Antique Bonnet Chest
Canadian PIne Bonnet Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
grain painted finish and unusual lift top
Category
19th Century Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Georgian Mahogany Two-Drawer Bachelor's Chest, circa 1765
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine English circa 1765 George III period bachelor's chest of rare 'hat chest' or 'bonnet chest
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Queen Anne American Cherry Bonnet Top Highboy, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Queen Anne American Cherry Bonnet top highboy, 18th century.
Category
18th Century American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
William Savery Attributed Cherry Bonnet-Top High-Boy Bureau, Circa 1750s
By William Savery
Located in Germantown, MD
11-drawer William Savery Attributed Cherry Bonnet-Top High-Boy / Bureau, with Fine grained wood
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Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Rare Antique Chippendale Cherry Chest on Chest Attr. Nathan Booth c. 1760
Located in Westfield, MA
in 18th-century American furniture. Below the bonnet top, the chest displays a highly functional
Category
1760s American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
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Tiger Maple Queen Anne High Chest with Bonnet Top, Massachusetts
Located in Providence, RI
highboys with flattops that are tiger maple are seen, ones with the graceful, pedimented bonnet top are
Category
Late 18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple
Queen Anne Fan Carved Maple Bonnet-Top High Chest, Connecticut, circa 1740-1760
Located in Providence, RI
This highboy is interesting in that it is an interpretation of the famous Boston and Salem highboys that incorporate pilasters into their design. This is a very desirable feature, an...
Category
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple
H 88.5 in W 38.5 in D 20 in
Carved Walnut Chippendale Bonnet-Top Highboy, Salem
Located in Providence, RI
This highboy relates to a class of highboys that, as Albert Sack remarks, "combines the academic skill of the Boston School with the romantic flavor of the more free-spirited Sa...
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Mid-18th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Walnut
Chippendale Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy, Original Finial, Newport, RI
Located in Providence, RI
An early Chippendale mahogany bonnet-top highboy, with original finial, by the Townsend/Goddard
Category
1760s American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
FEDERAL PERIOD NEW YORK CHEST
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Mahogany Inlaid 4 Drawer Chest with Bonnet Top and beautiful mahogany veneered front.
Category
19th Century American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Bonnet Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century large bonnet chest of drawers. Two small central drawers flanked by bonnet drawer on
Category
19th Century North American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Wood
19THC ORIGINAL POWDER BLUE BONNET CHEST FROM MAINE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WONDERFUL AND RARE 19THC ORIGINAL POWDER BLUE BONNET CHEST WITH ALL ORIGINAL PORCELAIN KNOBS AND
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19th Century American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Pine
19th Century Bonnet Chest in Original Bright Blue Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century bonnet chest in original dynamic blue paint over Tiger Maple frame with Pine as
Category
Mid-19th Century Canadian Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple, Pine, Paint
Miniature Oak Bonnet Chest Five Drawers, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Miniature oak bonnet chest, five drawers, circa 1900, possibly a salesman's sample or children's
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Pine, Oak
Oversized Antique Carved Oak and Bronze Five-Drawer Bonnet Chest, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Oversized antique oak bonnet chest features two bonnet compartments over two small and three long
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mirror, Oak
George III Mahogany 'Bonnet' Chest, England, circa 1770
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Rare circa 1770 English George III period mahogany 'bonnet' or 'hat' chest having upper pull-out
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Antique Chest of Drawers in Satin Birch by Maple and Co
By Maple & Co.
