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.

OAK AND ELM SETTLE - WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE - GEORGE II OAK LOW CUPBOARD - GEORGE I OAK PRESS CUPBOARD - OAK WALL CUPBOARD

AN OAK AND ELM SETTLE, the rectangular back
carved with lunettes above three panels set with lozenges
with down-curved arms and baluster supports, the solid
plank seat on baluster legs joined by stretchers, 4ft. 6in.
(137cm.)partl7th Century.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE, with
moulded top, frieze drawer and the turned legs joined by
plain stretchers, 2ft. 5in. high by 2ft. 8in. wide (74cm. by
81cm.) circa 1690.

AN OAK TRIPOD TABLE, the almost square top with
incurved canted corners and raised on a turned stem
with simple cabriole legs, lft. llViin. high by lft. 4in. long
(60cm. by 41cm.) base early 18th Century, top 18th
Century.

AN OAK COFFER with panelled top, front and sides,
2dr.high by 4ft. 4′/2in.. wide (73cm. by 134cm.)
17th/18th Century, the front now carved with lunettes
and lozenges.

AN OAK SETTLE, the rectangular back with six panels,
the loose-cushioned seat on turned front legs, 6ft.
wide (183cm.) late 17th/early 18th Century.

A PAIR OF UNUSUAL GEORGE I PROVINCIAL ELM
AND WALNUT S IDE CHAIRS with ogee-arched toprails, plain
splats and turned columnar supports, now with stufFed
seats on turned legs joined by a turned front stretcher
and H-stretchers, on later bun feet.

A GEORGE I OAK DRESSER, the low superstructure
containing six small drawers and with three drawers
in the shaped frieze, on cabriole front legs and turned
back legs, 3ft. 2lhin. high by 6ft. Hin. wide (98cm. by
211cm.) circa 1720.

A GEORGE II OAK LOW CUPBOARD, the moulded panelled top above a pair
of ogee fielded panelled cup-board doors, the lower part with three
short drawers above a further two short drawers with a serpentine apron,
on bracket feet, 3ft. llin. high by 4ft. lOin. wide (119.5cm. by 147cm.)
early 18th Century, top replaced.

A BRASS CHANDELIER, the baluster stem with gadrooned base and
supporting eight scroll branches, 20in. high (51cm.) early 18th Century,
English or Flemish.

ANOTHER SIMILAR, 3ft. 9in. high by 4ft. 9in. wide
(114cm. by 145cm.) early 18th Century.

A GEORGE I OAK PRESS CUPBOARD, the panelled
overhanging comice with pendant bosses above three
arched fielded panels, two forming doors, the projecting
lower part with three drawers above two cupboards also
with arched fielded panels, 5ft. 2in. high by 4ft. Hin. wide
(158cm. by 150cm.) circa 1725.

A GEORGE II OAK AND ELM DRESSER with a three-
quarter gallery, three frieze drawers above three central
drawers flanked by a pair of fielded panel cupboard doors,
the sides similarly panelled, 3ft. lin. high by 5ft.
wide (194cm. by 177cm.) circa 1740.

A RARE GEORGE II OAK GATELEG TABLE
with oval top and unusual hipped moulded legs ending
in paw feet, 2ft. 4in. high by 5ft. 4lhin. wide, circa 1730.

A GEORGE II OAK CHEST with a hinged top, the front
with three fielded panels, the centre one now form-ing a door,
with pair of drawers below, 2ft. Hin. high by 4ft. 9in. wide
(89cm. by 145cm.) circa 1740.

A GEORGE II OAK SIDE TABLE with a moulded rec-
tangular top, the frieze with one long drawer flanked by
a deep drawer, on cabriole legs ending in pad feet,
2ft. 3′/2in. high by 2ft. 8in. wide (70cm. by 81cm.) circa
1730.

A GEORGE II OAK BUREAU, the Aap crossbanded in walnut
and enclosing an interior fitted with drawers and pigeon-holes
surrounding a central cupboard with canted fluted sides, with
two short and three long walnut crossbanded drawers, 3ft.
high by 3ft. lin. wide (103cm. by 94cm.) circa 1740, feet missing.

A GEORGE II OAK WALL CUPBOARD, the moulded
cornice above a pair of shaped panel doors crossbanded
in burr-oak, lft. Hin. high by 2ft. 5′Ain. wide (59cm. by
75cm.) circa 1730.

