Australian Cedar Chest of Drawers with Turned Feet
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Australian colonial cedar breakfront chest of eight drawers with bobbin turned columns
Antique French walnut marble topped five drawer commode. Height 101 cm. Width 132 cm
Antique Georgian mahogany bachelor chest, with brushing slide, three graduating drawers, all standing on shaped bracket legs, circa 1800's, 77 cm high, 84.5 cm wide
Mahogany Victorian chest of drawers, three long and two short drawers