English Georgian Oak Tall Chest of Drawers

A Very Good Quality Late 18th Century, George III Period Mahogany Chest, Of Rare Small Proportions, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Over Four Long Drawers, With Replacement Brass...

A charming and rare 18th century Georgian yew wood miniature chest having four long drawers with original brass knobs raised on original shaped bracket feet. (There is often debate 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 salesman's sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which a 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 example doesn't really appear to quite fit either of those briefs however and may well have just been made as an individual, one off piece in a provincial workshop. One of the reasons for this is the construction from solid yewwood which is a rarely used material in items any larger than this as the trunks generally don't grow large enough. The overall quality is  excellent and clearly somebody has spent many, many hours  producing this wonderful piece. A really quite charming piece of antique miniature furniture...

A very good quality 18th century Chippendale Period Georgian mahogany chest of relative small proportion, having well figured top over two short & three long drawers retaining origin...

A Delightful Mid 18th Century, George II Period, Elm Chest Having Superbly Figured Top With Attractive Crossbanded Decoration, Over Two Short And Three Long Drawers Retaining Origina...

A Very Good Quality Late 18th Century, Georgian, Mahogany Chest, Of Elegant Serpentine Form, Having Well Figured Shaped Top Over Brushing Slide And Four Long Drawers, Retaining Original Brass Swan Neck Handles And Raised On Original Shaped Bracket Feet. An extremely good quality and elegant georgian mahogany seprentine chest, which boasts a good, bold serpentine shape. It is also constructed from good quality mahogany timbers and has real presence to it. Quite unusually for an item from this period it retains original brass swan neck handles as well as its original shaped bracket feet, both of which are really great features. Overall the condition is also good, one would imagine a result of many years of being cherished and loved and looked after. The overall quality of the construction, in combination with the elegant, attractive form mean that this chest is absolutely perfect for a whole host of spaces around the home, or even office. As with all items which we offer for sale this georgian serpentine chest of drawers...

A Charming mid 18th century, English, oak bachelors chest of four long drawers, the top drawer fitted with slides and compartments, retaining original brass handles throughout and ra...

A handsome period Welsh oak 3/4 chest of drawers. The vivid oak grain and intact cockbeading around the drawers make this chest so appealing. Four roomy drawers under three smaller d...

This is an antique chest on stand, an English, Early Georgian, oak chest of drawers dating to the early 18th century, circa 1720. Broad and d...

A Wonderful Mahogany Chest of Drawers This is a lovely tall and narrow 18th century and later mahogany chest of drawers. It was originally sold by G D Blay Antiques, on 25th Septemb...

This is an antique chest of drawers in oak. An English, late Georgian tallboy dating to late 18th century, circa 1780. Superb color and grain inter...

Gorgeous antique chest-on-chest, english georgian period, oak, cornice, 8 drawers, 1700s, 18th century!! This chest has multiple drawers for lots of storage English Georgian period o...

The top of this chest of drawers has an ogee molded edge and is crossbanded with mahogany. The drawer fronts also are crossbanded with mahogany and have antique hardware that is not ...