JACOBEAN CARVED OAK TESTER BED - JAMES I OAK TESTER BED - OAK COURT CUPBOARD - OAK CREDENCE TABLE - CHARLES I OAK REFECTORY TABLE - AN OAK COFFER

A JACOBEAN CARVED OAK TESTER BED, the cornice
carved with arcading, the tester with twelve scrolled and
carved panels, the headboard with a pair of arches filled
with and flanked by leaves, the end posts with turned
upper sections and incised lower parts, 6ft. 6in. high by
6ft. 6in. long by 4ft. 9in. wide (198cm. by 198cm. by
145cm.) early 17th Century, partly painted red, with
restoration.

A JAMES I OAK TESTER BED, the tester with twelve
leaf-carved panels, the headboard carved with two panels
of leaves above a pair of flower-filled arches divided and
flanked by term figures, the carved end-posts each with
a cup-and-cover section below leaf-carved columns, 7ft.
high by 4ft. 8in. zoide by 6ft. 8in. long (214cm. by 142cm. by
by 203cm.) early 17th Century.

A JAMES I OAK COURT CUPBOARD, the upper part with a strapwork-carved
overhanging comice supported on bulbous columns, the two recessed
panelled doors centred by a further panel inlaid with geometrie strapwork,
the projecting lower part with two panelled doors carved with guilloche,
lozenges, and ribbing, 6ft. lin. high by 4ft. 9in. wide (185cm. by 145cm.)
early 17th Century.

AN OAK REFECTORY TABLE, the three plank top with end cleats
over a moulded frieze and six turned legs with shaped brackets
and joined at the square section by stretchers, 2ft. high by llft.
wide (77.5cm. by 350cm.) mid-17th Century, re-constructed.

AN OAK COFFER with three panel hinged lid, the front carved with a portcullis
motif and flanked by pilas-ters similarly decorated, on Stile feet, 2ft. 3in.
high by 4ft. l’/zin. wide (69cm. by 126cm.) early 17th Century.

AN OAK COFFER of simple construction, the front
carved with two massive stylized flowerheads, lft. 8in.
high by 3ft. 2in. wide (51cm. by 97cm.) 17th Century, possibly
Continental.

AN OAK CREDENCE TABLE, with canted corners,
the carved frieze above fielded panelled doors inlaid
in a herring-bone design in walnut, the sides similarly
carved, on ring-turned baluster legs joined by a moulded
stretcher, 2ft. 6′Mn. high by 3ft. 5in. wide (78cm. by 104cm.)
19th Century.

AN OAK COFFER, with pitched lid, the front carved with
three panels of flowerheads and foliage, the ends with
iron carrying handles, lft. l’Mn. high by 3ft. Hin. wide
(65cm. by 120cm.) 17th Century, re-constructed.

A CHARLES I OAK REFECTORY TABLE, the three-plank top with a
lunette-carved frieze and ring-turned baluster legs joined
by stretchers, 2ft. 6in. high by 5ft. 8in. wide (76cm. by 172.5cm.)
early 17th. Century.

A CHARLES I OAK “BIBLE” BOX, with moulded lid
and base and with fluted frieze, 8′/2in. high by 2ft. 6in.
wide (21.5cm. by 76cm.) circa 1639.

A CHARLES I OAK SIX-PANEL COFFER with moulded
hinged lid, the front with a large panel of diamond
trellis-work and iron lockplate, lft. 9′/2in. high by 3ft. 7in.
wide (54cm. by 109cm.) circa 1630.

ANOTHER with sloping lid, the front and sides carved
with scrollwork, lft. high by 2ft. 3V2in. wide (31cm. by
70cm.) mid-17th Century.

A SMALL CHARLES I OAK SIX PLANK COFFER,
the end boards pierced at the base to form legs, lft.
high by lft. Hin. wide (45cm. by 58cm.) circa 1630.

ANOTHER with moulded lid and interior lidded
compartiment, the front incised with leafy lunettes,
Hin. high by 2ft. 7in. wide (28cm. by 79cm.) mid-1Ith
Century.

A GEORGE I OAK “BIBLE” BOX with sloping lid
and pine sides, the front carved with the initiais GT and
the date 1723 and with a pair of roundels, 2ft. 6in. wide
(76cm.).

A CHARLES II OAK COFFER, the four panelled top
above a band of fiuted carving and centred by a panel
depicting the Tree of Life and flanked by carved lozenges,
above a guilloche band, 2ft. 3l/tin. high by 3ft. Hin. wide
(100cm. by 119cm.) circa 1660.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST
of four long drawers, each with a pair of simple
geometrie mouldings, on bun feet, 2ft.
high by3ft. wide (88cm. by 92cm.) circa 1670.

A CHARLES I OAK JOINT STOOL with a moulded
top and scroll carved frieze, on turned legs with piain
stretchers, lft. 9′/2in. high by lft. 6V2in. long (55cm. by
47cm.) circa 1640, top replaced.

A CHARLES I OAK JOINT STOOL, on ringed legs with
plain stretchers, the underside of the top stamped with
initiais, lft. 9in. high by lft. 6in. wide (53cm. by 46cm.)
circa 1640.

A CHARLES II OAK JOINT STOOL, the rectangular
moulded top above a moulded frieze, on turned legs joined
at the square section by stretchers and on bun feet,
lft. lV/tin. high by lft. wide (89cm. by 47cm.) circa
1660.

CHARLES II OAK CRADLE - WALNUT ARMCHAIR - CHARLES II OVAL OAK GATELEG TABLE - FOUR CHARLES II BEECHWOOD ARMCHAIRS - BEECHWOOD SIDE CHAIR

A CHARLES I OAK CHEST, with a three-panelled
top, the front with three panels outlined with geometrie
mouldings and enclosed by lunettes carved with fleur-de-
lys, lft. Whin. high by 4ft. 3in. wide (57cm. by 129cm.)
circa 1640.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST,
the moulded hinged top above a frieze set with two
geometrically moulded panels above one drawer similarly
decorated, on style feet, 2ft. high by 4ft. 2′/2in.
wide (73cm. by 128cm.) circa 1670, the sides carved with later carving.

