Antique Oak Padfoot Dresser Base, 1740

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A Charming And Extremely Attractive George II Period, Mid 18th Century, Oak Dresser Base, Or Sideboard, Retaining Superb Untouched Colour … Read more A Charming And Extremely Attractive George II Period, Mid 18th Century, Oak Dresser Base, Or Sideboard, Retaining Superb Untouched Colour And Surface Throughout, Having Rectangular Top Over Three Frieze Drawers with Replacement Brass Handles And Escutcheons, Raised On Extremely Elegant Turned Legs And Pad Feet To Front And Back.

This is a really lovely dresser base with a large part of elegance stemming from the simplicity of its design and the fact it has aged so gracefully.

Retaining an good rich colour throughout, it has clearly been well used, but also well loved and looked after during the 200 years plus of its existence. Aside from the relatively standard and expected old marks, scuffs, scrapes, scratches, and dents there is absolutely no restoration to speak of and even its handles are old, in the style of the originals, but not original. Its should also be noted that there has been some restoration to the pad feet as is nearly always the case.

Despite almost certainly being made in the countryside somewhere, this dresser base has a relative formal feel about it and we wonder if maybe the maker spent some time in one of the big cities, perhaps apprenticed to one of the large, formal cabinet making workshops of the time, before returning home to put his new found skills to work with whatever raw materials were in plentiful supply locally.

Perfect for a variety of places around home this dresser base would look beautiful along a wall in a narrow hallway, on the back of a large settee, in a kitchen/dining room, or even in a living room due to its relatively restrained form.

We are sure that there are a whole host of other settings that it would also work beautifully in.

As with all of the items which we offer for sale this oak dresser base has passed through our workshops, where our highly trained antique furniture restorers have given it the once over in terms of a clean and natural wax polish, before being presented for sale. That of course leaves it ready to be placed straight into the home, or even office, for immediate use.

Circa 1740.

Height 32in.
Width 76in.
Depth 20in. See less