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
total. The three lower drawers graduate in size, and are all deep, often Known as a Bonnet chest the
Category
1870s European Victorian Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
Exceptional Connecticut Chippendale Cherry Bonnet Top Chest on Chest, circa 1765
Located in Milford, NH
This exceptional cherry chest on chest with split pediment bonnet top with rosettes, flame finials
Category
18th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
H 88.5 in W 41.38 in D 20.5 in
19th Century American Mahogany Chippendale Bonnet Top High Chest Highboy
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century American Mahogany Chippendale Bonnet Top High Chest Highboy
Dimensions : 86" Tall X
Category
19th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Tiger Maple Bonnet Top Highboy or High Chest with Sunburst Carvings
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a two part tiger maple bonnet top highboy, the top case featuring a bonnet top
Category
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple
H 79.75 in W 40.25 in D 21.5 in
18th Century American Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy
Located in Essex, MA
18th century American Queen Anne Bonnet top highboy. Figured tiger maple with pine secondary wood
Category
Early 18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple, Pine
18th Century Queen Anne Maple Bonnet Top Highboy, circa 1780
Located in Milford, NH
A splendid 18th century Queen Anne two part maple bonnet top highboy with bonnet top, flame finials
Category
18th Century English Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple
18th Century Queen Anne Bonnet Top Walnut Highboy, Newport, Rhode Island
Located in Milford, NH
A fine restored or married walnut Queen Anne bonnet top walnut two piece highboy with broken arch
Category
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
H 88 in W 41.25 in D 22.75 in
18th c Ct Queen Anne Bonnet Top Highboy Attrib. to Workshop of Brewster Dayton
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional two part Connecticut Queen Anne cherry bonnet top highboy attributed to the Workshop
Category
Late 18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
H 88.5 in W 43 in D 22.75 in
Period American Cherry Bonnet Top Highboy
Located in Essex, MA
Period American cherry and mixedwood bonnet top highboy.
Queen Anne.
Charming Provincial Form
Category
Early 18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry, Maple
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th century American chippendale mahogany chest on chest with later bonnet. The top
section
Category
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Antique English Handcrafted Oak Lingerie Chest, c. 1900
Located in Doylestown, PA
English quarter sawn oak lingerie chest, c. 1900.
Rare all handcrafted bonnet lingerie chest of
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
American Cherry Bonnet Top 18th Century Chest-on-Chest
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A small central Connecticut River Valley Chippendale bonnet top chest-on-chest. This is in two
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Bonnet Chest
Chippendale Bonnet Top Chest-on-Chest, Cherrywood, Wethersfield, CT
Located in Providence, RI
-made furniture is the Willard group. (They include 10 bonnet-top high chests, two flat-tops, a high
Category
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
New England Cherry Bonnet Top High Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Connecticut Cherry Bonnet top high chest that is well proportioned and of very desirable
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
Queen Anne Bonnet-Top Highboy
Located in Litchfield, CT
, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley.
Having wonderful proportions, the upper case has a closed bonnet with
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
Queen Anne Cherry Bonnet-Top Highboy, New England
Located in Sarasota, FL
A New England Queen Anne cherry bonnet-top highboy in two parts. Upper section with broken arched
Category
18th Century American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
19th Century Chippendale Walnut Double Bonnet-Top, Two-Part Highboy
Located in Miami, FL
Chippendale walnut bonnet top two-part highboy, having a scroll molded double bonnet top over six
Category
19th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Period American Chippendale Chest on Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Period American Chippendale cherry bonnet top chest on chest, molded swan neck pediment, spiral
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Cherry
Philadelphia-Style Bonnet-Top Highboy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful 2-piece bonnet-top high chest features: carved rosettes; urn-and-flame finials; 11
Category
19th Century American Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Inlaid Mahogany Armoire or Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century inlaid mahogany three part armoire or chest having separate bonnets and base.
Category
19th Century Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
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Original Brown Pine Chest of Three Drawers, Sweden circa 1800
Located in Round Top, TX
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Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
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18th century English Mahogany Chippendale Chest on Chest
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Savannah, GA
English mahogany Chippendale chest on chest, featuring bracket feet, molded top above a line inlaid frieze and original rotunda motif brasses.
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1790s English Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Exceptional 18th Century English Chinoiserie Two Part Oak Highboy
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional English Chinoiserie or Japanned lacquered two part oak highboy with a molded cornice surmounting an upper case with hidden document drawer over three small fitted draw...
Category
18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Queen Anne Solid Cherry Wood Highboy Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style ten-drawer highboy dresser chest.
