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A Very Good Quality Late 19th Century, Victorian Period, Walnut Wellington Chest Of Drawers, Having Seven Superbly Figured Drawers With Original Brass Swan Neck Handles, Enclosed By Hinged Locking Pilaster With Carved Decoration, 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...

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...

Antique Walnut Wellington Chest A good Victorian figured walnut Wellington chest with well carved corbels and flower heads and a secretaire drawer fitted with 2 drawers veneered in b...

Beautiful wellington chest of drawers in walnut with 7 drawers increasing in depth. In good and completely original condition. Beautiful patina. Origin: England Period: Approx. 184...