AN EARLY GEORGE II OAK MINIATURE BUREAU, the
sloping front enclosing a fitted interior above four
shallow drawers, with a separate ehest stand of two
drawers, 3ft. 2in. high by lft. Hin. wide (97cm. by 58.5cm.)
circa 1730.

AN OAK DRESSER, the rack with moulded cornice
and three shelves, the lower two shelves flanked by a
pair of doors, the base crossbanded in mahogany with
three drawers and cabriole front legs, 3ft. 5in. high by
5ft. 8V2in. wide (104cm. by 174cm.) mid-18th Century,
cornice of rack and front legs replaced.

A GEORGE II OAK CHEST with hinged lid, the
frieze carved with the initiais IR and the date 1752, above
a pair of panels and a drawer, 2ft. high by 3ft. 9in. long
(63cm. by 114cm.) mid-18th Century.

OAK CUPBOARD - OAK DRESSER - OAK CORNER CUPBOARD - GEORGE III OAK CHEST - OAK TALLBOY -  ELM CRICKET TABLE - OAK CHILD’S TABLE

A SMALL GEORGE II OAK CUPBOARD with cavetto
cornice and a pair of pendant finials, above a pair of
recessed doors with fielded ogee-shaped panels, the
slightly projecting lower part with a pair of drawers
above a pair of doors each with four fielded panels,
5ft. lin. high by 3ft. wide (110cm. by 106cm.) circa
1150, later handles.

A GEORGE III OAK CUPBOARD, the rectangular
moulded cornice above a central moulded panelled
door flanked by a pair of moulded panelled cupboard
doors, the base with three moulded dummy drawers
above three opening drawers, on bracket feet, 1ft. high by
5ft. Win. wide (21cm. by 178cm.) circa 1160, with restora-
tions.

A GEORGE III OAK DRESSER, the superstructure with
three shelves, the breakfront lower part with four drawers
in the centre section flanked on each side by a drawer
above a cupboard, 6ft. 6in. high by 5ft. 4in. wide (198cm. by
163cm.) circa 1770.

A GEORGE III OAK DRESSER
with three frieze drawers, on ringed-baluster
front legs, 2ft. 6in. high by 5ft. 6in. wide
(76cm. by 168cm.) late 18th Century.

A GEORGE III OAK CORNER CUPBOARD,
the frieze set with split acorns and a mahogany panel
flanked by lozenges above a pair of cupboard doors
crossbanded in mahogany and set with lozenges, with
three frieze drawers below and canted corners, 3ft.
high by 3ft. 2in. wide (117cm. by 196.5cm.) circa 1780.

A GEORGE III OAK AND ELM DROP-LEAF TABLE
with rounded ends, on chamfered moulded square taper-
ing legs, 2ft. 3in. high by 3ft. 4′/2in. wide extended (68cm. by
103cm.) circa 1790.

AN OAK CUPBOARD
with a fielded top and moulded corners above a pair of
fielded doors enclosing shelves, the sides similarly panelled
on a plinth base, the doors with two copper plates engraved with
the names of James Harrison 1794 and Thomas Ogden 1814, which
suggests that it was a clerk’s locker, 3ft. llin. high by 3ft.
wide (120cm. by 103cm.) late 18th Century.

A RARE GEORGE II SOLID YEW-WOOD DROP-LEAF
TABLE, with one flap, raised on slender turned legs and
four fluted scroll feet, the gateleg support with unusual
pierced stretcher, 2ft. 3in. high by 2ft. wide (69cm. by
70cm.) circa 1755.

A GEORGE III OAK CHEST with a hinged top, on
bracket feet, lft. 4in. high by 3fa. lin. wide (43cm. by
94.5cm.) late 18th Century.

A GEORGE III OAK AND ELM CRICKET TABLE on
square tapering legs joined by a circular platform stretcher,
2ft. high by lft.diam. (67cm. by 59cm.)
late 18th Century.

A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III OAK CHAIRS with
stufied buttoned serpentine-topped backs, stufFed seats
and square chamfered legs with H-stretchers, circa
1770.

AN ARMCHAIR in elm and fruitwood, with simple
raked back, dipped solid seat and square legs, circa
1810.

A RARE WELSH OAK CHILD’S TABLE, with attractively
figured cleated two-plank top, on square tapering legs
joined by H-stretchers, 2ft.high by 2ft. 6in. long
(62cm. by 77cm.) late 18th Century.

