Although named for the last Stuart monarch of England, antique Queen Anne furniture, with its curvy cabriole legs and pad feet, has its origins in the earlier reign of King William III, which began in 1689 and ended with his death in 1702. Later evolving during Anne’s rule from 1702–14, the style would continue to influence design in the decades after her death.
Sometimes called late Baroque or early Georgian, Queen Anne chairs, bedroom furniture and tables are subdued yet ornate and characterized by a graceful blend of influences ranging from Asian design to classical motifs. Furnishings of this era — with their curvilinear supports and novel emphasis on comfort and versatility — are marked by a shift away from the more opulent and angular William and Mary style.
Chairs designed in the Queen Anne style are more functional and lightweight than their predecessors. They often feature a vase or fiddle-shaped splat, which refers to the central vertical back element, in order to support the spine and plush cushions. Craftsmen of the era predominantly worked in walnut, maple and pine. Any embellishments they introduced in their furnishings were frequently minimal and refined and expressed by way of modest flourishes such as shells or scrolls. Some pieces were more lavish with “japanned” finishes, or varnished interpretations of East Asian lacquer art. Almost every piece of furniture, whether a tea table or desk, included S-shaped, animalistic cabriole legs that end in a paw or claw-and-ball form.
These qualities made Queen Anne furniture popular throughout Europe and North America. Boston and Philadelphia became hubs for the production of this style of furniture, spurred by the arrival of British artisans who fostered a market for well-heeled colonists. While the showier Chippendale style later surpassed it in popularity, Queen Anne’s simple elegance still draws an enduring appreciation.
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Queen Anne Period Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Absolutely Stunning Early 18th Century Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau, Or Writing Desk, In Good Untouched Condition Retaining Wonderful Rich Colour And Patina, Having Superbly Fi...
Walnut
Queen Anne Period Chest of Drawers of Walnut and Oak from England, Circa 1710
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English chest of drawers of walnut and oak from the Queen Anne period, circa 1710, featuring a moulded top of beautiful figured burl walnut, above a frieze of two short drawer...
Brass, Metal
1981 Statton Queen Anne Style Highboy
Located in Bradenton, FL
A 1981 Queen Anne style highboy made of solid Appalachian cherry wood, made by Statton Furniture Company for their Private Collection II. Carved flame finials surmount the bonnet top...
Brass
$1,895
Maple Bonnet Top Highboy
Located in Bradenton, FL
Maple bonnet top Highboy probably late 19th / early 20th century. Nicely carved floral rosettes on the broken arch pediment. Maple case with Poplar secondary wood drawer construction...
Maple
Fine Burr Walnut & Carved 2 Door Cocktail Cabinet On stand
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Burr Walnut & Carved 2 Door Cocktail Cabinet On stand circa 1930s Burr Walnut Quarter veneer on top, with Gadrooned carved edge, Shaped 2 door Burr Walnut front, with pierced br...
Walnut
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
Queen Anne Style Mahogany Block Front & Shell Carved Sideboard C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Queen Anne Style Mahogany Block Front & Shell Carved Sideboard C1930 Measures - 36.5"H x 72"W x 21"D This elegant sideboard is crafted in the Queen Anne style, featuring a block fron...
Mahogany
18th Century Decorated Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
Early 18th century decorated walnut chest of drawers from England. The top is made of a wide plank and has gorgeous graining and beveled molded edges. This top follows down to si...
Walnut
Antique Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk, Queen Anne Style, 1880s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 19th century English Queen Anne style slant front desk with three drawers & inner compartments.
Walnut
English Chinoiserie Georgian Style Japanned Scarlet Vermillion Cabinet Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Vintage bureau cabinet secretary in the English chinoiserie style with elements of Queen Anne and George I design, japanned finish in red vermillion/scarlet with hand-painted and gil...
Wood
18th-Century Queen Anne Walnut Chest on Stand / Highboy
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A wonderful early 18th-century Queen Anne period walnut chest on stand/highboy, displaying its original untouched colour and patina. It is structurally sound with smoothly running dr...
