Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest of drawers continued to be made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (some Edwardian pine chests even had bracket feet), but variations were introduced during the mid-Victorian period, with some chests having seven or more drawers usually a deep hat drawer and smaller glove compartments. Chests with more...

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Louis XVI kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood marquetry commode, c.…

Louis XVI Marquetry Commode with Gilded Brass Handles

Louis XVI kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood marquetry commode, c. 1780, with grey marble top above three short drawers and two long drawers with gilded brass handles, raised on spindle legs with simulated flutes, height 86 cm width 125 cm depth 59 cm.…

18th century French Louis XVI marquetry chest of drawers. Two…

Louis XVI Marquetry Chest of Drawers

18th century French Louis XVI marquetry chest of drawers. Two short drawers above two long. Veneered and with marquetry inlay. Ormolu drawer pulls. Height 87 cm length 115 cm, depth 46 cm. Provenance: Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.

Belle Epoque mahogany and marquetry semainier early 20th…

Belle Epoque Marquetry Semainier with Ormolu Handles

Belle Epoque mahogany and marquetry semainier early 20th century the serpentine marble top above seven drawers with ormolu handles, front and sides inlaid with floral motifs, height 164 cm, width 90 cm, depth 47 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney.

Louis XV transitional style mahogany and marquetry commode,…

19th Century Mahogany Marquetry Commode

Louis XV transitional style mahogany and marquetry commode, 19th century, grey marble top of serpentine outline, above three crossbanded and burr walnut drawers, sides with similar marquetry, raised tapering legs with sabots, height 93 cm, width 147 cm,…

North Italian marquetry commode, Lombardy, late 18th century,…

Late 18th Century North Italian Marquetry Commode

North Italian marquetry commode, Lombardy, late 18th century, the rectangular top finely decorated with fruitwood and ebony inlay, above two long drawers similarly inlaid, raised on tapering legs, retains French retailer label, loss to the veneer, height…

Louis XV style marquetry marbled-top commode, late 18th century,…

Louis XV Marquetry Commode with Marble Top

Louis XV style marquetry marbled-top commode, late 18th century, the white serpentine marble top above three shorts drawers and two long drawers, gilded brass scroll handles and escutcheons, height 84 cm width 122 cm depth 62 cm. Provenance: Buxton…

Hobbs & Co., London, George III mahogany and marquetry bureau…

George III Mahogany Bureau Chest of Drawers

Hobbs & Co., London, George III mahogany and marquetry bureau chest of drawers, 19th century, rectangular top above a fall front drawer, enclosing a fitted interior with green tooled leather writing surface, pigeon holes and small drawers, above three…

Louis XVI style mahogany and marquetry semainier, the…

Louis XVI Mahogany Semainier with Marquetry and Marble Top

Louis XVI style mahogany and marquetry semainier, the rectangular marble top over seven drawers with brass escutcheons, raised on short cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, marble (A/F), height 153 cm, width 50 cm, depth 35 cm. Provenance: Christopher Davis…

Marquetry inlaid cedar eight drawer chest with serpentine glove…

Serpentine Cedar Marquetry Inlaid Eight Drawer Chest

Marquetry inlaid cedar eight drawer chest with serpentine glove drawer, circa 1880, 132 cm high, 121 cm long, 58 cm deep

Louis XV style fruitwood and marquetry commode, c. 1900, of…

Marquetry Commode with Gilt Bronze Mounts

Louis XV style fruitwood and marquetry commode, c. 1900, of bombe serpentine form with a moulded marble top above two drawers inlaid with sprays of flowers, the side similarly inlaid, raised on cabriole legs, with gilt bronze leaf cast mounts throughout,…

A fine Louis XVI style marquetry secretaire À abbatant, 19th…

Louis XVI Marquetry Secretaire Semainier

A fine Louis XVI style marquetry secretaire À abbatant, 19th century, in mahogany and tulipwood and fashioned as a semainier, with a marble top, curved edges, a fall front with a bird's eye maple fitted interior and four drawers below, a shaped apron with…