A GEORGE III OAK TALLBOY, the moulded and key
pattern comice above a shallow drawer inlaid with a
patera and a lozenge above three short and three long
graduated drawers with pilaster sides, the base with a
brushing slide above three long graduated drawers, on
bracket feet, Oft. 3in. high by 3ft. 8in. wide (190cm. by
112cm.) circa 1790.

TWO SIMILAR YEW-WOOD AND ELMWOOD WlNDSOR
CHAIRS with arched backs and pierced vase-shaped splats
flanked by dowels, the crossbars curving around to form the arms,
on turned supports with slide seats and ringed legs joined by
crinoline stretchers, late 18th Century.

WINDSOR ARMCHAIR in elmwood with an arched toprail,
dowelled back, solid seat and ringed legs joined by an
H-stretcher, late 18th Century.

ANOTHER WINDSOR ARMCHAIR IN ELM, with vase-
shaped splat, solid seat, ringed legs and crinoline stretcher,
earlyl9th Century.

A RARE SET OF TEN ELMWOOD AND BEECHWOOD
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL-ROOM CHAIRS, the railed backs with
curved toprails and with dished seats and turned legs
and stretchers, first half 19th Century.

153 A HARLEQUIN SET OF SIX ELMWOOD LADDERBACK CHAIRS,
each with five crossbars, rush seats, turned legs
and stretchers and pad feet, late 18th/early 19th Century

A WINDSOR ARMCHAIR in elm and yew-wood, the
arched dowelled back with pierced two-tier splat, shaped
seat and turned legs with crinoline stretcher, second
quarter 19th Centur.

AN ELM WINDSOR ARMCHAIR, the high dowelled
back with a crossbar curving to form the arms, on a solid
seat and splayed legs joined by an H-stretcher, late 19th
Century.

GEORGE III OAK AND ELM DRESSER - GEORGE II OAK TRAVELLING CHEST OF DRAWERS - OAK SETTLE - GEORGE II OAK BUREAU - OAK AND ELM ARMCHAIR - OAK BUREAU BOOKCASE

AN EARLY GEORGE III OAK AND ELM DRESSER, the
rack with a moulded comice and three shelves, the
lower part with three frieze drawers above ogee-carved
aprons, on ringed column supports and a platform base
with bracket feet, 7ft. high by 5ft. 3in. wide (213cm.
by 160cm.) mid-18th Century.

AN OAK DRESSER,
the rack with a moulded cornice above three
shelves and five short drawers, the lower part
with three frieze drawers above an ogee-carved apron and
chamfered legs with a platform stretcher and block feet,
7ft. bin. high by 6ft. 2in. wide (226cm. by 188cm.) mid-18th
Century, rack probably later.

AN UNUSUAL GEORGE II OAK TRAVELLING CHEST OF DRAWERS in four
sections, the lower part with
two short and two long drawers supporting three sections each
of three short drawers, with iron loop handles, 3ft. 8in. high by 3ft. wide (112cm. by 92cm.) circa 1750.

AN EARLY GEORGE III SOLID ELM BUREAU of rieh
dark colour, the Aap enclosing a fitted interior with four
graduated long drawers with ogee bracket feet, 3ft. 5′/2in.
high by 3ft. lin. wide (106cm. by 94cm.) circa 1770,
handles replaced.

AN OAK DRESSER with moulded cornice and three
shelves flanked by two narrow shelves on each side
flanked by a cupboard, the base with three drawers and
cabriole legs, 7ft. lin. high by 5ft. wide (216cm. by
164cm.).

A GEORGE II OAK CHEST with moulded top, the
front with four ogee-arched fielded panels, the later
stand with three drawers, on tall bracket feet, 3ft. 5in.
high by 4ft. 9l/2in. wide (104cm. by 146cm.) circa 1750, top
originally hinged.

A GEORGE II OAK SETTLE,
the slightly canted back with four arched panels,
with a plank seat and scrolled arms, on cabriole legs, 6ft. wide (183cm.) circa 1740.

A GEORGE III OAK CHEST, the rectangular
moulded top above a brushing slide and two short and
two long drawers, on bracket feet, 2ft. 4lhin. high by
2ft. Hin. wide (72cm. by 90cm.) circa 1770, top and feet
restored.

AN OAK SETTLE, the back with four fielded rec-
tangular panels, the seat with a pair of hinged panels
above four fielded base panels, the arms with turned
supports, 4ft. ‘Mn. high by 5ft. 2in. wide (123cm. by
157cm.) late 18th Century.