Brass
1930s Solid Walnut Queen Anne-Style Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
This is a stately piece from the 1930s, and one that is in extraordinarily excellent condition. It is a rare find having been made from solid walnut with burled wood on the front dra...
Brass
$1,800 / set
Queen Anne Style Burl Walnut Cabinets, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Queen Anne Style Burl Walnut Cabinets, each with single glass paned door with three green painted shelves on four cabriole legs. 42" H x 20.25" W x 13" D. Provenance:...
Glass, Walnut
$1,754Sale Price|20% Off
Walnut Queen Anne Revival Bureau Bookcase circa 1920s
Located in Dereham, GB
Antique Walnut Queen Anne Revival Bureau Bookcase circa 1920s Arch top, with single Astragal Glazed door, 3 shelf interior, The Fall with Burr Walnut veneer & cross banding, Opens...
Walnut
$31,966 / item
Queen Anne Style Secretary Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
The secretary is a commanding example of early 18th-century English design, inspired by an original from around 1710. Finished in light rustic pollard burl oak, the figured veneers l...
Wood
Early 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming And Very Good Quality Early 18th Century Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau, Or Writing Desk, Having Superbly Figured Top And Flap, With Featherbanded Decoration, Enclosing A...
Walnut
18th Century Decorated Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
Early 18th century decorated walnut chest of drawers from England. The top is made of two planks and has gorgeous banding around the edge of the chest which ends in beveled molded ed...
Walnut
English Walnut and Satinwood Inlaid Petite Chest or Bachelor's Chest, circa 1730
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine and rare circa 1730 English early George II period small scale dressing or bachelor's chest, the walnut veneered case having bookmatched quarter-veneered and featherbanded top with a molded edge above a brushing slide and four long graduated drawers with satinwood featherband inlay borders and stamped brass hardware, raised on original bracket feet. Provenance: Previously sold through Kentshire Galleries...
Brass
Berkey & Gay Style Antique Queen Anne Bookcase or Bar Cabinet, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Queen Anne style bookcase, bar cabinet, or dining cabinet In the manner of Berkey & Gay USA, Circa 1920s Carved walnut, with glass front door. Measures: 44"W x...
Glass, Walnut
Queen Anne Cedar Hope Chest by Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple yet ornate, this traditional cedar hope chest has all the features that made Virginia’s Lane Furniture one of the biggest names in 20th century American woodworking. Built in ...
Wood, Hardwood, Mahogany, Cedar
Hickory Chair Queen Anne Lowboy
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Queen Anne style lowboy in mahogany, made by Hickory Chair Company. Two dovetailed drawers open with bail handles on pierced bat shaped back plates in brass. The serpentine skirt i...
Mahogany
$7,875Sale Price|50% Off
18th Century New England Queen Anne Highboy
Located in Norwood, NJ
Queen Anne bonnet top highboy, Northeast, Connecticut, Rhode Island or Massachusetts 18th century, cherry wood constructed in two parts. Bonnet top with flame-carved finials set on f...
Cherry
Early 20th century walnut Queen Anne inspired chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Unusual Queen Anne inspired chest of drawers fitted with a mirror circa 1910. Quite possibly made by Epstein, this good quality chest is very strongly influenced by the queen anne s...
Walnut
$1,190Sale Price|30% Off
Davis Cabinet Cumberland Valley Queen Anne Style Walnut Buffet Sideboard Server
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Davis Cabinet Company Old World Huntboard #1255, circa 1960s. Part of their Cumberland Valley Collection. Features a solid walnut frame with a central dovetailed oak drawer...
Brass
Antique Walnut 18th Century Queen Ann 3 Drawers Low Boy Good Condition
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique Walnut 18th century Queen Ann 3 drawers low boy good condition.
Brass
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Thomasville Queen Anne Bonnet Top Maple Highboy Tall Chest of Drawers Dresser
By Thomasville
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Highboy dresser by Thomasville in very nice vintage condition.
Maple
A Luxurious Dry Bar, Cocktail Cabinet With Lighted & Fitted Mirrored Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Luxurious Dry Bar, Cocktail Cabinet With A Fitted Light, A Mirrored Interior Glazed Secured Top. Item is sold with the featured aluminium tray, a cut glass ships decanter. Cabine...
