Wellington Chest Stamped Edwards and Roberts

Edwards and Roberts serpentine chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite taste. The shaped serpentine top with satinwood inlaid oval panel, with a floral spray and ribbon tie within string...

Incredibly handsome 18th century mahogany and maple serpentine chest later retailed by renown London cabinetmakers and antiques dealers, Edwards and R...

Near pair of Edwards and Roberts chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite taste. The shaped tops one with a seprentine outline the other bow fronted with satinwood inlaid oval panel, with...

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

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...

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...