This chest is entirely made from single planks of timber, including the unseen floor (see last photo) which we discovered while lifting through to showroom.
The quarter sawn top and sides showing figurative grain, top with applied shaped mouldings.
The four long graduated drawers with later but appropriate brass-work (also unusual as generally two short then three long drawers).
The well patinated oak cleated, thumb moulded top, above a narrow central drawer and matching lower panelled door, flanked by two banks of three mahogany x-banded graduated drawers,
with brass swan-neck handles. The facing front corners have stylish quarter columns and deep panelled sides. Resting an ogee shaped squatted bracket feet and matching flowing moulded skirt.
Good overall warm coloured patination.
H.91cm
W.192cm
D.59cm
C.1850
This would certainly be the feature piece in your living or dining room.
While sitting there looking fantastic, the many drawers can store a lot of your precious belongings.
Perfect height to use as a serving table or place into a deep hallway as a stylish entry piece.
Hanging above an arrangement of rare 17th to 19th century European hand coloured copper engravings.
See many on my website under, Works of Art – Botanicals.
Late 17th century English oak open low dresser,
The well patinated moulded top, above three double cushion moulded drawers,
one constructed using re used earlier timbers, probably from a 16th/17th century oak coffer.
Resting on baluster turned legs.
(Later apropriate brass work)
1680-1700
H.80cm W.190cm D.49cm
I sold this dresser over twenty years ago, to a customer that later became a very close friend. This dresser was placed into his main office and sat in the entrance with a William Robertson hanging above.
I had this photographed and used as a full page advertisement.
I’m trying to locate this Russell Winnell photograph to help re promote the magnificent piece, along with others I purchased back, that were also full page advertisements pre 2000.
The three plank moulded top, above a plain lower moulded frieze, housing three mitred double cushion drawers, with later, appropriate brass-work.
Resting on baluster turned front legs, with plain rear rectangular legs and plain moulded sides.
Retaining the colourful Italian tassel and key I sold with.
One of the wonderful things about English and French country furniture is they used whatever timbers they had at the time. These drawer linings are an example and often found in 17th-18th century country pieces. Another favourite of mine is how many different timbers are found in the one piece. A French farmhouse table can have three to four different timbers at times. This variance creates the special uniqueness you can only find in country and provincial pieces, as town pieces, as delightful as they are, are more predictably perfect.
The three plank thin cut moulded top, above a plain gauged stepped mould.
The three long walnut veneered and floral inlaid reverse graduated geometric cushion drawers, having exact period styles of drop handles and decorative applied shaped half turns.
Resting on a cross between a William & Mary ball and a 19th century bun foot.
C.1880
H.88cm
W.96cm
D.53cm
For an original comparison dated 1680, ref to,
Oak Furniture The British Tradition by,
Victor Chinnery.
Figure 2:222 page 195 and various other pages.
I purchased this chest privately some time ago and finally prepared for showroom today.
Classic styles will never date. Fashionable in the last quarter 17th century, through to last quarter 19th century and still today.
Place this stylish chest inside your home of any period or as a feature piece in your modern apartment.
Classic style will always shine
The well faded circular top, on a bold turned support, resting on umbrella shaped down-swept legs (probably plum)
Great overall colour and patination.
H.71cm Dia.61cm
1790 – 1810
One of my favourite aspects about English country furniture, is they used the timbers available in their workshops at the time. If this was a town piece, would all be cut from the same tree and would be mahogany.
How’s this, I imported this table from UK well over a decade ago, along with several pieces we’re cleaning up this week.
Remarkably, the cleaning and re waxing time was about two hours. Well it’s nice finally getting all this nice new/old stock ready for showroom.
Dressers, Chair’s, Chests, Dough bins/petrin’s, sycamore chopping block on oak legs etc..
A stunning second half 18th Century English Country walnut and oak chest on chest.
The double moulded cornice above two short then three long book-matched, feather banded, graduated drawers.
The base with three long graduated drawers, with later appropriate brass-work.
Resting on shaped bracket feet.
Good overall colour and patination.
C.1770
H. 170cm W. 108cm D.55cm
The beauty of 18th century English country walnut chests is, they’re quite smaller in dimensions than than their town mahogany cousins.
They can be too dark, large and overbearing. This chest can sit in any room of your home or apartment. Very stylish, classic lines and wonderful figured walnut grain and 250 years of deep wax colouring.
The rectangular cross-banded, segmented veneered cavetto moulded top, above two short and three long graduated drawers, veneers matching top, drawers divided by half round applied moulds, resting on a low bun foot. (later brasses)
Fantastic overall deep waxed patina.
C.1690 H.83cm W.97cm D.59cm
Thornton – Narcissus bursting from its spat, 1808 hanging above.
The well patinated two plank moulded top, above two short and three long
graduated fruitwood lined drawers, surrounded by half round mouldings,
double panelled sides, resting on the original turned bun style feet.
Later decorative brass work.
C.1720 H.91cm W.96cm D.53cm
Above,
Hendrick Draakestein
Agati 1686
Hendrick Draakestein Tenga 1686
Trew
Hyacinthvs VIII 1766
Green & white relief moulded stoneware jug
C.1870
Rare 18th century English green & white tulip adorned pottery jug.
C.1770
19th century Masons green floral and gilt decorated jug.
19th century English green glass bubble filled dump.
Decorative Italian Murano clear vase.
Another beautiful piece from my private collection.
This desk sat in our front living room for 20 years.
It was actually Donnas computer desk.
Perfect for bookwork storage with a shelved faux-drawer cupboard to the left and three graduated drawers to the right.
The top having two wide drawers, all with later stylish brass-work.
The top is very well faded and patinated mahogany with unusual cherry-wood cross banding flanked by thick pear-wood stringing.
For many years before we owned this desk, the previous English owners must have left in a sun filled bay window, to be so well faded overall.
Yet another piece I’d have happily kept for my apartment, if I had the space.
The deep cross-banded top, with a narrow tunbridge-ware inlaid stringing divider.
Above four graduated deniers, with a deeper matching drawers, having beautifully matched flowing veneers,
with a deeper matching tunbridge-ware stringing and narrow cross-banding.
All retaining the original brass swan-neck handles and escutcheons.
Resting on shaped bracket feet.
Notice the clean lines, with no mouldings between the top and base, so stylish, yet fancy bracket feet.
I love these unusual mixing of styles done in the last third of the 19th century.
The drawers are attractive oak lined.
Also, the top overhangs the back boards about one inch to prevent the large fashionable skirting boards leaving deep spaces between the piece and the wall.