Brass
$2,450Sale Price|30% Off
Baker Stately Homes Queen Anne Mahogany Sideboard Buffet Credenza Console 81"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Baker Furniture Stately Homes Queen Anne sideboard / buffet / credenza / console / sofa table. Made of mahogany featuring rectangular form with five drawers and crossbanding...
Mahogany
Antique Burr Walnut Queen Anne Style Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A superb antique burr walnut Queen Anne style display cabinet. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s period. The quality is excellent, this has bevelled glass do...
Glass, Walnut
Henkel Harris Queen Anne Lady Astor Solid Mahogany Slant Front Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne or Georgian style Lady Astor slant front writing desk By Henkel Harris USA, Circa 1970s Solid mahogany, with original brass hardware. Desk locks, and key is ...
Brass
Early 18th Century English Low Dresser
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good English oak low dresser, having molded top over three drawers over scalloped apron and standing on bold turned legs ending in original bal...
Oak
Berkey & Gay Antique Queen Anne Burled Walnut Four-Drawer Dresser, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Queen Anne or Victorian style four-drawer dresser or chest of drawers By Berkey & Gay USA, Circa 1920s Carved walnut and burl wood, with original brass hardware...
Brass
18th Century New England Highboy in Cherry with Fan Carving
Located in Milford, NH
A fine two part married cherry highboy in cherry with a molded cornice surmounting an upper case with two over four graduated drawer configuration, and an associated lower case with ...
Brass
Thomasville Collector's Cherry Silver Anniversary Blockfront Lowboy
By Thomasville
Located in Germantown, MD
An Exceptional Thomasville Collector's Cherry collection Silver Anniversary Blockfront Lowboy Server in the Queen Anne Style. Great hidden silver chest as well.
Cherry
Queen Anne Secretary Desk, C. 1750
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Queen Anne period double dome secretary desk in walnut, circa 1750, with glass mullion doors, candle slides and fitted interior, above a bank of drawers with brass pulls and escutc...
Walnut
Baker 10 Drawer Chippendale Style Brass Hardware Queen An Highboy Dresser MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker 10 Drawer Chippendale Style Brass Hardware Queen An Highboy Dresser MINT
Brass
$6,720Sale Price|30% Off
English Period 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Lowboy
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Period 18th century Queen Anne walnut lowboy. Refined walnut Lowboy with elegant scalloped apron from the Queen Anne period, about ...
Walnut
18th c. English Oak Close Stool
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very good early 18th Century English oak lidded box in the form of a chest of drawers, the hinged top over a configuration of false drawers having half round molded dividers with ori...
Brass
18th Century Queen Anne Mahogany Lowboy
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century English Queen Anne mahogany lowboy / dressing table. Cabriole legs / pad feet / arched apron / dovetailed drawers / period brasses / old surface w/ age expected wear. S...
Brass
Queen Anne Solid Cherry Wood Highboy Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style ten-drawer highboy dresser chest. USA, Mid-20th Century Solid cherry wood, with original brass hardware. Measures: 40"W x 20"D x 67.63"H. Very good or...
Brass
$4,793Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Queen Anne Early 18th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Escritoire Desk / Chest
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Queen Anne Early 18th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Escritoire Desk / Chest – Fine Quality This fine-quality early 18th Century Queen Anne escritoire is full of authentic charm...
Wood
$11,900
Queen Anne Walnut Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 18th century chest of drawers of unusually narrow and long proportions. In magnificently grained burled walnut with two short over three long drawers of graduated depth and...
Walnut
$1,312Sale Price|25% Off
Queen Anne Secretary Desk 19th Century
Located in Fulton, CA
A 19th century Queen Anne secretary desk crafted in solid mahogany with flame mahogany detail. Fitted interior with pigeon hole and drawer storage...
Mahogany
Antique Queen Anne Fantastic Quality Burr Walnut & Featherbanded Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Queen Anne fantastic quality burr walnut and featherbanded bureau bookcase having a shaped moulded top with three original turned finals above a pair of burr walnut bevelled ...
