Fine Rare Pair 17th Century Oyster Walnut Chests on Stands

An outstanding and rare, 17th-century Japanese mulberrywood gilt-lacquer cabinet raised on a later stand. This fine and exceptional two-door, gilt-heightened cabinet - reputedly in mountain mulberry wood...

An English early-18th century oak geometrically-panelled chest on chest, ca 1710-1720. Queen Anne / George I-period. NB. This is an interesting example of a transition from the lat...

A fine quality small-sized Chippendale-period Cuban mahogany chest of drawers. Late-George II period, circa 1760. This is an exceptional antique...

A sophisticated Queen Anne-period chinoiserie japanned chest raised on elegant cabriole legs with 'pony foot' carved detailing. This early-18th century chest on stand demonstrates the charming and highly fashionable English domestic interpretation of oriental scenes of pagodas, rockwork, trees, ornamental bridges, mythical birds, and figures dressed in the oriental manner, holding parasols and cavorting in gardens. All in remarkable condition having survived some three hundred years. Chests on cabriole supports of this form were also very much in fashion in the American colonies during this early Queen Anne-period (1702-1714). Sometimes erroneously referred to as ‘'lacquer''. The fashion icon Coco Chanel furnished her exquisite Paris apartments largely in the European chinoiserie taste. References: V & A Museum, London - The development of English black japanning 1620-1820. Literature and further reading: John Stalker and George Parker...

Charles II walnut and mulberry marquetry cabinet on giltwood stand, c. 1650-1670. Giltwood cresting and stand appear to be from a few decades later. The form of furniture now described as a cabinet developed across Spain and France in the 16th Century. In architecture, a cabinet is a small private room for the housing or display of precious objects, hence the term could be aptly applied to the small, portable pieces of furniture made for the carriage and display of valuable items and able to stand upon a table, trestle stand...

A remarkable rather large 17th century French Louis XIII oak chest from Normandy with two drawers with iron pulls over two doors, and covered in hand-carved and turned elements. A f...

Teak wood chest with rich gilt copper applications of decorative scrolls and foliage, and probably two drooping tulips for the decoration in the center of the work top. Handles for t...

This 17th-century Spanish walnut Vargueno on stand is a masterwork of Baroque craftsmanship. Featuring original iron handles and a shield-shaped lock plate, its hinged fall front rev...