Small and Fine George II Yew Wood Batchelors Chest of Drawers, circa 1750

With a fantastic colour, and in rarely seen Yew wood, this beautiful bureau dates from the reign of George II c. 1750. With oak lined drawers and a handsome interior of small walnut...

George II serpentine chest of drawers. This Georgian chest of drawers is made from a beautiful walnut wood. Stunning curved frame, molded edged top over 4 drawers and an additional p...

Great color and patina with rectangular top with book matched quarter veneers over two over three drawers, original handles raised on bracket feet. Nice small scale piece.

George II walnut chest of drawers, 18th century. With an overhanging rectangular top with two bands of string inlay, two top drawers and 3 gradu...

Very fine and rare chest of drawers with curved front and faux painted marble top, original side handles, circa 1750.

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...