Mahogany Wellington Chest

Tall mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top above two short and five long mahogany lined graduated drawers, all with turned mahogany knob handles. Raised up on bun feet. Dime...

Regency mahogany bow fronted chest of drawers almost certanly Gillows. The shapedn well figured mahogany top with moulded edge, above four long graduated drawers with turned wooden h...

Walnut chest on chest, of slender proportions, the moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers. The base fitted with three long ...

Satinwood music chest, having raised gallery and musical painted motif. The rectangular top with moulded edge, above five drawers fitted with brass knob ha...

19th century Chinese camphor wood secrétaire Campaign chest in two sections, the secrétaire frieze drawer with fall-front writing surface and vari...

Satinwood chest of drawers, the large rectangular serpentine top having floral painted banding above three long graduated drawers with further painted detail and brass handles. All r...

Sn5358 Victorian mahogany Wellington chest, having oversailing top above seven graduated drawers all fitted with original turned knobs and fl...

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...

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...

Victorian small mahogany Wellington chest This Victorian small mahogany Wellington chest was made circa 1865. It is a 5-drawer version and so not as tall as the usual Wellington che...

Large Wellington chest dating to the Edwardian period, consisting of eight dovetailed drawers with original hand turned mahogany knobs. In very good condition with working lock and t...

19th century mahogany Wellington chest attributed to Gillows, a lovely rich mahogany color with six mahogany lined drawers with original wooden knobs, the top drawer front drops down...