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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Chest on chest late Victorian, flame mahogany, seven drawers on…

Late Victorian Flame Mahogany Chest with Seven Drawers

Chest on chest late Victorian, flame mahogany, seven drawers on bun feet, brass escutcheons, height 161 cm, length 102 cm, depth 51 cm

Chest on chest late Victorian, dark stain flame mahogany, seven…

Victorian Flame Mahogany Chest with Seven Drawers

Chest on chest late Victorian, dark stain flame mahogany, seven drawers, on bun feet, with bone escutcheons, height 167 cm, length 102 cm, depth 50 cm

A fine French Louis XV style walnut and floral marquetry…

Louis XV Style Walnut Chest with Marquetry Decoration

A fine French Louis XV style walnut and floral marquetry decorated seven drawer serpentine shaped upright chest. 124 cm high, 70 cm wide, 38 cm deep.

A tall French kingwood and cross banded seven drawer chest. 143…

French Kingwood 7-Drawer Chest

A tall French kingwood and cross banded seven drawer chest. 143 cm high, 55 cm wide, 40 cm deep

A Colonial tallboy chest of seven drawers, kauri pine, huon…

Colonial Tallboy Chest with Seven Drawers

A Colonial tallboy chest of seven drawers, kauri pine, huon pine and blackwood, 19th century 140 cm high, 73 cm wide, 48 cm deep

A Louis XV style Semainier, of tapering serpentine form in…

Louis XV Style Walnut Semainier with Marble Top

A Louis XV style Semainier, of tapering serpentine form in walnut, kingwood and satinwood surmounted with a caramel marble top, with seven drawers each with stringing and floral inlay, foliate brass pulls, escutcheons, the sides with herringbone parquetry…

Pair of Victorian burr walnut Wellington chests, 19th century,…

Victorian Burr Walnut Wellington Chests (Pair)

Pair of Victorian burr walnut Wellington chests, 19th century, each with seven drawers with turned knobs (2), height 91 cm width 54.5 cm depth 52 cm

A French Louis XV style kingwood tall chest, of bombe outline…

Louis XV Style Kingwood Tall Chest with Ormolu Accents

A French Louis XV style kingwood tall chest, of bombe outline with marble top above seven drawers flanked by ormolu corbels with a shaped apron on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 138 cm high, 77 cm wide, 46 cm deep

Chest on chest late 19th century, flame mahogany, seven drawers,…

Flame Mahogany Sarcophagus Top Chest of Drawers

Chest on chest late 19th century, flame mahogany, seven drawers, sarcophagus top, height 160 cm, length 102 cm, depth 50 cm

A fine French mahogany upright seven drawer chest with marble…

French Mahogany Marble Top Upright Chest

A fine French mahogany upright seven drawer chest with marble top, 186 cm high, 83 cm wide, 44 cm deep

Victorian mahogany chest of seven drawers

Victorian 7-Drawer Mahogany Chest

Victorian mahogany chest of seven drawers

Antique Australian cedar seven drawer chest of drawers

Australian Cedar 7-Drawer Chest

Antique Australian cedar seven drawer chest of drawers

A huon pine seven drawer chest, South Australian origin, circa…

Antique Huon Pine Seven Drawer Chest (1885)

A huon pine seven drawer chest, South Australian origin, circa 1885, 131 cm high, 117 cm wide, 53 cm deep

A 19th century Wellington chest of seven drawers in ebonised…

Ebonised Wellington Chest with Gold Detail

A 19th century Wellington chest of seven drawers in ebonised finish with gold incised detail. Height 121 cm. Width 70 cm. Depth 46 cm

A fine mahogany Wellington chest, 19th century, the seven…

19th Century Mahogany Wellington Chest

A fine mahogany Wellington chest, 19th century, the seven drawer chest having a plain extended top above seven full width drawers of graduating depth and supported on a plinth base, with a lockable vertical hinged flap, decorative corbels and turned knob…

A superb French kingwood upright seven drawer chest, 152 cm…

French Kingwood Upright Chest with 7 Drawers

A superb French kingwood upright seven drawer chest, 152 cm high, 81 cm wide, 44 cm deep

An English 19th mahogany century Wellington chest. Fitted with…

19th Century Mahogany Wellington Chest with 7 Drawers

An English 19th mahogany century Wellington chest. Fitted with seven drawers. Height 104 cm, width 54 cm, depth 37 cm.

A fine French walnut upright chest. Having seven drawers and…

French Walnut Marquetry Chest with Seven Drawers

A fine French walnut upright chest. Having seven drawers and floral marquetry decoration. Height 138 cm, width 80 cm, depth 44 cm.

A polished mahogany Wellington chest, English, 19th century,…

19th Century Mahogany Wellington Chest

A polished mahogany Wellington chest, English, 19th century, with a swinging locking arm, each of the seven drawers with circular brass handles, 117 cm high, 57 cm wide, 37 cm deep

A French Louis XV style upright seven drawer chest with shaped…

Louis XV Marble Top Chest

A French Louis XV style upright seven drawer chest with shaped marble top. 138 cm high, 70 cm wide, 37 cm deep.