A PAIR OF GEORGE III CHAIRS in beechwood and
oak, the shaped toprails set with brass studs above a
pierced, shaped splat similarly studded, the stuffed seat
on square moulded legs joined by back stretchers, circa
1775.

A GEORGE II OAK BUREAU, the flap enclosing a
fitted interior above two short and three long drawers,
on bracket feet, the whole inlaid with walnut crossband-
ing, 3ft. 3′hin. high by 2ft. Win. wide (100cm. by 86cm)
mid-18th Century, Provincial.

A GEORGE III OAK AND ELM ARMCHAIR with a
curved toprail and three plain crossbars joined by turned
balusters with outcurved arms on ringed supports, with
a rush seat and turned legs ending in pad feet joined by
stretchers, late 18th Century.

A GEORGE III OAK BUREAU, the flap enclosing a
fitted interior above two short and three, graduated long
drawers, on bracket feet, the whole crossbanded in
mahogany with rosewood stringwood 3ft. 3′/2in. high by
3ft. 1 in. (101cm. by 94cm.) circa 1775.

A SET OF SIX GEORGE III OAK LADDERBACK CHAIRS
with rush seats and ringed legs joined by baluster
stretchers, late 18th Century.

A GEORGE III OAK CORNER CUPBOARD, the door
with three panels, 2ft. high by 2ft. 2′hin. wide
(89cm. by 67cm.) circa 1770.

AN OAK TABLE with rectangular plank top, simple
moulded frieze and chamfered legs, 2ft. 4in. high by
2ft. 10′hin. wide (71cm. by 87.5cm.) second half 18th
Century.

A GEORGE II ELM “CRICKET” OR DRINKING TABLE
with rounded top on splayed legs joined by a triangular
platform stretcher, 2ft. by lft. 9in. wide (65cm. by
53cm.) circa 1740.

ANOTHER similar, 2ft. 2′/2in. high by 3ft. ‘hin.
wide (67cm. by 93cm.) second half 18th Century.

ANOTHER similar, with splayed square tapering
legs, 2ft. high by lft. Win. wide (65cm. by 56cm.)
circa 1760.

A GEORGE III OAK DRESSER with three frieze
drawers, on ringed baluster front legs, 2ft.
6in. high by 5ft. 6in. wide (76cm. by 168cm.) late 18th Century.

AN EARLY GEORGE III OAK ARMCHAIR
with curved toprail, plain solid splat,
curving arms and supports with a rope seat and plain stretchers, circa 1765.

A GEORGE III OAK TALLBOY with three frieze
drawers above four graduated long drawers, the lower
part also with four graduated long drawers, on bracket
feet, 6ft. 5′hin. high by 3ft. 8′hin. wide (196cm. by 113cm.)
circa 1780.

A GEORGE III OAK DRESSER,
the upper part with open shelves and a pair of panelled doors,
the lower part with three drawers and square tapering legs, 6ft. 4in. high by 6ft. 6′/2in. wide (193cm. by 199cm.) circa 1780.

A GEORGE III OAK BUREAU BOOKCASE, with a narrow mahogany
crossbanding, the upper part with dentil cornice and a pair
of panelled doors enclosing shelves, the flap enclosing a fitted interior above two short and three long drawers,
on bracket feet, 7ft. 3in. high by 3ft. lO’Mn. wide
(221cm. by 118cm.) base circa 1780, upper part partly late 18th Century.

A WILLIAM AND MARY SMALL OAK CHEST - A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE - QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIR - GEORGE II OAK LOW CUPBOARD

A WILLIAM AND MARY SMALL OAK CHEST of two
short and two long drawers with simple rectangular
fielded panels, 2ft.high by 2ft. wide (75cm.
by 77cm.) circa 1690.

AN OAK DRESSER, the upper part with moulded
cornice and serpentine carved frieze with two shelves,
the lower part with a superstructure, panelled with five
dummy drawers with three drawers in the frieze, on
ringed legs joined by a platform stretcher, 5ft. Hin. high
by 5ft. 4in. wide (181cm. by 163cm.) circa 1690, rack
possibly associated, restored.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK CHAIR, the scrolling
pierced toprail above a solid back carved with a lozenge,
the solid seat on turned legs joined by baluster
stretchers, circa 1690.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE
on ringed baluster legs joined by stretchers, 2ft.
5in. high by 2ft.
wide (74cm. by 77cm.) circa 1690.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE CHAIR with
serpentine toprail, panelled solid splat, flanked by
column supports, the solid seat joined by ringed legs and
stretchers, circa 1690.

