Crosby & Sons More Furniture and Collectibles

The miniature or model chest of drawers dates back to the Biedermeier period and was made with walnut veneer on a softwood body. The chest of drawers is in very good restored conditi...

A smart and extremely well made antique burr walnut chest of drawers. It is in the Georgian style, this was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is superb, ...

Antique English Victorian Wellington Chest of Drawers Campaign Carved Oak. Direct from England, a stunning antique English “Wellington Chest”, one of the first we have found in quit...

Antique Victorian outstanding quality burr walnut chest of four drawers having a superior quality burr walnut top above four burr walnut drawers with a moulded edge, original pretty ...

A lovely little antique Victorian burr walnut specimen chest of drawers. This was made in England, we would date it from around the 1880-1900 period. It is of superb quality, this i...

A Superb Quality Late Regency Period, 19th Century, Tall Mahogany Wellington Chest, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Over Seven Drawers With Original Turned Wooden Knobs, Flanked ...

A delightful Regency Period burr oak miniature chest having Superbly figured top above two short & three long drawers with Original brass knobs flanked by elegant fluted stiles raised on Original brass ball feet (Often much debate is had as to whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who is looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which the salesman would travel the country showing prospective clients the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and take orders from. This particular miniature chest of drawers is probably the latter and would have been made as a sample piece. The construction is exquisite and the attention to tiny detail phenomenal in all honesty. They work that would have gone into constructing this with all of its fine details would actually have been more of a challenge and taken a more skilled craftsmen than its full size counterparts would have done. It is also super quality and unusual being constructed from burr oak which has taken on an exceptional rich colour and patina over the years of its life. A really quite charming piece of antique miniature furniture...

A lovely antique Victorian burr walnut Wellington chest of drawers. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880’s. It is of very good quality, it is slim yet with p...

A beautiful and impressive antique burr walnut chest on chest of drawers. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is superb, this has absolutely gorge...

A Fine Quality Late 19th Century, Victorian Period, Figured Walnut Wellington Chest, Of Attractive Small Proportions, Having Rectangular Top Over Seven Extremely Well Figured Drawers, With Replacement Brass Ring Handles, Flanked By Pilasters Headed With Elegant Carved Corbels And Well Figured Ends, Raised On Original Plinth Base. The first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, commissioned the first chest of this type, i.e. a tall bank of drawers secured by hinged locking pilasters to take with him and carry around various battlefields and that is where the name wellington chest comes from. It is now used to refer to almost any tall, narrow antique chest of drawers. From around 1820 onwards they were manufactured in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, plus they varied a great deal in terms of both their quality and the wood which they were constructed from. This particular antique wellington chest of...

A beautiful little antique burr walnut chest of drawers in the Georgian style. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1950’s. The quality is superb, this is of lovely pr...

Danish early 19th century empire bowfront chest of drawers veneered in elm wood with a beautiful grain pattern. Four drawers, the top drawer with a geometrical ebonized inlaid in the...