A CHARLES II OAK CRADLE
with baluster finials and scrolling ends on rockers,
lft. lOin. high by 2ft. 10′Ain. wide (56cm. by 88cm.) late 17th Century.

A CHARLES II WALNUT ARMCHAIR with a pierced,
scrolling, arched cresting and caned back flanked by
turned baluster supports, the outcurved scrolling arms
supported on balusters, with caned seat on S-scrolled legs
joined by a pierced curved stretcher, circa 1680, seatrail
restored.

A CHARLES II OAK COFFER,
rectangular moulded top above a carved frieze, with three
carved arcaded panels beneath, with Stile feet,
2ft. 3′/2in. high by 4ft. Hin. wide (70cm. by 151cm.)
circa 1660, converted.

A LATE 17TH CENTURY CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR,
the rectangular plate within a gadrooned frame carved
with scrolls, acanthus leaves and cherubs and with a
winged cherub cresting, 3ft. 4in. high by 2ft. 7in. wide
(102cm. by 79cm.) circa 1660, formerly a picture frame,
with restoration.

AN OAK COFFER, with four panelled hinged top,
the front similarly panelled and with two short drawers
in the base, 2ft. high by 4ft. 6in. wide (75cm. by
137cm.) mid-17th Century.

A CHARLES II OAK BIBLE BOX with hinged lid,
the front and sides applied with split ringed balusters
at the corners, with moulded base, high by lft. 91/2in.
wide (21.5cm. by 54cm.) circa 1680.

A CHARLES II OVAL OAK GATELEG TABLE on bobbin-
turned legs and stretchers, 4ft. 2in. long by 5ft. 4in.
open (127cm. by 163cm.) circa 1670.

AN OAK CHEST, the piain top with moulded and
carved edge above a panelled front and sides with chip
carving and dated 1773, 2ft. high by 4ft. 2in. wide
(80cm. by 127cm.) late 17th Century.

A CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE with an oval
top, turned legs and moulded stretchers, 2ft. bin. wide
(74cm.) circa 1685.

AN OAK DROP-LEAF TABLE, the oval top with two
flaps raised on turned and trestle Support, 2ft. 3in. high
by 2ft. 5in. wide (69cm. by 74cm.).

AN OAK SIDE TABLE with a Single drawer in the
frieze, on ring-turned legs joined by an X-stretcher,
on scroll feet, 2ft. 5in. high by 2ft. 5in. wide (74cm. by 74cm.)

A CHARLES II OAK DRESSER BASE
with moulded top and three drawers, each with two geometrie
panels divided and outlined by split-bobbin turning,
raised on six legs, the front four of double baluster form,
2ft. 7in. high by 6ft. 6in. long (79cm. by 198cm.) circa 1670,
some bobbin decoration and handles of later date.

A SET OF FOUR CHARLES II BEECHWOOD ARMCHAIRS,
the acanthus leaf-carved and pierced toprail centred by a
crown and thistles, the cane panelled back carved with
double crowns, leaves and thistles, with carved turned
uprights, with carved turned finials, the out-swept
moulded and carved arms with turned supports, a caned
panel seat and carved moulded frame, the leaf-carved
scrolling legs joined at the front by a pierced carved
stretcher centred by a crown and joined at the sides
by turned H-stretchers, one chair stamped EP, one chair
stamped TT, circa 1660, with restorations and later
carving.

A PAIR OF SIDE CHAIRS similar to and en suite with
the preceding lot, one chair indistinctly stamped RMC

A LARGE CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE, the oval
top raised on bobbin and baluster-turned legs joined at
the square section by bobbin stretchers, the top 4ft. 7in.
by 5ft. 6lMn. open (139cm. by 169cm.) circa 1680, re-
polished and restored.

AN OAK GATELEG TABLE with an oval top on eight
ringed supports joined by square stretchers, on turned feet,
2ft. 4V2in. high by 3ft. 4in. wide (72cm. by 102cm.) partly
late 17th Century.

ANOTHER also with an oval top, with a frieze
drawer and eight spiral-twist legs with square stretchers
and turned feet, 3ft. 6in. by 4ft. Vhin. open (107cm. by
141cm.) circa 1680.

A CHARLES II BEECHWOOD SIDE CHAIR, the pierced
carved toprail above a caned panel back within twist-
turned uprights, the cane panelled seat on twist-turned
legs joined at the square front section by a pierced carved
stretcher and twist-turned H-stretchers, circa 1665, with
restoration.

AN OAK DRESSER - CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE - CHARLES II WALNUT CHEST - 17TH CENTURY WALNUT TABLE - WILLIAM AND MARY OAK GATE-LEG TABLE

AN OAK DRESSER, the later rack with a moulded
cornice above an ogee-cut frieze with three shelves, the
base with three panelled frieze drawers, on ringed turned
front legs joined by stretchers, 6ft. 7lhin. high by 6ft. 2′/zin.
wide (202cm. by 189cm.).

Two SIMILAR CHARLES II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS,
the toprails carved with flowerheads with spirally-
turned supports, with caned backs and seats and
spirally turned legs and stretchers, second half 11 th Century,
restored.

A CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE
with a moulded edge, a frieze drawer and eight twist-turned
legs joined by square stretchers, 2ft. 5in. by 4ft. open (74cm. by 122cm.)
the base circa 1680, the top 19th Century.

A CHARLES II OAK SIDE CHAIR, the arched pierced
toprail above a solid central splat carved with S-scrolls
and foliage, the solid seat on ringed legs joined by
stretchers.

A CHARLES II WALNUT CHEST, the rectangular
moulded top above a band of dentil moulding, the frieze
with two short moulded drawers centred by a moulded-
front small drawer, with one deep and two shallow
drawers below, outlined with applied geometric mouldings,
on bun feet, 3ft. 3′Ain. high by 3ft. 2in. wide (100cm. by
97cm.) circa 1680.

AN UNUSUAL CHARLES II OAK CHEST, the hinged
lid above a dummy drawer and with three drawers below
of equal depth, each section carved at the front and the
sides with geometric strapwork or scale pattern and
divided by horizontal mouldings, 2ft. lVhin. high by 2ft. 7in.
wide (90cm. by 79cm.) circa 1680, with later applied silvered
metal mounts.