Victorian mahogany Wellington chest, the rectangular top above…

Victorian Mahogany Wellington Chest with Seven Drawers

Victorian mahogany Wellington chest, the rectangular top above a bank of seven drawers within moulded pilasters with truss capitals, one side lockable, raised on a plinth base, height 110 cm width 53 cm depth 42.5 cm

A fine Australian cedar seven drawer chest, circa 1880, nine…

Antique Australian Cedar Seven Drawer Chest

A fine Australian cedar seven drawer chest, circa 1880, nine drawers flanked by two carved corbels, on turned feet, 149 x 121 x 58 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Marvin Hurnall antiques

A Continental flame mahogany upright seven drawer tall chest.…

Continental Flame Mahogany Tall Chest with 7 Drawers

A Continental flame mahogany upright seven drawer tall chest. 135 cm high, 72 cm wide, 37 cm deep

A Louis XVI style French tall chest, the marble top, above…

French Louis XVI Style Tall Chest with Marble Top

A Louis XVI style French tall chest, the marble top, above seven drawers on short square tapering legs. 143 cm high, 77 cm wide, 38 cm deep.

A George I walnut small proportion chest of drawers,…

Walnut Chest of Drawers with Unusual Configuration

A George I walnut small proportion chest of drawers, crossbanded decoration, an unusual configuration of seven drawers, brass handles, backplates and keyhole escutcheons, raised on bracket feet, part 18th century and later. 81.5 x 44 x 95.5 cm.

Victorian mahogany Wellington chest with seven drawers flanked…

Fluted Mahogany Wellington Chest with Seven Drawers

Victorian mahogany Wellington chest with seven drawers flanked by fluted pilasters with bulls eye terminals

A fine 1960s rosewood tallboy chest in the style of Kai…

Rosewood Tallboy Chest with Seven Drawers

A fine 1960s rosewood tallboy chest in the style of Kai Kristiansen, with seven drawers and moulded handles, 120 x 74 x 42.5 cm

Tallboy chest of drawers, mid 19th century, Biedermeier burr…

Biedermeier Burr Walnut Tallboy Chest of Drawers

Tallboy chest of drawers, mid 19th century, Biedermeier burr walnut with ebonised detailing seven drawers with sarcophagus top and bun feet, height 158 cm, length 102 cm, depth 57 cm

An antique Australian seven drawer chest with ornately carved…

Ornate Australian Antique Seven Drawer Chest

An antique Australian seven drawer chest with ornately carved corbels, huon pine with kauri pine secondary timbers, 19th century, 130 cm high, 114 cm wide, 56 cm deep

Exquisite 19th century Tasmanian huon pine chest fitted with…

19th Century Huon Pine Chest with Spiral Columns

Exquisite 19th century Tasmanian huon pine chest fitted with seven drawers flanked by spiral twist turned columns

A Colonial seven drawer chest, birdseye huon pine with Baltic…

19th Century Colonial Birdseye Huon Pine Chest

A Colonial seven drawer chest, birdseye huon pine with Baltic pine back boards, 19th century, 124 cm high, 114 cm wide, 47 cm deep

An Art Deco fiddleback blackwood dressing chest, drawer signed…

Art Deco Blackwood Dressing Chest with Cheval Mirror

An Art Deco fiddleback blackwood dressing chest, drawer signed and dated N. Lykke 1931, with cheval mirror above seven drawers, in the Chippendale style with fretwork brackets, once in the main bedroom of Barford, from 1954, 76 cm wide, 62 cm deep, 222 cm…

A French walnut semainiere; circa 1880, the seven drawers with…

French Walnut Semainiere with Burr Walnut Panels

A French walnut semainiere; circa 1880, the seven drawers with burr walnut panelled fronts flanked by scroll carved uprights on bun feet. Height 118.7 cm, width 68.1 cm, depth 44 cm

19th century birds eye huon pine chest of seven drawers with…

Huon Pine Chest with 7 Drawers and Columns

19th century birds eye huon pine chest of seven drawers with full columns and cantilever top

Belle Epoque mahogany and marquetry semainier early 20th…

Belle Epoque Marquetry Semainier with Ormolu Handles

Belle Epoque mahogany and marquetry semainier early 20th century the serpentine marble top above seven drawers with ormolu handles, front and sides inlaid with floral motifs, height 164 cm, width 90 cm, depth 47 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney.

A Colonial huon pine chest of seven drawers, inverted…

Colonial Huon Pine Chest with Inverted Breakfront and Turned Columns

A Colonial huon pine chest of seven drawers, inverted breakfront with full turned columns and cushion moulded long drawer; birdseye huon pine with cedar and huon pine secondary timbers, Tasmanian origin, circa 1850. Note: Unusual drawer configuration. 128…