Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1670
Materials
Oak, fruitwood, holly, iron handles
Measurements
99 x 114 x 68 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, East of England, National Trust
NT 514427
Summary
A joined oak, holly and fruitwood inlaid chest of drawers, English, circa 1670 The rectangular top with an angled dentil moulded edge above a pair of shallow frieze drawers, the pair of geometric fielded paneled doors inlaid with fruitwood and holly geometric banding and enclosing four long drawers, the sides with conforming paneling, raised on bun feet. For a discussion and similar examples of chests of drawers of this period see: Chinery, Victor 'Oak Furniture, The British Tradition' ACC 2002 pgs.371-373
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
References
Chinnery 1979, Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (ACC revised 2016), pg.371-373