Fine English Lowboy or Dressing Table in Walnut & Burl Walnut circa 1750

A fine Gillows, George III English mahogany serpentine dressing commode with shaped top surmounting a top drawer with green leather and gold leaf top ...

A fine provincial walnut three drawer commode with shaped top and conforming case, scrolled brass or bronze pulls and escutcheons (probably original), raised panel drawer fronts and ...

A beautifully carved Rococo Revival lowboy with molded edge conforming top surmounting a case with single frieze drawer with ornate brass bird and scroll pulls and escutcheon, except...

An exceptional 19th century English commode or chest with beautifully detailed foliate and scrollwork, its shaped conforming top with a gadrooned edge and extended canted corners sur...

An exceptional two part highboy in burled walnut veneer, the upper case featuring a molded cornice with hidden drawer surmounting a center shell carved deep drawer flanked by two fitted small drawers on either side, and four graduated long drawers, all with crossbanded herringbone veneered borders and period, possibly original brasses, over a lower case with a single long drawer over three deep drawers, the center of which repeating the shell carving seen above, unusual for a highboy from this period. The carved skirt features two nicely turned drops, all supported by four slender cabriole legs terminating with pad feet. Massachusetts in origin, probably Boston, dating to the 1730’s, in very good overall condition, with minor veneer shrinkage cracks, minor restorations, minor losses, and light wear commensurate with age and use. Provenance: Purchased from Shreve, Crump & Low in NY, with a copy of a 1947 letter acknowledging the Boston area origin and commission of this piece by the Pratt Family and reads as follows: “The known history of ownership of the walnut highboy dates from the 18th century and Lt. Samuel Pratt and his wife, Elizabeth Pratt, who lived in Chelsea in the section known at that time as Prattville. The Pratt family, for whom the area was named, had been in this country since the 17th century. Mr. Mather, while President of Harvard College, stayed at the Pratt home in Chelsea in 1688 while on the way to see King James II of England for the purpose of bringing back into power the theocratic democracy of the Church of England. During the Revolution, part of Washington’s forces stayed in Prattville, and Washington stayed at the Pratt home. It is known that he ate some of his meals there. Once the British broke into the Pratt house and looted some things, including a scarce bowl which was hidden in the wall of the fireplace. The son of Lt. Samuel Pratt was also a lieutenant in the American forces and named Samuel. During the Revolution, he was in charge of the stock of arms and ammunition, which each town kept on hand for any emergency; and he carried hay to Boston, where is was used to reduce the noise of the Boston Tea Party...

A superb William and Mary five-drawer walnut chest or bureau with marquetry in holly, boxwood, ebony, along with its original brass hardware, raised on a bracket base, English, circa...

Fine American 18th century queen anne lowboy from New Hampshire in birch. Featuring a thumb molded top with bold cabriole legs and a ni...

A Philadelphia lowboy chest in the Queen Anne style by Henkel Harris, of Winchester, Virginia, USA. Solid mahogany, brass hardware, ogee edge to the top, carved shell to center drawe...

English Georgian rectangular book matched burl walnut graduated chest of drawers with satinwood feather bandings and ebony checkered inlays, period folia...

19th century French Louis XVI rosewood banded kingwood breakfront commode, with cabriole legs, finished with a grey marble top Featuring two lon...

We are delighted to offer for sale this Bevan Funnell Military Campaign chest of drawers or TV stand. This is a very good quality timeless piece made in England. The leather top i...

This very fine English late 19th-early 20th century (probably Victoria or Edward VII period) Georgian style chest on stand or highboy is made of the most finest burl walnut featuring...