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    Located in Bedfordshire, GB
    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...
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  • Victorian Mahogany Wellington Chest
    Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
    Sn4769, fine quality Victorian figured mahogany chest of drawers, having figured top with moulded edge above 7 graduated, oak lined drawers fitted with original turned handles and fl...
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  • Wellington Chest
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    Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
    A fine Regency mahogany six drawer Wellington chest with finely carved side pilasters and hand cast brass knob handles. Bespoke sizing, design adap...
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  • Solid Brass Scrolls Decorated Double Door Blanket Gentleman's Chest Cabinet
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  • Victorian Mahogany Wellington Chest
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    Sn5358 Victorian mahogany Wellington chest, having oversailing top above seven graduated drawers all fitted with original turned knobs and fl...
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  • Victorian Antique Wellington Chest
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A fine antique mahogany early Victorian Wellington chest This tall cabinet has six drawers with a pilaster side-locking mechanism. Attributed to Gillows.
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