A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND OAK CHEST,
with two short and two long drawers and panelled sides
and back, 2ft. lOin. high by 2ft. lOin. wide (86cm. by 86cm.)
late 17th Century.

A LATE 17TH CENTURY WALNUT TABLE, the rec-tangular three-plank
top with end cleats, the frieze with an end drawer, on turned legs
joined at the square section by a moulded H-shaped stretcher, 2ft.
high by 4ft. 5lhin. wide (78cm. by 136cm.) circa 1700.

AN OAK CHEST of four long geometrically panelled
drawers each with two panels, on bun feet, 2ft. 9in.
high by 2ft. (84cm. by 88cm.) third quarter
17th Century, top drawer replacee.

A WILLIAM AND MARY BEECHWOOD WING ARM-
CHAIR, with rectangular back, straight-sided wings, the
padded arms and cushioned seat on S-scroll supports
joined by turned stretchers and with a scroll front
stretcher, circa 1690, with restoration.

AN UNUSUAL SMALL WILLIAM AND MARY OAK
DROP-LEAF TABLE, the rectangular top with one flap and
raised on six slender legs joined by moulded stretchers,
with turned feet, 2ft.high by 2ft. 4in. wide (64cm. by
71cm.) circa 1690.

A GOOD WILLIAM AND MARY YEW-WOOD TABLE
with a moulded top, the frieze with a simple moulding
and a drawer, raised on spiral-twist legs joined by a plain
stretcher, 2ft. high by 2ft. 7in. wide (76cm. by 79cm.) circa
1690.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK TABLE
with moulded top, the frieze with an ogee moulding
along the front and a drawer, with a central applied
carved panel, spiral-twist legs with waved X-stretchers
and bun feet, 2ft. ?’Mn. high by 3ft. 4in. wide (82cm. by 102cm.) circa 1690.

A PAIR OF UNUSUAL WlLLIAM AND MARY OAK CHAIRS,
each back with a pierced strapwork toprail above a
splat also pierced with strapwork, the solid moulded seats on
turned front legs with spiral-twist front stretchers and piain
back legs and stretchers, circa 1690.

A GOOD WILLIAM AND MARY OAK GATE-LEG TABLE
with an oval top, a frieze drawer and raised on eight legs with
tapering turned centre sections, piain stretchers and knurled feet,
2ft. 4in. high by 3ft. 9in. long by 4ft. bin. open (71cm. by 114cm. by 135cm.) circa 1690.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK TRIPOD STAND, the
moulded octagonal top on baluster stem with hexagonal
base and three scroll legs, 2ft. 8in. high by Ift. 2lhin. wide
(81cm. by 37cm.) circa 1680.

ANOTHER also with an octagonal top, raised on a
spiral-twist stem and baluster base, on three flat scroll
feet, 2ft. 9in. high by lft. Vhin. wide (84cm. by 34cm.)
circa 1680y part of one foot replaced, top with three added
supports.

A GOOD SET OF FTVE CHARLES II OAK NORTH COUNTRY
CHAIRS, each with a piain solid semi-circular toprail
above a semi-circular arch, the moulded seat with turned
front legs and stretcher and piain back legs and stretchers,
circa 1660, one with part of toprail replaced, squab
cusbions.

A GOOD CHARLES II CHEST OF DRAWERS
in oak with walnut-veneered front and in two parts,
the front with four long drawers each divided into a pair
of geo¬metrie panels and the second drawer with a pair of
fielded octagons flanking an applied panel with an arch,
on bracket feet, 3ft. 3in. high by 3ft. 8in. wide
(99cm. by 112cm.) circa 1670, bracket feet 18th Century

A CHARLES II CANED WALNUT CHAIR, with rec-
tangular caned back panel enclosed by leaves and
flowers, spiral-twist supports, legs and stretchers, circa
1670, stamped LS.

AN OAK SETTLE - AN OAK GATELEG TABLE - JAMES II OAK DINING CHAIRS - CHARLES II OAK CUPBOARD - WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE - WILLIAM III WALNUT SIDE TABLE

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST in two parts and with
four geometrically panelled drawers with ebonised
dividing and flanking mouldings, 3ft. high by 3ft. lin.
wide (92cm. by 94cm.) circa 1670.

AN OAK SETTLE, the back with two rows of five panels
carved with foliate scrollwork, with shaped arms and
turned supports and the base with a hinged lid, 5ft. 4in.
high by 5ft. 2in. wide (163cm. by 158cm.) partly constructed
from 17th Century panelling.

A CHARLES II OAK SETTLE, the panelled top with a
moulded dentil-carved toprail applied with split-baluster
decoration, with downeurved arms on bulbous ring-
turned supports, the rope seat with a loose cushion, on
bulbous ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, 6ft. wide
(183cm.) circa 1680.

A CHARLES II OAK SETTLE, the four-panel back
with carved lozenges and downswept scrolled arms, the
hinged seat above four lozenge carved panels, 3ft. 4′hin.
high by 5ft. 9in. wide (103cm. by 176cm.) circa 1660,
restored.

AN OAK GATELEG TABLE, the hinged rectangular
top on spirally turned legs joined by stretchers, on pad
feet, 2ft. 3′/2in. high by 3ft. fully extended (70cm.
by 120cm.) late 17th Century.

A PAIR OF PEARWOOD FORMS OR NARROW BENCHES
of honey colour, each single plank top raised on two
pairs of inverted baluster-shaped legs, lft. 5in. high
by 4ft. Win. long (43cm. by 148cm.) late 17ih Century, probably French,
stretchers with restoration.

A RARE SET OF NINE JAMES II OAK DlNING CHAIRS
with moulded scrolled toprails centred by pierced interlaced
leaves, the three stick splats within moulded uprights and
with turned tapering supports, the panelled seats on turned legs joined at the front by a scrolled stretcher
centred by crossed pierced leaves and joined at the square section by box stretchers, circa 1685.

A WILLIAM AND MARY LARGE OAK AND WALNUT
GATELEG TABLE with deep semi-circular flaps, a drawer in
the frieze, on ring-turned hamster legs joined by plain
stretchers, on bun feet, 2ft. 5in. high by 5ft. wide
(74cm. by 164cm.) circa 1680, restored.