A QUEEN ANNE OAK SIDE TABLE,
the moulded top crossbanded in walnut above
a frieze drawer, on hipped cabriole legs ending
in shoe feet, 2ft. high by 2ft. 53Mn. wide (67cm. by 75cm.) circa 1710.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE CHAIR with carved
toprail and panelled fielded back on plain supports
with solid seat and turned legs joined by scrolling cresting and plain stretchers, circa 1690.

A QUEEN ANNE OAK SIDE CHAIR with scrolling
toprail and vase-shaped splat, drop-in seat and cabriole
front legs ending in pad feet joined by a wavy stretcher,
circa 1710.

A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIR with an
inverted serpentine toprail carved with a shell, with a
vase-shaped splat and drop-in seat on cabriole legs joined
by an H-stretcher, circa 1710.

A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK BUREAU ON STAND, the
hinged flap enclosing shelves, with a panelled frieze
drawer and tapering baluster legs and plain stretchers,
3ft. г’/ЦР. high by wide (100cm. by 77cm.) late
17th Century.

AN OAK CRADLE with panelled sides and turned
finials, on rockers, 2ft. 6lhin. high by 3ft. 2in. wide (80cm.
by 96.5cm.).

A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIR, the high
dowelled back surmounted by finials, with rush seat on
ringed baluster front legs joined by plain stretchers, circa
1700.

GEORGE I OAK CHEST with moulded top above
one shallow and one deep long drawer applied with split-
bobbin decoration and flanked at the corners by turned
columns on ringed legs, 2ft. 5in. high by 2ft. 3in. wide
(74cm. by 68.5cm.) early 18th Century.

AN OAK CRADLE, with rectangular panelled body,
and an arched hood at one end, with six turned finials
and simple rockers, 2ft. 2in. high by 3ft. 3l/zin. long (66cm. by 101cm.)
early 18th Century, rockers replaced.

A GEORGE I OAK DRESSER BASE with a moulded
top above three deep drawers on ringed baluster legs
ending in ball feet5 2ft. high by 6ft. 9in. wide, (89cm.
by 206cm.) circa 1720.

A GEORGE II OAK LOW CUPBOARD, the moulded
panelled top above a pair of ogee-fielded cupboard
doors, the lower part with three short drawers above a
further two short drawers, with a serpentine apron and
bracket feet, 3ft. 9in. high by 4ft. 9in. wide (114cm. by
145cm.) early 18th Century.

AN OAK DEUDDARN with moulded cornice above a piain frieze
applied with bulbous ringed drops, the two cupboard doors flanking
an arched panel and the lower part with three frieze drawers above a pair of arcaded panelled doors
enclosing shelves, on Square legs, 5ft. 9in. high by 4ft. 8in. wide
(175cm. by 142cm.) mid-18th Century.

A GEORGE II OAK DRESSER with three drawers, a
shaped apron and cabriole legs ending in pointed pad feet,
2ft. loin. high by 6ft.  wide (86cm. by 211cm) circa
1740.

A GEORGE II OAK CUPBOARD with a moulded dentil comice above
a piain frieze and two fielded panelled arched doors flanked by
fluted pilasters, the lower part with six short drawers, on bracket feet, 6ft. 9in. high by 6ft. lin.
wide (200cm. by 185.5cm.) circa 1750.

AN OAK DRESSER, the rack with moulded cornice
above a pierced apron and three open shelves with
panelled sides, the base with three drawers and a pair of
panelled doors flanking an arched panel, the base 2ft.
Win. high by 6ft. 2in. wide (86cm. by 188cm.), the rack
4ft. OVzin. high (123cm.) the base mid-18th Century, rack
late 18th Century.

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

French Dressers

A fine Charles II period small antique French dresser, c.1670. 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.
Another fine larger oak French 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.
A fruitwood French dresser of c.1720 date. 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.
A rather more countrified French dresser of c.1720, 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.
Price Range: 140  160
An oak French 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.
An oak French 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.
A much simpler and cruder oak French dresser of c1730, with simple single cupboard doors. There is a simple thumb-nail moulding round the top edge and the frame also has a simple moulding around drawers and panel edges.
An oak French dresser of c.1750 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.
An oak French dresser of c.1750. 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.
A cupboarded oak French dresser of c.1760, 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.
A later eighteenth century oak French dresser, of c.1′790, 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.
Spice drawers
Original handles
A Welsh oak antiqueFrench dresser of last quarter of the eighteenth 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.

