Posts Tagged ‘Oak-lined’

Antique Military Chests

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Military chest
1. Made of solid mahogany, cedarwood, camphorwood or padouk wood.
2. Cast-brass backplates
recessed into drawer fronts with square, flush-fitting, hinged drawer handles. Brass corners and reinforcements set flush into the wood, secured with countersunk screws.
3. Flush escutcheons, locks with brass cases and brass levers.
4. All sides of chest in solid wood built like a trunk, [...]

Antique Bow-Fronted Chests of Drawers

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Bow-fronted chest of drawers
1. Fine, well-figured solid mahogany with well-matched mahogany veneer on drawer fronts.
2. Oak-lined drawers to c.1800 with slim cockbeaded outline and plain swan-necked drawer handles. Oval backplates from C.1810.
3. Delicate, double or triple reeding or thumb moulding to sides of the top on the overhang. Plain back edge is flush with backing [...]