Dressers with Drawers Under
DRESSERS drawers under, no superstructure
A dramatic piece with the moulded three-drawer form we saw in the previous section plus two extra cupboards below. The heavy top moulding, the geometric moulding on the cushion-shaped drawer fronts and the applied split baluster pieces on the cleverly arranged centre panel suggest an early date. c. 1680
A typical dresser from the West Midlands made over a long period of time in the country and therefore hard to date. The side is panelled and decorated with scratch moulding, and the feet are formed as a simple
continuation of the end stiles. The doors have arched shaped panels constructed in the traditional manner. There is a scratch moulding round the frames into which the drawers fit a simulation of cockbeading.
c. 1750
A fruitwood example dated towards the end of the eighteenth century though it exhibits many early features. The two end drawers are false, no doubt a concession to the view that a dresser should have a row of
drawers in line under the top board. There is still the feeling that a good bold moulding is needed and two appear at the top and bottom. The ends are panelled and the feet are simply an extension of the side stiles.
Most significant is the fact that the drawers are formed with mouldings round. The area of manufacture is ascribed to Yorkshire, where this type of dresser was made over a considerable period.
Unlike 474, the joiner, using framed panels, has made a conscious effort to imitate the smooth flat expanses of the finer cabinet maker’s work, clearly seen in the careful flush fitting of the end panels, thus avoiding the archaic effect of the sides of example 474. The feet were originally bracket.
The ogee headed fielded panel stands out from the door as in mahogany work, whereas in 474 the rails and stiles are at the same level as the panel an earlier feature. This is the last stage in the development of the
joiner’s art. A good colour helps the price. c. 1780
It looks like a dresser base so it comes into this section, but in fact what on the face of it could be rechristened a `dresser of drawers’ is in fact a chest because all the drawers are false! Each has two handles, a keyhole and is cross-banded in mahogany. The keyhole for the lifting top is under the top moulding. The give-away as to date is the reeded quarter pillars.
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