USA, Mid-20th Century
Solid cherry wood, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 40"W x 20"D x 67.63"H.
Very good or...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
18th Century New England Highboy in Cherry with Fan Carving
Located in Milford, NH
A fine two part married cherry highboy in cherry with a molded cornice surmounting an upper case with two over four graduated drawer configuration, and an associated lower case with ...
Category
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Brass
Thomasville Queen Anne Bonnet Top Maple Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers Dresser
By Thomasville
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Highboy dresser by Thomasville in very nice vintage condition.
Category
1970s American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Maple
H 82 in W 40 in D 18 in
18th Century Massachusetts Cherry Chippendale Chest on Chest
Located in Essex, MA
A Massachusetts Chippendale period 18th century cherry chest-on-chest.
In two parts, the swan's neck pediment with brass floral rosettes centering brass spherical and flame finial...
Category
Mid-18th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Chestnut
Mahogany Bachelor's Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century mahogany bachelor's chest having molded top over four graduated drawers, the canted corners with fluted pilasters and standing on original ogee bracket feet, the wh...
Category
1760s English George III Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Queen Anne Cherry Wood Two Part Highboy with Radial Fan Carving
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful Queen Anne cherry wood two part highboy with a mahoganized finish, with a molded cornice surmounting an upper case with five graduated drawers, over a lower case with a s...
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Mid-17th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
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Brass
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Impressive Stately 19th Century Mahogany American Highboy
Located in Hopewell, NJ
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Category
19th Century American Chippendale Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Beautiful Mahogany George III Chest on Chest. Carved Adam Frieze with exotic wood chamfered corners. Original backboards and dovetailed drawers. Quite lovely patina and color. Early ...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Thomasville Cherry Wood Queen Anne Style Highyboy Tall Chest Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Category
Late 20th Century Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Rare Queen Anne Highboy and Matching Lowboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
This antique Queen Highboy and matching Lowboy set from Boston dates back to 1720-40 and features a beautiful crotch walnut veneer with old finish. The intricate design and craftsman...
Category
Early 18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Bonnet Chest
Materials
Wood, Maple, Walnut
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Antique Bonnet Chest For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic antique bonnet chest available at 1stDibs. An antique bonnet chest — often made from wood, cherry and hardwood — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique bonnet chest you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique bonnet chest, designed in the Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Antique Bonnet Chest?
The average selling price for an antique bonnet chest at 1stDibs is $9,175, while they’re typically $495 on the low end and $325,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Bonnet Chest
- What is a bonnet chest?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A bonnet chest is a chest of drawers that has a space for hats. Typically, this larger drawer or area is in the center space and toward the top. Bonnet chests get their name for their function not their shape, as there is no one standard shape for a bonnet chest. Shop a collection of vintage and antique furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024To tell if a chest is antique, first examine its materials and details carefully. An antique chest is one produced 100 years ago or more. This generally predates the use of engineered wood, particleboard, plastics and other synthetic materials. As a result, an antique chest usually features solid wood construction.
In addition, antique chests are likely to be handmade, so you should be able to spot subtle signs that indicate this, such as tool marks and small irregularities in any carvings. If a piece looks flawless and regular, it is unlikely to be antique. Locating a maker's mark and then researching when the manufacturer was active can also help you date your chest. Alternatively, you can use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer to learn more about your chest.
On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of antique chests. - 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify an antique chest of drawers, look inside and beneath drawers and on the back and bottom for any type of maker's marking. Researching these marks using trusted online resources may allow you to determine who produced your chest and roughly date your piece. If your chest is at least 100 years old, it is an antique. Should you be unable to locate the maker's marks, look at the hardware. Rose head nails, one-piece cast brass pommels on the drawer handles and circular rather than hexagonal bolts may all indicate that a piece is an antique. Keep in mind that hardware may have been replaced at some point and that there are many reproductions of antique furnishings. As a result, you may wish to have a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer complete the identification process if you're unable to identify your chest via the maker's markings. Find a range of antique chests of drawers on 1stDibs.
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