Antique Chests and Chests of Drawers (19th Century)
19th Century Antique Chest of Drawers
A bow fronted mahogany chest of drawers, c.1800, with ring handles and splayed feet.
A mahogany bow fronted chest of drawers, c.1800. This piece is of lower proportions, with deep drawers, and being thus somewhat smaller than the american antique art folk previous example, is in a slightly higher price range. The
cock-beading around the antique restoration saginaw drawer edges can be seen clearly.
A mahogany clothes press or wardrobe, c.1800, showing the antique metal buttons apron form and splay bracket feet typical of the london antique dealers association Hepplewhite and Sheraton period. The top moulding is interesting in that it is a good example of an arcaded cavetto with a dentil course. The treatment of the antique and garden nashville doors on the balloon back louis xvi dining chairs wardrobe section is interesting in that it is one of mock drawer fronts the antique oak dutch kast whole way down to watch the antique meissen porcelain bottom chest section. Inset keyholes in ivory could be a later addition.
Military chests seem to have appeared some time after 1800 and were used by army officers tip to the antique buffet clarinet late 1870’s. They were of course used for campaign purposes and were made in two halves which could be placed end to end to enable the antique lamp shades silk owners to sleep on them. The flush-fitting drawer handles and brass-reinforced corners are a characteristic feature, as are the buy and sell antique end carrying handles to each half. Usually they were made in mahogany but padouk, cedar and camphorwood examples are frequent. Sometimes the 1920’s antique tractors for sale top drawer was fitted as a secretaire which adds greatly to value. There are still plenty of these chests about, but a great
popularity amongst Americans and interior decorators, due to an appreciation of their undoubted merits of design, simplicity and durability in the antique mtm tractors modern home, has led to high prices compared to other chests of the
period.
Iron carrying handles were frequently fitted originally as above, but nowadays fashion demands that they be replaced by elaborate brass ones of eighteenth century design.
Value points: rare exterior woods and drawer linings …
A mahogany military chest of c.1845, fitted with a secretaire drawer. Although many such drawers provide only cramped writing space, the queen anne antique writing desk value usefullness of them for selective storage and filing cannot be denied. The
arrangement of small drawers and pigeon holes obviously varies from chest to chest and on rare occasions the antique metal toy entire long top drawer is fitted as a secretaire. Usually, as above, a small inset of tooled leather or baize
covers the tiara antique writing surface, as with bureaux.
The style of secretaire interior
(Secret drawers add to value which also rises with the royal doulton antique figurines increasing number of small drawers)
Rare exterior woods and drawer linings
A Regency period mahogany bow-fronted chest of drawers, c.1830, with an applied solid twist or rope decoration down the antique and classic trucks for sale front edge corners. The top and bottom edges are reeded. The turned legs give a hint of the antique chair set one straight one rocker rather bulbous turned examples that followed in the 19 century ash elm windsor arm chair Victorian period. Although rather tall, the pearlware porcelain proportion of such chests is still good, particularly bearing in mind the antique dresser repair set sliver larger houses which they were designed for.
Quality of wood used i.e. figure and decorative effect
Victorian mahogany bow-fronted chest of drawers on turned feet. The drawers have a heavy cock bead and the antique watches london turned wooden knobs are also mahogany. The size of such chests tends to be large and cumbersome; the antique arcade games drawers less in number and hence deeper than earlier types, 1850 onwards.
PSatinwood. Figured veneers.
A so-called ‘Wellington’ chest or more correctly, specimen cabinet, of c.1850. It is possibly due to the antique reproduction lighting fact that the antiquetable curved top edges hinged side pieces or flaps lock over the a.abattan drawers to prevent their opening during carriage and hence a possibly military or campaign advantage that the antique crystal stemware atlanta Wellington sobriquet has been given. Perhaps the antique crystal and metal chandelier largest concentration of drawers per foot super, obtainable in any piece of furniture is achieved by these chests, which are ideal for numismatists or specmien collectors. The taller types were often used for cutlery. Velvet lined drawers often indicate that the symbols on heriz rug original purpose was in fact for collecting and some examples have grooved glass lids to the antique soda machines drawers. The example above is prettily veneered in walnut but rosewood, mahogany and maple were used as well as oak.
Specially fitted drawers (Glass lids, compartments etc.).
A Victorian chest of drawers of c.1860. Usually made in mahogany. The ponderous moulded front of the antique cane door knob top drawer throws the antique truck museums piece off balance and the antique bottle gun oil bottom, with a solid flat base, raised slightly by turned knob feet, cannot hope to compensate in design. The turned wooden knobs are dear to the key west antique show Victorian hearts and were frequently used as a replacement on chests of earlier periods in order to ‘improve’ them or bring them up to date a vile practice which has ruined many fine eighteenth century pieces. Due to the louis xvi furniture card table fact that they are extremely solidly made, regrettably large numbers of these chests have survived.
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