Adelaide Colonial Cedar Chest with Five Drawers, circa 1855
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George Debney, attributed Colonial chest of five graduated drawers crafted in fine cuts of Australian figured cedar with pine secondaries, Adelaide origin, South Australia, circa 1855, 120 cm high, 113 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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- Figured - A descriptive term to describe the patterns in the grain of timber. An object may be described as "well figured" or "highly figured" if the grain on a section of the object is highly patterned, as with flame mahogany or burr walnut.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Graduated Drawers - A bank of drawers, where the top drawer has the least depth, and the depth of the each drawer is greater than the drawer above.
- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- chests of drawers, material
- chests of drawers, period - Georgian 777