Dressing chest
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oak, mahogany, brass
Measurements
99 x 118 x 59 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318254
Summary
An oak and mahogany crossbanded chest, English, 19th century, the rectangular top with stepped, moulded rim, above a brushing slide, with featherbanding to the front and two brass ring handles, with two short and three long drawers, the drawer fronts with crossbanding, stringing and inlay, with shaped brass escutcheons and loop handles (later), the drawers flanked by fluted quarter columns with brass capitals and bases, on ogee bracket feet.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.