A CHARLES II OAK CUPBOARD
with a lunette-carved frieze above a pair of panelled
carved doors, on stile legs, 3ft. 3in. high by 5ft.
wide (102cm. by 152cm.) late 17th Century, formerly with an upper part.

A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT GATELEG TABLE,
the oval two-flap top above a single frieze drawer, on
turned legs joined by stretchers and with braganza feet,
2ft. 5in. high by 3ft. 7in. wide (73cm. by 109cm.) circa
1690, drawer and feet later.

A CARVED OAK CUPBOARD with projecting cornice
and pendant finials above a pair of recessed cupboards
flanking two arched panels, with a pair of four-panel
doors below, 6ft. 3in. high by 6ft. wide (190cm. by 183cm.)
late 17th Century, but with rieh 19th Century animal and
fiower carving.

A CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE
with a moulded edge, a frieze drawer and eight spiral-twist
legs joined by square stretchers, 2ft. 5in. by 4ft. open (74cm. by 122cm.) the base circa 1680, the top 19th Century.

A LATE 17TH CENTURY OAK “CRICKET” OR
DRINKING TABLE with circular top and turned legs
joined by stretchers, lft. high by 2ft. 2in. diameter
(59cm. by 66cm.) top associated.

A CHARLES II OAK CUPBOARD, the pair of doors
faced with geometrie panels, 6ft. Vhin. high by
4ft. lOVein. wide (187cm. by 149cm.) circa 1675, with later
gadrooned cornice.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE, with
moulded top, a frieze drawer, the turned legs joined by
stretchers, 2ft. 2in. high by 2ft. 6in. wide (66cm. by 76cm.)
circa 1690.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK BUREAU, the flap with
angled banding enclosing a fitted interior of drawers and
secret drawers and with a hinged well, above three short
and two long banded drawers, on bun feet, 3ft. Vhin.
high by 3ft. wide (95cm. by 97.5cm.) circa 1695,
restored, feet replaced.

A RARE OAK LAMBING ARMCHAIR, the high back
with an arched hood, plain arms on columnar supports,
with a solid seat and turned legs joined by turned
stretchers, circa 1700.

A WILLIAM III WALNUT SIDE TABLE,
the moulded top above a frieze drawer, on bobbin-turned
legs joined by a bobbin-turned H-stretcher, 2ft.
high by 2ft. Win. wide (72cm. by 86.5cm.) circa 1700, drawer re-lined.

AN OAK CHEST with hinged lid, the panelled
front and sides carved with lunettes and stylized
foliage, 2ft. high by 4ft. 9in. wide (75cm. by 144cm.) late 17th/early 18th Century, carving possibly later.

A WILLIAM AND MARY SMALL OAK GATELEG TABLE
with a drawer in the frieze, on ringed legs joined by
plain stretchers, 2ft. 3′/2in. high by 3ft. 8in. wide (70cm. by
112cm.) late 17th Century.

A CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE - A CHARLES II OAK CHEST - MID-17TH CENTURY FLEMISH OAK CUP-BOARD - CHARLES I OAK DRAW-LEAF DINING TABLE - CHARLES II OAK ARMCHAIR

A CHARLES II OAK COFFER with a two-plank
hinged top and three-panel front carved with lozenges,
on stile feet, lft.high by 3ft. Vhin. wide (59cm. by
95cm.) circa 1670.

A CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE with semi-
circular flaps, a drawer at one end and ring-turned
columnar supports, joined by moulded stretchers,
2ft. 5in. high by 4ft. 7′/2in. wide (74cm. by 141cm.) circa
1670.

A CROMWELLIAN OAK SIDE CHAIR, the rectangular
back with carved scrolling toprail with downcurved
scrolling arms on baluster supports, the rope seat with
loose cushion, on ringed baluster legs joined by turned
stretchers, circa 1650.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST of three panelled
graduated long drawers, 2ft. 2in. high by 3ft. wide (66cm.
by 91.5cm.) circa 1670.

AN OAK COFFER,
with two-plank hinged top, the front set with four
panels, on stile feet, 2ft. Tfcin. high by 4ft. Vhin. wide
(80cm. by 126cm.) mid-17th Century.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST of two short and three
long drawers, 3ft. 5′/2in. high by 3ft. 3in. wide (105cm. by
99cm.) circa 1670, with added top, replaced bun feet and
added split-baluster mouldings.

A GOOD MID-17TH CENTURY FLEMISH OAK CUP-BOARD
with a moulded and dentil cornice above a pair of drawers
supported on a pair of balusters flanking a cupboard with
a geometrically panelled door with broad canted sides applied
with arches divided and flanked by slender split columns,
the lower part with a pair of doors with arched panels
similar to the upper part, divided and flanked by pairs
of split balusters, with panelled sides and bun feet,
5ft. 4in. high by 5ft. lin. wide (164cm. by 153cm.)
with restoration, bun feet replaced.

AN UNUSUAL CHARLES I OAK DRAW-LEAF DINING TABLE,
the top with mitred frame above a moulded frieze
set with lozenges and rectangular bosses supported on a
pair of baluster legs and a pair of square-cut moulded legs, the three-plank
platform base set with bosses, 2ft. 8V2W. high by 8ft.
long (82cm. by 244cm.) circa 1630, the square legs possibly replaced.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST of three long drawers,
each drawer geometrically panelled and applied with
split bobbins, on bun feet, 2ft. Win. high by 3ft.
wide (86cm. by 92cm.) circa 1670.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST of two short and three graduated
long drawers each panelled with a different geometrie design,
on stile feet, 2ft. 11′hin. high by 3ft 2in. wide (90cm. by 96.5cm.) circa 1680.

A LARGE CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE, the oval
top on bobbin and baluster-turned legs joined at the
Square section by bobbin stretchers, the top 4ft. 7in. by
5ft. 6V2in. open (139cm. by 169cm.) circa 1680, repolished
andrestored.

AN OAK SIDE TABLE, the rectangular top with
grooved panels above a single frieze drawer carved with
scrolls and inlaid with chequered bandings, on turned
legs joined at the Square section by moulded stretchers,
the front stretcher partly carved and inlaid, 2ft. 2in. high
by 2ft. PAin. wide (66cm. by 65cm.) formed from earlier
fragments.

A CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE
with deep rounded flaps, on ringed bobbin legs joined by
plain stretchers, 2ft. 4in. high by 5ft. 5′/2in.
wide open (71cm. by 167cm.) circa 1660, top possibly associated.

AN EARLY CHARLES II OAK ARMCHAIR with serpen-
tine toprail elaborately carved with stylized flowers, the
solid back carved with a rose and stem and flanked by
floral carving, with downcurved arms and turned
supports, with a loose cushion and solid seat on ringed
baluster legs joined by plain stretchers, circa 1660,
extended in height.

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST of four graduated long
drawers, on moulded base, 2ft. 8in. high by 3ft. ‘hin. wide
(81cm. by 93cm.) circa 1685.

AN OAK LOWBOY with plain top on ringed splayed
baluster legs joined by plain stretchers, 2ft. 4in. high by
lft. 8in. wide (61cm. by 51cm.) second half of the 17th
Century.

A CHARLES II OAK SIDE TABLE with moulded top
and frieze drawer on bobbin-turned legs joined by a
bobbin-turned H-stretcher, 2ft. 3in. high by 2ft. 9in. wide
(69cm. by 84cm.) circa 1680.

AN UNUSUAL CHARLES II OAK CABINET
with a pair of cupboard doors applied with elaborate fielded panels
flanked by tapering pilasters, the frieze carved with    75
dentils, on a solid base, 2ft. 9in. high by 2ft. 9in. wide
(84cm. by 84cm.) circa 1670, feet missing.

A CHARLES II OAK CUPBOARD with moulded
cornice above a lunette-carved frieze and a pair of cup-
board doors flanking an arched panel, inlaid with floral
marquetry and with two bulbous ringed balusters, the
lower part with a lunette-carved frieze above two
panelled cupboard doors, on stile feet, the sides similarly
panelled, 5ft. 9in. high by 5ft. 6in. wide (175cm. by
168cm.) second half of the 17th Century.

75 A CHARLES II OAK CHEST of four long drawers of
varying depth each applied with geometrie panels of
different designs and split bobbins, with panelled sides,
on stile feet, 3ft. lin. high by 3ft. 2in. wide (94cm. by
96.5cm.) circa 1680.

CHARLES I OAK COFFER - FOOD OR CHEESE CUPBOARD - OAK REFECTORY TABLE - CHARLES I OAK ARMCHAIR - OAK LIVERY CUPBOARD - CHARLES II OAK COFFER

A GOOD CHARLES I OAK COFFER with hinged lid,
the front with a wrought-iron lockplate and carved with
stylized flowerheads in a geometrie pattern, on trestle
supports, lft. 5′/2in. high by 3ft. 21hin. wide (45cm. by
98cm.) circa 1630.

A SMALL OAK COFFER with a hinged lid, on trestle
feet, lft. 5′/2in. high by 2ft. Win. wide (44.5cm. by 86cm.)
early 17th Century, restored.

AN UNUSUAL ELMWOOD TRIANGULAR FOOD OR
CHEESE CUPBOARD, the top with rounded corners, the
sides each pierced with a gothic quatrefoil within a
diamond and the front panel forming a door, on plain
legs, 2ft. 4in. high by 2ft. 5in. wide (71cm. by 74cm.) con-
structed from old timber.

AN OAK SIDE CABINET with a moulded cornice
above a carved frieze and a pair of panelled
cupboard doors inlaid with boxwood and ebony
with geometrie stylized floral designs and enclosing a shelf, on stile feet, 2ft.
9′/2in. high by 3ft. 73Ain. (85cm. by 111cm.)

AN OAK REFECTORY TABLE with a three-plank top,
the frieze fluted at the front and back and carved at each
end, on moulded stop-fluted legs, with plain stretchers,
2ft. 8in. high by 8ft. long (81cm. by 244cm.) part of frieze
broken.

A COMMONWEALTH OAK ARMCHAIR, the solid back
carved with a lunette frieze, with downeurved arms on
ringed supports, the solid seat with scrolling apron on
ringed baluster legs joined by stretchers, circa 1655,
bearing the joiner’s mark T.S.

A CHARLES II OAK JOINT STOOL with recatangular
top, moulded shaped frieze and turned legs joined at the
square section by stretchers, lft. 8in. high by lft. 4′hin.
wide (51cm. by 42cm.) top replaced.

AN OAK STOOL with rectangular top, moulded
carved frieze and turned legs, Win. high by lft. 4V2in.
wide (25cm. by 42cm.) stamped T.B., reconstructed and
eut down.

A CHARLES I OAK ARMCHAIR, the rectangular
back carved with strapwork around an arch, set with
interlocking roundels, the downeurved arms on ornately
carved balusters, the solid seat on fluted ringed baluster
legs, first half of the 17th Century.

AN OAK JOINT STOOL with moulded seat and frieze
on splayed ringed cup and cover legs joined by plain
stretchers, lft. 9′/2in. high by lft. 4′/2in. wide (54cm. by
42cm.).

AN OAK LIVERY CUPBOARD, the moulded frieze
above a central cupboard door flanked by carved panels,
the lower part with a lunette-carved frieze supported on
ringed balusters with a platform base on turned feet,
4ft. 2V2in. high by 4ft. l’Ain, wide (128.5cm. by 125cm.)
circa 1640, restored extensively.

ANOTHER, with turned columnar legs joined by
stretchers, lft. 9in. high by lft. 7in. wide (53cm. by
48cm.).

AN OAK CUPBOARD with a pair of carved doors
divided by a similar carved panel, with a drawer below,
on bracket feet, 3ft. lin. high by 3ft. ll’hin. wide
(94cm. by 120cm.) construeted from 17th Century wood
and with a later superstructure.

A RARE OVAL-TOPPED LOW TABLE, formed from an oak joint
stool with splayed ring-turned legs joined by plain stretchers,
on turned feet, lft. Hin. high by 2ft. 4′hin. wide (59cm. by 72.5cm.) late 17th Century.
?150-250

AN OAK JOINT STOOL with a carved apron on
ringed baluster legs j oined by stretchers.

