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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French pine map chest of drawers, c. 1900, rectangular top,…

French pine map chest of drawers, c. 1900, rectangular top, five long graduated drawers with turned oak handles, the top two have dividing compartments, the other side with two short drawers, height 95 cm, width 133.5 cm, depth 75 cm. Provenance: Ben…

An important Arts & Crafts oak high dresser by Ernest Gimson,…

Arts & Crafts Oak High Dresser by Ernest Gimson (1910s)

An important Arts & Crafts oak high dresser by Ernest Gimson, 1910s, the upper part with four cupboards each with a pair of doors in a double bow front arrangement above an open plate shelf, the projecting lower part, rectangular with gently bowed centres…

Australian cedar map cabinet, early 20th century, manufactured…

Early 20th Century Cedar Map Cabinet by Rojo & Sons

Australian cedar map cabinet, early 20th century, manufactured by Rojo & Sons, Vic., with six long drawers, on castors, height 69 cm width 120 cm depth 92 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, NSW

Schulim Krimper (1893 - 1971) The cloakroom counter…

Schulim Krimper's Maas Cabaret Counter and Porcelain

Schulim Krimper (1893 - 1971) The cloakroom counter commissioned for the Maas Caberet in High Street, St. Kilda, circa 1955. 96 cm high, 170 cm wide, 46 cm deep. (together with a small range of Maas Cabaret branded porcelain). When post-war…

An Australian cedar architect's plan chest, two sectional with…

Late 19th Century Australian Cedar Plan Chest

An Australian cedar architect's plan chest, two sectional with fourteen drawers, late 19th century, 147 cm high, 120 cm wide, 82 cm deep

Industrial plan drawers, chest of sixteen drawers, Victorian…

Victorian Ash Industrial Plan Chest with 16 Drawers

Industrial plan drawers, chest of sixteen drawers, Victorian ash, circa 1900, 166 cm high, 90 cm wide, 53 cm deep

Cedar map/plan drawers substantial seven lockable drawers, with…

Lockable Cedar Plan Drawers with Brass Fittings

Cedar map/plan drawers substantial seven lockable drawers, with brass fittings, height 97 cm length 150 cm depth 85 cm

Australian 7 drawer plans chest by Mark Leek Furniture Makers,…

Australian 7-Drawer Plans Chest by Mark Leek Furniture Makers

Australian 7 drawer plans chest by Mark Leek Furniture Makers, the graduated drawers with brass cup handles, one piece of moulding missing from back, 136 cm wide, 92 cm deep, 85 cm high

A West Australian jarrah plan cabinet chest of drawers, early…

Early 20th Century Jarrah Chest of Drawers

A West Australian jarrah plan cabinet chest of drawers, early 20th century, comprising of eight drawers height 167.5 cm;. Width 130 cm; depth 89 cm

A vintage eight drawer plan cabinet in Victorian Ash, circa…

1940s Victorian Ash Plan Cabinet with Eight Drawers

A vintage eight drawer plan cabinet in Victorian Ash, circa 1940s, the deep shallow drawers each with pairs of ribbed timber pull handles and centred with card holders, the interior of each drawer with a full width hinged metal paper guard; raised on a…

An antique eight drawer plan cabinet in Victorian Ash, late…

Victorian Ash Plan Cabinet with Eight Drawers

An antique eight drawer plan cabinet in Victorian Ash, late 19th to early 20th century, the cabinet with a mitred top with a tooled ox blood leather insert above eight shallow drawers each with pairs of metal cup handles and raised on a plinth base.…

A seven drawer plan cabinet in Victorian Ash, circa mid 20th…

Mid-century Victorian Ash plan cabinet with seven drawers

A seven drawer plan cabinet in Victorian Ash, circa mid 20th century, the deep cabinet with a low gallery to the rear, with shallow drawers each with metal cup pull handles and small metal frames for holding identification cards. Height 91 cm. Width 94 cm…

A fine 19th century Australian colonial blackwood plans cabinet,…

19th Century Australian Blackwood Plans Cabinet

A fine 19th century Australian colonial blackwood plans cabinet, with a moulded inverted cornice above seventeen drawers, each with turned handles, on carved paw feet. 150 cm high, 98 cm wide, 65 cm deep.

An Australian plan chest, 19th century, with one deep drawer…

19th Century Australian Plan Chest

An Australian plan chest, 19th century, with one deep drawer and six shallow drawers. 86 cm high, 94 cm wide, 55 cm deep