DRESSERS: DUMB WAITERS
About 1750-1830
Straightforward mahogany dumb waiter, ,lbout 1760.
Acontemporary term for an early form of supper trolley for use when servants were not in attendance. Designed to stand within easy reach of the table to hold condiments, plates and other dining accessories.
A central turned column on a tripod (or occasionally four-legged) base, with feet mounted on castors and two or three open circular shelves of graduating size with moulded rims. Rare examples have four tiers.
In mid-18thC pieces the tripod base is similar to tripod tables (see p.175), but with castors. Cabriole legs, pad feet and central column formed as vase-shaped baluster. Occasionally claw-and-ball feet. Knees, feet (or entire leg) and central column sometimes carved with foliate decoration.
Regency columns straight-edged, slightly tapering, with moulded collars at widely spaced intervals.
Post-1790, reeded and splayed legs on box castors. ‘Kneed’ legs indicate a post-1810 date. Castors can be of lion’s paw or claw feet form.
In best pieces turnings between trays are of diminishing diameter.
Rims to trays usually formed as simple mouldings but occasionally scalloped or carved with leaf or other patterns. Sometimes a fret-carved gallery, on early examples of Gothic or Chinese design. Sometimes shallow recesses turned in surface to prevent dishes from sliding about.
Variations include:
Flat trays with hinged, folding flaps, the flaps supported by a swivelling bar.
Trays of equal diameter supported on thin brass columns fixed around the edge rather than the central column.
A relatively complex Sheraton-style with drawers below, plate racks on shelves, and so on.
Base formed as wine cooler with column rising from centre.
Nearly always mahogany; just occasionally rosewood during Regency.
Trays turned on a lathe, the best quality from one piece of timber, though occasionally two, fixed together with tongue-and-groove joints. Can be very thin.
Top tray usually supported on column with wooden flange although sometimes the top section of the column projects right through and ends in a finial.
Until 1790 castors attached to separate block with grain running in opposite direction.
Column made in sections which screw together and hold the intervening trays in place.
Carving on some pieces around the rims and on the base. Not uncommon for carving to be added at a later date to enhance value. Original carving will stand proud of the surface; later additions flush with it.
VALUES
Yet another item invariably priced in four figures nowadays (assuming it is right). Be very suspicious if less.
CONVERSIONS
Not very popular items in the past; many converted to more valuable and popular tripod tables (usually given away by filling of the central hole). More collectable today though.
Check that borders of trays and turnings of column match exactly; if not, suspect a marriage. Check also that all the trays are level and that none have warped.

