6-drawer Huon Pine Chest of Drawers

19th century six drawer huon pine chest of drawers

Huon pine bird's eye maple and American oak chest of six…

Bird's Eye Maple Chest by Peter Gay

Huon pine bird's eye maple and American oak chest of six drawers by makers Peter Gay, Gays Arcade Adelaide

A good Colonial cedar chest of six drawers three short double…

Colonial Cedar Chest with Barley Twist Supports

A good Colonial cedar chest of six drawers three short double depth drawers over three long drawers with barley twist column supports and turned feet 127 x 52 x 127 cm