A CHARLES II OAK COFFER with a hinged three-
plank top and three-panel front, on stile feet, 2ft. 2V2In.
high by 4ft. wide (68cm. by 122cm.) circa 1660, with some
19th Century carving.

ANOTHER JOINT STOOL
with a lunette carved frieze on splayed ring-turned
baluster legs joined by stretchers.

A CHARLES II OAK COFFER with hinged top and three-panelled
front, on stile feet, 2ft. 2′/2in. high by 3ft. 6in.
wide (67cm. by 107cm.) circa 1670.

AN OAK CHEST, the hinged lid and front each with
four panels and the front with simple foliate carving,
2ft. 4in. high by 4ft. 9′/2in. wide (71cm. by 146cm.) third
quarter 17th Century.

A SMALL CHARLES II OAK SIDE TABLE with moulded
top, a frieze drawer, on ringed baluster legs joined by
stretchers, 2ft. 3in. high by 2ft. lin. wide (69cm. by
63.5cm.) circa 1680.

“BIBLE” BOX ON STAND - OAK COFFER - 17TH CENTURY OAK COFFER  - CHARLES II OAK WRITING BOX - CHARLES I OAK CHEST

A CARVED PEARWOOD WALL APPLIQUE in the style
of Grinling Gibbons and well carved with ribbon-tied
fruit and flowers, 3ft. 2lhin. high (98cm.) late 19th
Century, mounted on board.

A CHARLES II “BIBLE” BOX ON STAND, the hinged lid above a
florally-carved frieze, the stand with a similarly carved
frieze drawer, on baluster legs joined by stretchers, 4ft.
8′/2in. high by 2ft. 2in. wide (73cm. by 66cm.)
late 17th Century, stand associated.

A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT WALL APPLIQUES each with
ribbon-tied fruit and flowers with insects on a red
ground, 3ft. 9lhin. high by wide (116cm. x 23cm.)
late 19th Century.

A LATE CHARLES II OAK TABLE DESK, the sloping
front etched with the date and enclosing a fitted interior
with a sliding panel enclosing a secret compartment, the
front and sides with applied lozenges, 12in. high by
2ft. 3in. wide (31cm. by 6cm.) dated 1685.

AN OAK “BIBLE” BOX, with hinged moulded lid,
and plain body, 2ft. lin. wide (64cm.) circa 1700.

AN OAK COFFER with hinged moulded lid, the
front carved with lunettes, on stile feet, lft. 3in. high by
2ft. 7in. wide (38cm. by 79cm.) early 17th Century, legs
associated.

AN OAK “BIBLE” BOX with moulded hinged lid,
the front carved with flowerheads, lft. 7in. wide (48cm.)
circa 1700, lid and carving later.

AN OAK COFFER with moulded hinged lid, the
front carved with fluted and stop-fluted arcading and
stylized tulips and leaves, lft. 8in. high by 3ft. 8′/2in. wide
(51cm. by 113cm.) early 17th Century.

AN OAK COFFER with a hinged lid, the front set
Sold by Order of the Executors    with fielded panels flanking a central arched panel
carved with the figure of Saint Sebastian, on stile feet,
2ft. 5in. by 5ft. wide (74cm. by 52cm.) circa 1640, hinged
lid possibly associated.

A CHARLES II OAK “BIBLE” BOX ON STAND, the
six-panelled hinged lid above a lunette-carved frieze and
a long drawer, on ringed baluster legs joined by stret-
chers, 3ft. IV2 in. high by 2ft. 63Ain. wide (95cm. by
78cm.) circa 1680, stand associated.

A CARVED OAK CHIMNEY SURROUND
with five panels carved and outlined with gothic tracery, 6ft.
square (208cm.) panels early 16th Century, carved and set in surround in the 19th Century.

AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY OAK COFFER, the hinged
lid with a wrought-iron lockplate, on restored bracket
feet, lft. 8in. high by 3ft. 5in. wide (51cm. by 105cm.).

AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY OAK COFFER with hinged
lid, the tapering body with chip-carving, on trestle feet,
lft. 6in. high by 4ft. 2in. wide (46cm. by 127cm.).

A CHARLES II OAK WRITING BOX with a hinged lid
enclosing an interior with drawers, the front carved with
stylized flowers and floral decoration, the lid now with
the initiais IG and the date 1744, now on a Charles II
oak lowboy with a moulded top above a frieze drawer
and spirally turned legs joined by plain stretchers, the
whole, 3ft. 2lhin. high by 2ft. 11′/2m. wide (98cm. by
90cm.) bot h circa 1670.

A CHARLES I OAK CHEST,
the hinged plank top above an ornately carved arched
front inlaid with floral marquetry and with carved
spandrels, 2ft. 4in. high by 4ft. 7in. wide (71cm. by 140cm.) circa 1640.

A CHARLES I OAK COFFER
with a panelled hinged lid and panelled front,
on stile feet, 2ft. 3in. high by 4ft. wide (69cm. by 122cm.)
first half of the 17th Century.

A CHARLES I OAK CHEST with moulded hinged lid,
The Property of G. A. Baker, Esq., deceased
tne front with three panels carved with leaf-scrolls below
Sold by Order of the Executors    a
lunette-carved frieze, 2ft. 3′/2in. high by 4ft. llhin.
wide (70cm. by 125cm.) circa 1640.

AN OAK COFFER with a hinged lid, the front carved with four
linen-fold panels, on square legs, 3ft. high by 3ft.
9in. wide (91cm. by 114cm.) mid-16th Century.

A SMALL OAK COFFER of simple plank construc-
tion the top with the initiais W M in nails, 3ft. 2′/2in.
wide (98cm.) 17th Century.

A RARE HENRY VIII FINELY CARVED AUMBRY, the
front divided into three horizontal sections, the top one
with an almost square portrait panel carved with a
bearded man with a feathered hat within a wreath and
flanked by a pair of doors, each carved with a flowering
tree and one with a pair of birds on branches, the centre
section with a pair of drawers each with a row of gothic
roundels, the lower part with a door carved with an
endless knot design flanked by two panels of gothic
tracery of different design, ail outlined with guilloche
moulding, the oak sides with three linen-fold panels,
the back panelled in oak and walnut, 4ft. e’Ain. high by
5ft. ‘Ain. wide by Ift. lin. deep (113cm. by 153cm. by
48.5cm.) circa 1540, with restoration.

