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An English Georgian mahogany chest of drawers. The rectangular top has a moulded edge. Below it are two short and …
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An English Georgian mahogany chest of drawers. The rectangular top has a moulded edge. Below it are two short and three long graduated drawers, each cockbeaded and fitted with brass bail handles on shaped backplates, with conforming escutcheons to the long drawers. Fluted quarter columns with ring-turned capitals and bases are set to the front corners and stop above plain plinths flanking the lowest drawer. The sides are solid figured mahogany. The moulded base stands on ogee bracket feet with scrolled inner returns. English, circa 1720-1740 1
Height: 32 in. (81 cm.)
Width: 37 in. (94 cm.)
Depth: 18 in. (46 cm.)
Mahogany came into general use in English cabinetmaking after the Naval Stores Act of 1721 removed import duties on timber from the British colonies in America and the West Indies. Over the following decades it gradually replaced walnut as the principal furniture wood.
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- Dimensions
- 37ʺW × 18ʺD × 32ʺH
- Styles
- Georgian
- Period
- Mid 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Mahogany
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Very good condition Very good condition less
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