Walnut
Queen Anne Japanned Secretary Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arched top over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to a red interior fitted with drawers and shelves, the base with slant lid des...
Oak
$980Sale Price|20% Off
1960's Traditional style Cedar Hope Chest - Queen Anne style by Lane Altavista
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1960's Traditional Queen Anne style Cedar Hope Chest by Lane Altavista. Beautifully carved. Very nice condition.
Cedar
$1,809Sale Price|20% Off
Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase circa 1930s
Located in Dereham, GB
Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase circa 1930s Dome shaped top , Single Astragal Glazed door, with Working lock & Key, open 2 reveal Two shelf interior, Burr Walnut Bure...
Walnut
19th Century Queen Anne 3 Drawer Commode Chest
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Queen Anne 3 Drawer Commode Chest. Nice distressed black painted finish. Structurally sound and ready to place. 36w x 18.5d x 34.25 SKU 6-762 TIF
Wood, Paint
Antique Queen Anne Period Walnut Chest of Drawers on Stand, c1710
By Queen Anne
Located in Nottingham, GB
Ref: 2171 Height: 1408 mm Width: 1058 mm Depth: 610 mm This charming Queen Anne period walnut chest of drawers on stand dates to circa 1710 and represents one of the most elegant ...
Walnut
English Queen Anne Burl Walnut Highboy w/ Orig. Cabriole Legs on Pad Feet C 1720
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne Graduated Burl Walnut Highboy with a carved molded edge flat top, feather banding drawer border inlays, period escutcheons and brasses, reverse serpentine carved s...
Brass
Early 18th Century Queen Anne Hand Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 18th Century Queen Anne Bureau mahogany Bookcase. With later hand painted harlequin finish. Double dome top, the pair of doors open to reveal a fully fitted interior. The fall ...
Mahogany, Paint
Chinoserie Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative early 20th Century cream coloured Chinoiserie lacquer cabinet on stand.Having classical scenes of courtiers and ...
Lacquer
18th Century Queen Anne Highboy with Engraved Brasses
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Queen Anne two part highboy with a molded cornice surmounting an upper case with five graduated drawers over an associated lower case with three fitted drawers, all with early...
Brass
Antique 18th Century New Hampshire Queen Anne Maple Highboy
Located in Westfield, MA
This distinguished 18th-century New Hampshire Queen Anne maple highboy, a testament to early American craftsmanship, showcases the enduring ap...
Maple
Rare Queen Anne Highboy and Matching Lowboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
This antique Queen Highboy and matching Lowboy set from Boston dates back to 1720-40 and features a beautiful crotch walnut veneer with old finish. The intricate design and craftsman...
Wood, Maple, Walnut
Very Fine Compact Burl Wood Queen Ann Secretary Desk Bookcase Dresser Drawers
By Baker Furniture Company, Berkey & Gay Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Fine Compact Burl Wood Queen Ann Secretary Desk Bookcase Dresser Drawers MINT!
Brass
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Henkel Harris Queen Anne Wild Black Cherry Chest on Chest C1992
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** Henkel Harris Queen Anne Wild Black Cherry Chest on Chest wit...
Cherry
English Queen Anne, Early 18th Century Red Chinoiserie Lacquer Desk / Commode
Located in Troy, NY
A small early 18th century red lacquer chinoiserie decorated commode with a desk compartment, the hinged slant front - flip top, supported by pull-out...
Wood
18th c New England Queen Anne Tiger Maple Lowboy or Server from a Highboy Base
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Queen Anne tiger maple server or highboy base with added tiger maple top with molded edge, surmounting a case with three fit...
Brass
18th Century Queen Anne Cherry Lowboy, Hand-Carved, American, Patina
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century New England Queen Anne Cherry Lowboy American cherry Lowboy with elegant scalloped apron from the Queen Anne period, about 1760. The top has a molded edge above three d...
Cherry
Pair Burr Walnut Drop Leaf Bedside Cupboards/tables
Located in Dereham, GB
Pair Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Drop Leaf Bedside Cupboards Circa 1930s, Drop Leaf tops with pull-out slides each side to support the tops, Open Compartment at top, Single at B...
Walnut