Antique Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco and 1920`s Dressers

The term ‘dresser’ comes from the side table used for the `dressing’ of food in the medieval hall. The form which was used in kitchens of the 17th and 18th centuries was still unchanged in the early 19th. Indeed
kitchen furniture, as a general rule, has been the least subject to the vagaries of fashion. The dressers illustrated here show how the piece seems to have become acceptable as a piece of furniture which could be used either in the kitchen or the dining room of the cottage or modest house. Mainly the styles reflect the popular taste for oak furniture of Stuart or Jacobean type but modern versions, in art nouveau or Edwardian styles were also made. The simplest type of dresser, illustrated by Percy Wells in the 1920s, shows little change from its predecessor of a hundred years before; it is an enduringly useful form.
Due to the tremendous rise in popularity and price of antique dressers, the late Victorian version has now also become expensive as these examples show. Pine dressers of more modest price have also become very
fashionable and the fact that a pine dresser may be virtually brand new does not seem affect price very much provided it is an attractive version.
An oak sideboard of commercial manufacture which comes quite close to the spirit of the original period from which it derives. It seems that the designers of such pieces were always surer in their touch with the top halves. It is the cabriole front legs which disappoint; they are too curvaceous, too wavy to provide the ‘Queen Anne’ solidity and proportion that one seeks. The three deep drawers could have done with a fielded effect also, to relate them to the top. 1900-1920
An oak dresser in a style which derives from court cupboards of the early 17th century and later influences. The top half in its way is impressive, even if the downward-going turned knobs do conflict with the
upward-going turned pillars with their bulbous bases. The lower half is less sure, as the turned legs are thinner and the stretcher arrangement an eyesore. Inconsistency has triumphed by putting applied split balusters on the end stiles but a split bobbin turning at the centre. The asymmetric arrangement of a cupboard with two doors occupying one side and two drawers the other is purely 20th century. 1900-1920
An oak ‘Jacobean’ dresser with much twist turning to the legs, stretchers and tier shelf supports. The central and top aprons are shaped with stylistically consistent forms, but the two side cupboards, while doubtless
useful, are borrowed from the 18th century sideboard. Geometric applied mouldings to drawer and cupboard doors complete the Jacobean effect. A bold and decorative piece. 1910-1920
An oak dresser with twist-turned front legs and inlaid boxwood and ebony stringing lines to the panels on the very deep drawers. Borrowing a bit from the Jacobean in design and a bit from the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Another oak ‘Jacobean’ dresser sporting art nouveau handles to the drawers which are set beside a pair of cupboard doors in an asymmetric arrangement. Twist turned legs, stretchers and top supports and a rather
more expensively panelled back than the usual vertical planking.
Although in oak, this dresser exhibits the typical bas-relief machined carving in panels, also to be found on walnut and mahogany furniture of this period. The weakest point of the design is the use of the prissy cabriole front legs and scrolled bottom apron. If these are ignored, the base and top half are quite a bold, well-proportioned construction.
An open oak dresser by the same maker as the previous example, 349, but without the smashable glazed centre door disapproved of by Percy Wells (see 353). The use of ebony and boxwood diagonally-banded
stringing lines and inlays seems to have originated with Arts and Crafts Movement designers and remained popular in the 1910-1925 period. 1910-1925
An oak dresser on ‘Queen Anne’ cabriole front legs and plain construction but with a centre cupboard to the top shelf with a glazed door showing a stained glass tulip motif as decoration. Quite an Arts and Crafts
addition to a commercial mass-produced piece. 1900-1920
An oak dresser of plain construction sporting a set of art nouveau hinges to the doors, otherwise unremarkable.
A dresser from Percy Wells c.1920, intended to be made from whitewood and stained light brown. It is 3ft.6ins. wide and the top is “not to high to dust”. Wells was concerned with designs for new cottages in which there would be a kitchen-living room combined, in which such a dresser would stand. He was worried about the use of glass doors in the upper part, as recommended by the `Women’s Housing Sub-Committee’
(shades of 1984) because glass doors would add to cost. Since the china on the shelves would be used three times a day, there would be little time for it “to get dusty”. Glass doors would mean “more work to keep
them clean” and “expense if the glass got broken”. (Presumably this would happen when the husband of the wife emancipated from dusting and cleaning meretricious ornaments, hurled his beer mug at his spouse.)
Wells preferred solid doors instead of glass. The dresser was intended to be in the living room, thus preventing the purchase of a modern, cheap chiffonier or sideboard  “anything but good or pleasant”. The rails of the doors are chamfered on the inside edges, but a plain rounded surface “is better than a chamfer” as far as “leaving no edge at all for dust to settle on”. Banter apart, the piece is useful, functional and proportionally well designed. A desirable unit which is virtually ageless unless the built-in kitchen takes over completely  including the dining room. c. 1920
A small dresser of Percy Wells design, c.1920, apparently in oak but also conceived for whitewood, stained a light brown, waxed and set with a rubber polish. The shelf at the back was intended for china or books. The
terms ‘dresser’ and ,sideboard’ were somewhat interchangeable to Wells, who visualised the use of such a piece in either the kitchen or living room  rooms which were combined into one large room in contemporary
designs for new cottages. He was quite right to say that it is difficult to see where a dresser ends and a sideboard begins, but took a tier of shelves as being the definitive feature of a dresser.
A dwarf dresser from Wells, c.1920, of simple and straightforward design. Almost down to a kitchen cupboard but still conceived from Wells’ dresser principle  certainly low enough to dust. It is interesting to compare this unit with the one designed by Ambrose Heal see p. 34. c.1920
A walnut dresser base on cabriole legs connected by moulded stretchers. The three drawers are veneered in burr walnut and have a herringbone inlay between the burr veneer and the crossbanding. The piece is an
interesting interpretation of a ‘Queen Anne’ style, with rather high-quality cabrioles ending in a squared hoof-type foot and with shell motifs carved on the knees. There is a solid half-round moulding applied to the carcase edge around the drawers. The stretchers are an agreeable fantasy, quite unnecessary structurally and of a form derived from the cross-stretchers of the William and Mary period. Not knowing quite how to use the cross-stretcher idea between an uneven number of legs  five  the maker has compromised by putting in straight ones around the sides and back, and then has connected his traditional ogee curves to the back one by means of a semi-circular one in each case. 1920-1940
An oak dresser base from Maurice Adams, the stout column-turned baluster front legs of which are let down badly by the weak stretchers and back legs. There are two cupboard doors and two deep drawers with applied geometric mouldings in the Jacobean manner. 1920-1930

