English William IV / Early Victorian Wellington Chest in Mahogany

Sn5186 Very attractive Victorian figured walnut Wellington chest of drawers, having figured walnut top with satinwood crossbanded edge above six cedarwood lined drawers all fitted wi...

Sn5145 Fine Quality Edwardian Wellington chest in mahogany, having figured mahogany top crossbanded with satinwood above seven mahogany lined, graduated and crossbanded drawers, all ...

J038 Victorian solid mahogany chest of drawers. Having oversailing solid mahogany top, above two short over three, flame mahogany drawers. All fitted with original knobs, locks and e...

Sn3976 Regency bow fronted chest of generous proportions, having figured top above 2 short and 3 long cockbeaded, string inlaid and oak lined d...

Victorian figured rosewood Wellington chest with good architectural features including well carved corbels at the top & bottom of the pilasters, a sla...

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...

An mid 19th-century, early Victorian period rosewood Wellington chest. The chest boasts a lovely rich rosewood colour and features seven mahogany-lined drawers with original turned w...

A Very Good Quality Late 19th Century Mahogany Double Wellington Chest With Two Banks Of Six Drawers With Replacement Brass Knobs Flanked By Hinged Locking Pilaster To Each Side 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. By default this particular design of chest is therefore referred to as a double wellington chest. 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 are constructed from. This wellington chest is of a form rarely found in terms of its double bank of drawers...