19th Century Walnut Wellington Chest

Beautiful walnut chest of drawers with secretary drawer. Impressive design with bronze drawer pullers and fire-plated key plates. Beautifully lived leather. The desk section is large...

Beautiful small antique mahogany chest of drawers with 4 drawers in perfect condition. The chest of drawers has a beautiful age...

Beautiful campaign 2-piece chest of drawers in perfect and original condition. Beautiful light color. Origin ca. 1840 Size. 99cm x 48cm x h.101cm The campaign cabinets went with the...

Antique mahogany chest of drawers with interesting drawer configuration. Beautiful aged patina. Special chest of drawers. Origin: England Period: Approx. 1830 Size: 90cm x 56cm ...

A fine quality mid-19th century, victorian, burr walnut childs chest, of useful proportions, having well figured top over six drawers with replacement brass knobs enclosed by locking...

A fabulous quality 19th walnut and marquetry Wellington chest, the shaped and moulded cornice decorated with floral marquetry inlay above a combination of six graduated mahogany line...

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...

19th century mahogany Wellington chest attributed to Gillows, a lovely rich mahogany color with six mahogany lined drawers with original wooden knobs, the top drawer front drops down...