Antique English Dressers - Charles II period small oak dresser - 17th Century oak dresser - fruitwood dresser of the early 18th century on cabriole legs -  English country dresser - oak dresser with upper shelves and single cupboard door - Queen Anne mahogany cupboarded oak dresser with drawers

The demarcation between antique cupboards and antique dressers in the 17th century is somewhat difficult to define, particularly where the lower portion is enclosed by doors. About 1650 and afterwards it was common to have  dressers which were without the upper superstructure although sometimes shelves may have been fastened to the wall above. Naturally these dressers reflected the style of the period as far as drawer decoration and leg turning was concerned. In country districts dressers were made by local craftsmen on throughout the 18th century long after they had ceased to be fashionable in town houses. In this waythe cabriole leg continued to appear on dressers when it had disappeared on other town-made furniture. In the second half of the 18th century side cupboards were included in the upper half and the top cornice carried mouldings copied from more refined furniture, such as dentil friezes. The dresser does not appear to have developed much beyond this period; since it has long been relegated to a piece of kitchen furniture it may have been neglected stylistically for this reason.
The prices given are assuming good structural condition and originality. No pine dressers are shown and it must be emphasized that pine dressers are generally late in date and less than half the oak prices shown.

A fine Charles II period small oak dresser. The drawers illustrate the geometrical mouldings found on chests of the period-the swan-neck handles are a replacement and simple pear-drops or pulls would have been more likely. The legs show a fine example of Restoration turning with inverted cup and baluster forms. Although the legs finish square in section as though to take stretchers, these were not originally fitted. The top edge surface shows a simple thumb nail moulding and the cornice beneath shows a fine bold concave form.
Value points: Small Size - 5ft to 6ft long  Quality of leg turning  Drawer mouldings  Colour and patination  Original handles

Another fine larger oak dresser of c. 1680. The drawers show the same form as the previous example, with mitred decorative mouldings, but applied split baluster forms decorate the frame at the sides and between
them. The legs show fine column turning of the same form as our gate-leg table illustrated in that section. Again the legs are squared above the turned feet as though to take stretcher joints, but in fact stretchers are
only fitted at the side.
Value points: Size - length 6ft or under  Colour and patination
Quality of drawer mouldings  Quality of leg turning
Original handles

A fruitwood dresser of the early 18th century. The drawers show a simpler form of the earlier moulded panels but the top edge mouldings retain the same form. The cupboard door panels are also moulded with mock drawer fronts in the top half to retain proportion.
Value points: Fruitwood
Colour and patination  Quality of mouldings  Original handles

A rathermore countrified dresser of the early 18th century showing very simple leg turning. The shaped apron with projecting lip moulding follows that of side table styles of the period. The drawer fronts are very simple but there is a form of cock bead around them on the frame. The top edge has a simple thumb-nail moulding.
Value points: Size - 7ft wide or under … Colour and patination
Quality of mouldings
Original handles

An oak dresser of c. 1725 with upper shelves. The top cornice has an ogee moulding and shaped frieze beneath. The door panels are fielded and shaped,with the solid panel between them repeating this form. The drawers are simple, with no moulding, but the frame around them and the cupboard doors show a simple moulded edge. Note the panelled side to the lower section.
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination  Fielded door panels  Original handles
Quality of mouldings

An oak dresser of c. 1725 also, but without the upper structure. The cupboard doors are again fielded and shaped. There is also the same moulded edge form on the frame around doors and drawers. The latter are simple; the handles are not original. Note that the sides are panelled; a form found on chests of drawers of the previous century.
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination Quality of mouldings  Original handles

A much simpler and cruder oak dresser of the early 18th century with simple single cupboard door. There is a simple thumb-nail moulding round the top edge and the frame also has a simple moulding around drawers
and panel edges.
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination  Quality of mouldings  Original handles

An oak dresser of mid-18th century period on cabriole legs. The upper part is fitted with three spice drawers, which adds to value. The top edge moulding is rather more sophisticated and the drawers have an ovolo lip moulding around the edge to lap over the carcase frame. The cabriole legs are well shaped ending in a pad foot.
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination  Spice drawers
cabriole legs
Original handles

An oak dresser of mid-18th century. The top cornice shows a dentillated section in the moulding with a shaped frieze beneath. The side cupboard doors are panelled and moulded. The drawers are cock beaded and the swan-neck handles are possibly original. The shaped apron repeats the curves of the top frieze. It is interesting to note the C scroll behind the knee on the cabriole legs - a sign of quality coming from cabrioles of the Queen Anne period.
Value points: Small Size
cabriole legs
Colour and patination  Quality of mouldings  Shaped apron and frieze

A cupboarded oak dresser of mid-18th century with fielded panels in doors and drawers. The cupboards on either side of the upper structure have a spice drawer beneath. The whole form of construction dates from a much earlier period, showing how country craftsmen retained these methods long after they were superseded elsewhere.
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination  Spice drawers
Original handles

A later 18th century oak dresser with drawers cross banded in mahogany. The top cornice is well moulded and the row of spice drawers in the upper section adds greatly to value. The cross banded drawers are cock
beaded and it can be seen that small drawers have been let into the frieze. The ‘gallery’ beneath with its useful floor-level shelf was used for larger kitchen utensils and pots,
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination  Spice drawers
Original handles
Quality of leg turning

A Welsh oak dresser of last quarter of the 18th century. Note that the drawers are cock-beaded and that the shaped central apron reflects a form of much earlier origin. The apron is also cock-beaded like some Queen Anne forms. The panelled or boarded-in back gives a heavier appearance and it is well to remember that many may have had this removed.
Value points: Small Size
Colour and patination  Original handles