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

English Dresser

In the late sixteenth century, while wealthy households separated their dining rooms from the large hall and displayed their fine plate and porcelain on impressive court cupboards in their parlours, yeomen farmers moved to brick-built farmhouses with fewer rooms and servants. In their parlours were ’side boordes’ - long shallow tables with a single row of drawers and a boarded base.
By the turn of the eighteenth century these elongated side-tables had found a place in country manor houses. They were elegant pieces of furniture, usually in gleaming polished oak, with shining    handles and escutcheons. In the North of England, they had storage cupboards in the base, either with a central flight of three or four drawers, or with a  central cupboard flanked by two of drawers, made in elm, oak and elm, and sometimes in ash.
In the southern counties, often a separate set of hanging shelves was fixed above the dresser base. In. the North, solid shelves with backs seem to have been more common. Late eighteenth century oak dressers
with fixed shelving    no backs were often handsome pieces. However, by the end of the century, most dressers had been relegated to the kitchen, and by the nineteenth century were made in cheap soft pine as part of built-in cupboards and shelving.
Signs of authenticity
1. Timber of’sides with grain running horizontal, on dressers with frieze drawers only.
2. if dresser has cupboards or drawers, the sides are often in more than one p,)m,d .”o.- extra strength and stabilitv,
3. Simple curving slhope,, to frieze and apron, in wood of matching colour and patination.
4. All parts showing signs of heavy use and wear: build-up of grease and dirt on plate-stays, grooves, top corners of cupboards, around drawer handles.
5. Signs of ‘distressing’ on base boards: dents, scratches, where heavy pots and pans have been dragged over surface.
6. Mortise-and-tenon joints of shelves running through
uprights to show as thin rectangular shapes on the outer surface of the upright.
7. Accumulation of dirt colouring inner surface and underside of top frieze, and on top of dresser shelving*.
8. Deep patination on sides of drawers, marks of knife-points, sharp instruments, on insides of drawers.
9. Bases well-used, with signs of `fraying’ on block feet from damp, knocking with mops and brooms.
10. Dresser shelves and backboards of same-aged timber as base, on to which it fitted.
Likely restoration and  backboards have been added, they are usually of even width, commercially cut timber, wire-brushed down the grain and polished to look old.
12. Whole tops added to dresser bases - may be a period addition or a more recent one, to add value.
13. Added friezes and aprons to increase value - saw-marks can be felt on unfinished underside, timber will not be as hard and seasoned as original timbers.
14. New base boards and inspect closely for other repall-S, such as new underframe.
15. If there are board-backs to bases with frieze drawers, suspect, new legs and aprons where original doors and drawers have been too badly damaged to restore and have been removed.
Construction and materials
In all but a very few pieces, dresser construction lagged considerably behind more sophisticated pieces of furniture, and drawers were made with thick through-dovetails, projecting lip moulding and simple rebate joints reinforced with coarse iron nails from the local smithy. Mortise-and-tenon joints continued to be used with wooden pegs or dowels long after brass screws were common on most furniture. There was probably also a practical reason for this traditional form of construction. In the constantly changing temperature and condensation of the kitchen, with consequent continuous movement of timber. it would have served far better than later methods of construction.
Dressers were made in oak, finely finished and without fixed shelving from c.1690 onwards, sometimes much in the style of contemporary chests of drawers, with fielded and coffered doors, drawers, reeded and mitred mouldings and twist-turned legs or baluster-turned legs. By the early eighteenth century some had well-fitted shelving units with small spice cupboards and grooves or plate-stays.
Between c.1690 and 1710 some grander dressers heralded the shape of sideboards, with a raised backboard, sometimes with shelves or small drawers. From the mid-eighteenth century, shelving above the dresser base became an integral part of the design, though these seldom had backboards.
Reproductions
Nineteenth century
Oak dressers were reproduced during the Victorian period in commercial plank oak, usually stained. Some of the more interesting pieces date from the end of the nineteenth century and were made by the Arts and Crafts Movement as all-purpose pieces of furniture. They are closer to sideboards than dressers in concept.
By the end of the nineteenth century all kinds of kitchen cupboards were built into the large service quarters of Victorian houses, some with glass-fronted doors with cupboards or drawers beneath; some with open shelves and cupboards. Many of these have been neatly converted into ,antique pine dressers’, stripped of their many layers of paint.
Pine
The ubiquitous pine dresser was first made as a built-in piece of furniture destined to be painted from the mid-eighteenth century onwards. By the end of the century it was being made in smaller, more finished versions for use in farm houses and townhouse kitchens.
Price bands
Dresser, with decorative frieze, potboard, turned legs, excellent quality, late eighteenth century, $2,500–4,000.
Good oak with decorative canopy. c.1820, $1,200-1,500.
North Welsh, oak, enclosed, c.1850, $1,500-2,200.
Cottage oak, with potboard and simple legs, c.1820, $900-1.200.
Simple pine, 1840, $.350-450.
Variations
Regional styles
Most dressers were country-made, in varying degrees of skill and craftsmanship. Most interesting are the regional variations, such as the `Welsh dresser’ proper (as opposed to the tridarn and the deuddarn) from South Wales with elaborately pierced and fretted aprons and friezes. Southern dressers without backboards could stand flush against a brick-built wall. North country dressers with backboards stood against rough-cast or stone walls. North Wales dressers often had a pair of cupboards below three frieze drawers in the base, as opposed to the North country dressers with cupboards and one or two flights of drawers.
Countless kitchen dressers were built by the resident carpenters on large estates for all the tenant farms, frequently of a very high standard of design and craftsmanship, often using odd pieces of fruitwood or fine timber left over in their workshops from panelling and boarding from the `Big House’. These may date from the last two decades of the eighteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth.
Below: North Country pine
dresser, with two fielded panelled doors in the base, and panelled sides. The shelves are tenoned through the shaped side-pieces which support the simply
moulded canopy.